Re: What is this 'infection" reported by Cyber Defender

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~*Laughingstar 2009*~ wrote:
Daave wrote:
~*Laughingstar 2009*~ wrote:
~*Laughingstar 2009*~ wrote:
Daave wrote:
~*Laughingstar 2009*~ wrote:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Local AppWizard-Generated Applications


I used AVG for years w/o problems, recently switched to Avast on
rec. from the NG, but it would not stop scanning my email, and
took me a long time to 'fire up' each day while it spun around -
I could not "find" the options to stop it's scanning once OE
opened up. I switched to CD today,

Whoah!!!!

Big mistake!

First of all, there is nothing wrong with AVG. I am aware there
are some in this newsgroup who no longer like it as much as they
once did, but the bottom line is that if you practice safe hex,
AVG is a fine antivirus program.

Second of all, if you were to ask other Avast users (best to ask
in an Avast forum), one would surely have guided you to disable
its annoying and unnecessary e-mail scanning feature. FWIW,
here's the link to the Web forum:

http://forum.avast.com/index.php?PHPSESSID=1783fb1af5362ac6f41ed819419f767c&board=2.0

Third, you need to uninstall CyberDefender immediately. Please
don't send them any payments!!!

Fourth, install one of these antivirus programs:

Avast
AVG
Avira Antivir

Hopefully, you also know you need to run at least one antispyware
program. I recommend both MalwareBytes' Anti-Malware and
SUPERAntiSpyware. Make sure Window Firewall is enabled. And make
sure you have the most up-to-date critical Windows updates.

and it "found" the HKEY "infection" and keeps
popping up with warnings to remove it, for $40. or something like
that. Is this dangerous? I did a search and it did not show up,
and ran Trend Micro's HouseCall and that didn't find anything,
either.

Yeah, definitely uninstall CyberDefender! :-)

Daily I run AdAware, have Windows Defender ON, and everything's
up to date incl all Updates.

Okay, I see you are running two antispyware programs. Not my first
choices (as mentioned above), but that's not a bad combo.

Thank you very much (happy autumn)

YW.

Yes, Windows Firewall is always ON. Plus all you mentioned. This is
a nasty program.

With all you' advised, and that I had and did do, plus what I have
running, it is still overtaking my Search in my IE. I put in "best
av programs" or something like that, as I think I did before, and
this is what I found in "properties" :
http://ws.infospace.com/cyberdefender_v2/ws/results/Web/FREEWARE+AVs+/1/417/TopNavigation/Relevance/iq=true/zoom=off/_iceUrlFlag=7?_IceUrl=true

That doesn't look good at all. What you have is basically a
hijackware infection. See these pages:

http://www.techsupportforum.com/networking-forum/security-firewalls/348618-help-removing-myidentitydefender-toolbar.html

http://www.techsupportforum.com/security-center/virus-trojan-spyware-help/resolved-hjt-threads/347541-help-requested-malware-virus-spyware-removal.html

Looks like a very involved process to totally remove! Have you
considered running HijackThis and posting to an appropriate forum?
This page has useful information:

http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support/msg/5df5a390367a40fa?hl=en
Great Hijack This - it is the ONLY one that found this terrorist
program.
I've copied the results (not long at all!) to my desktop in a Txt
file. Now what? It appears there are about 3-4 files that may be
"it," too.

Post the results to one of the forums from the David Lipman post. Here
are the first three:

Suggested primary:
http://www.thespykiller.co.uk/index.php?board=3.0

Suggested secondary:
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/forum22.html
http://www.malwarebytes.org/forums/index.php?showforum=7

You'll have to register first. Then you will receive guided help. Good
luck.


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