Re: alcan A or a dropper?

thunderstruck_302@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Hi. I'm having a fairly large problem that's probably going to require a bit of attention for a little while. I have ad-aware se pro and norton antivirus 2006, both with updated defenitions. I used both of them becuase I am getting constant popups for "winantivirus" and "winantivirus pro 2006". I got rid of everythig that showed on Norton (which were other, smaller viruses) but Ad-aware SE pro showed Win32.P2P-worm.Alcan.A in the sytem32 folder. Obviously they're invisibleto me and I can't see them by going there, and, I can fix it on ad-aware, but the thing comes up again when I do a scan after restarting. So, Ok, its a really advanced virus I guess that ou have to do more in order to get rid of. (although my local computer store says it could be a dropper as well)...

My goal HERE is to find out how to remove this alcan.A thing, or to find out if htere is a dropper and how to get rid of it. I've tried googling it, but it seems that everyone that gets this virus has to go about deleting it in their own way. No two fixes are the same because people get the viruses from different sources. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.

AVAST! Free Edition has an option to do a Bootscan on the next restart. Try that one.

Stop SPAM! Create two mail rules in OE.

_First rule:_

A. In "Select the conditions for your rule" click "Where the from line contains people", click "contains people", click Address Book, click the first name, shift-click the last, click "From" button, click OK.

B. In "Select the actions for your rule", click "Stop processing more rules". This will let everyone in your address book fall through to your Inbox.

C. Name the rule "Pass".

_Second rule:_

A. In "Select the conditions for your rule" click "For all messages"

B. In "Select the actions for your rule", click "Delete it".

C. Name the rule "Delete".

You might want to set OE to delete the Deleted Items folder every time you close OE. One disadvantage: You might have to close OE in a hurry sometimes before you have a chance to check for missed messages.

Advantages:

1. No SPAM! No amount of filtering by sender or subject matter will prevent spammers; they use a different subject and address ever few days.

2. Few Viruses! Only viruses from those who have your email address in their address book.

Disadvantages:

1. You'll have to look in the Deleted Items folder for blocked email. If you find a mail you actually want, just drag it into the Inbox till you add that address to the Pass filter.

2. To add addresses to the filter, you'll have to edit it, click "contains people", click "Address Book" again, and add any new addresses. That can be an occasional nuisance, but otherwise you'll be creating many mail rules for SPAM.

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Joe =o)
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