Antivirus 2009 Beware

Google chrome looks good and is very efficient but I've been playing with it for a while and it crashed no less than 8 times within about 3hours...it's definitely still beta

 

well my norton came up with i had 2 things on my pc Adware Adbot and that i would have to take them off manually i havnt a clue what to do any ideas whats going on

 

Rosa download spybot http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html Once you've installed it run the program and it'll take those things off for you automatically.

 

If you have automatic updates on then all windows updates will cove via that. Anything popping up saying install such-and-such won't be genuine.

 

Has anyone else received this auntomatically? I'm sure I've had it twice now so I hope it is now on both my pc's and it hasn't brought any bugs with it!!!!

cheers

 

Yes I keep getting a reminder that 'a windows update' (SP 3) is ready to be installed, but I've not done it yet. I know that I've already installed most of the automatic periodic updates that make up SP3, but I when I did a bit of Googling for more info about the Service Pack there were one or two problems associated with it. Mind you the reports I read were a month or so old, so the current release is probably ok.

 

Hi Dave, I haven't had any problems - yet, fingers crossed.

Going back to the start of this thread re Anti Virus - I had this pop up, tried to close it but it still started to install. It took a couple of seconds till I remembered Woo's post. After a panic and hitting nearly every button going I managed to stop it.

So watch out people cos it's still around and thank you Woo because without your warning I would probably have thought it was genuine. Phew!!!!

cheers

 

I've just had a read through here and cant see the following program recommended, if you reading this now...you should install it right now!

SpywareBlaster - http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

Is a free program that runs in the background on your PC, uses very little resources and monitors constantly. It will stop 90% or more of the malware/spyware that programs such as Spybot S&D finds from getting onto your machine in the first place, its really that good !

Download it, install it, update it and forget all about it save for checking for updates once in a while. Protecting is much easier than removing.

Time to download and install/get running - 10 mins
Time to remove spyware/malware - Best part of three days!

Steve...

 

Thanks for this info Steve.I will ask Mr K to read your post and then he can tell me whether it will be worth downloading it.

 

I'll save Mr K the trouble..it is worth it....period

Steve...

 

Thanks Steve,I will still let Mr K do the downloading bit because if I do it I am bound to do it wrong but if he did does it and it goes wrong he can take the blame:hehe:

 

I know I'm resurrecting an old topic, but as I come across this problem at work I thought i'd just give you fine people my experiences on the subject.

Spybot Search and Destroy is a great program. High recomended.

When it comes to annoying bit of Malware like this, try the demo of Malwarebyte's antimalware. (http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php). It does a full scan and removes nasty bits like the Antivirus 2009. Very quick and useful.... and most importantly FREE.

Also in terms of commerically available Internet Security solutions I highly recommend Kaspersky Internet Security.

 

Whilst Malwarebyte's antimalware IS very good and I use it myself regularly, it will not remove this 2009 virus...it will however remove part of it, that is...until you reboot. The 2009 virus as I understand it is an ressurection/rewrite of an earlier nasty...."smiithfraud", for which there is a fix out there for. But, this nasty writes and propogates itself over your system and a combination of removal methods are necessary..there is no "one hit fix".

Take a look at this "removal" here http://www.windowsbbs.com/malware-v...e-removal-help-required-hjt-log-included.html A combination of house cleaning and various programs to clean this infection.

Steve...

 

I got rid of Smiftraud using c.cleaner you have to use the registry cleaning scan as well as the general scan,in my oppinion c,cleaner by Piriform is tops.