EPTThe Giant anti-spyware/anti-virus thread. - Page 6
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Patriot.dlk
Sweden5462 Posts
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JohnColtrane
Australia4813 Posts
ah thats a relief lol SUPER anti spyware and malwarebytes are great btw, not so sure about spybot and the others how does AVG rate against the other free anti virus software in terms of detection and real time protection? | ||
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Patriot.dlk
Sweden5462 Posts
On July 10 2009 23:13 JohnColtrane wrote: ah thats a relief lol SUPER anti spyware and malwarebytes are great btw, not so sure about spybot and the others how does AVG rate against the other free anti virus software in terms of detection and real time protection? Good if remember correctly. I think youtube has plenty of clips regarding that and you can probably find first hand sources using google! I personally use nod32 that I assumed was veery good but after being very badly hurt by smitfraud trojans right under the nose of nod32 I now have doubt. Also I would like to point out that my opinion is not professional at all as I only studied Internet security for a total of 7.5 swedish HP, (it was 6 weeks of studies) so anything I say could be wrong. Should've warned plexa about that lol btw I successfully removed Smitfraud with SS&D. | ||
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Vex
Ireland454 Posts
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Patriot.dlk
Sweden5462 Posts
The virus fought off by Plexa was probably Virut so if you stumbled upon this thread though google search or w/e here's relevant removal information: http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2009-022016-4444-99 | ||
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epicdoom
United States489 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/7807/linuxuseratbestbuy.png) | ||
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iPF[Div]
Spain572 Posts
at first i thought the linux guy got run over by the motorcycle xD | ||
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Judicator
United States7270 Posts
On July 10 2009 23:24 Patriot.dlk wrote: Good if remember correctly. I think youtube has plenty of clips regarding that and you can probably find first hand sources using google! I personally use nod32 that I assumed was veery good but after being very badly hurt by smitfraud trojans right under the nose of nod32 I now have doubt. Also I would like to point out that my opinion is not professional at all as I only studied Internet security for a total of 7.5 swedish HP, (it was 6 weeks of studies) so anything I say could be wrong. Should've warned plexa about that lol btw I successfully removed Smitfraud with SS&D. Which more than enough, I was following this thread and you did everything pretty well short of picking apart the HijackThis log. There really isn't a need for professional advice as anyone with access to google can make a legitimate attempt at fixing their computer (because nobody is alone come spyware and viruses)  | ||
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Halfpastnoob
United States191 Posts
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ibutoss
Australia341 Posts
On July 10 2009 23:24 Patriot.dlk wrote: I personally use nod32 that I assumed was veery good but after being very badly hurt by smitfraud trojans right under the nose of nod32 I now have doubt. nod32/eset smart security is a great av/firewall combo. Low resource usage and unobtrusiveness is great in comparison to the competeition*cough* Norton *cough*. However that said EVERY av in existance is only as good as it's signature database/heuristic detections. Most trojans and virus will be undetectable for a period of time until the av companies catch on. You got unlucky but it's still a great product, at the end of the day there is no 100% protection. | ||
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JohnColtrane
Australia4813 Posts
On July 11 2009 00:05 Patriot.dlk wrote: NOTE: The virus fought off by Plexa was probably Virut so if you stumbled upon this thread though google search or w/e here's relevant removal information: http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2009-022016-4444-99 at least its rated as a very low threat, so if you are infected its not likely to be a disabling virus but more of an annoyance? | ||
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Patriot.dlk
Sweden5462 Posts
On July 11 2009 17:13 JohnColtrane wrote: at least its rated as a very low threat, so if you are infected its not likely to be a disabling virus but more of an annoyance? It downloads other malware is very hard to get rid off. Not sure why they rank it as low threat | ||
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Patriot.dlk
Sweden5462 Posts
On July 11 2009 16:29 ibutoss wrote: nod32/eset smart security is a great av/firewall combo. Low resource usage and unobtrusiveness is great in comparison to the competeition*cough* Norton *cough*. However that said EVERY av in existance is only as good as it's signature database/heuristic detections. Most trojans and virus will be undetectable for a period of time until the av companies catch on. You got unlucky but it's still a great product, at the end of the day there is no 100% protection. That rings true to me. I guess you can't trust any software the way I did. I didn't even have additional removal software installed a lesson i've learned now. | ||
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nitram
Canada5412 Posts
Now when I want to turn off my comp, I hold the power button for 5 seconds which kills the power and my comp starts up fine the next time around. | ||
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Elemenope
Burkina Faso1704 Posts
http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/teamliquid.net D: + Show Spoiler + just kidding | ||
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Patriot.dlk
Sweden5462 Posts
win+r -> type msconfing -> autostart -> google everything you don't recognizing in your startup. Uncheck one thing at the time and then reboot to see if it did the trick. Whatever causes the error should be reinstalled. Also, I actually missed that Plexa posted a hijack this log, I understand those a little bit so please post one | ||
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ActualSteve
United States627 Posts
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bN`
Slovenia504 Posts
What would possess you to make a virus in the first place? After many hours of research and investigation the field has been narroved down to two reasons: + Show Spoiler + The first one is money, duh + Show Spoiler + THEY DO IT FOR THE LULZ OBV | ||
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ShAsTa
Belgium2841 Posts
On July 10 2009 22:01 Patriot.dlk wrote: Plexa I im still naked in my computer chair and i'm out of ideas. I will proceed with life and then check into this thread later Sorry for being off topic, but this cracked me up. Useful thread btw, bookmarked. | ||
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R3condite
Korea (South)1541 Posts
On July 11 2009 18:00 Patriot.dlk wrote: It downloads other malware is very hard to get rid off. Not sure why they rank it as low threat i believe it is low threat in terms of somebody actually catching it... | ||
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