Re: Viruses, spyware etc
From: Max M.Wachtel III (maxpro4u_at_nomail.afraid.org)
Date: 12/07/04
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Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2004 21:03:00 -0500
Bill Ridgeway wrote:
> Over this weekend I have been trying to eliminate spyware / rogue dialler
> which despite the efforts of Norton Internet Security and various spyware
> software will not go away. All the software I have tried have detected a
> threat(s) only some of which are dealt with only to change and reappear
> maybe two re-boots later. I'm convinced it is morphing or hiding somehow.
>
> This raises the question is there any independent research showing the
> strengths and weaknesses of the various anti-virus software in detecting and
> eliminating virus, spyware etc threats. I am particularly interested in
> protection for stand-alone computers not large systems. Googling for this
> information is unreliable as the software producers seem to be also good at
> producing convincing reports in their favour.
>
> Thanks
>
> Bill Ridgeway
>
>
Beginning of standard canned reply...
Update Windows. Use a firewall.
Use an Anti-Virus of your choice and keep it updated.
Set folder options to "show all files".
Clean out all temp, cashe, and ect.files.
Download BeClean here:
http://boozet.xepher.net/beclean/
Download Sysclean from here:
http://www.trendmicro.com/ftp/products/tsc/sysclean.com
Read this:
http://www.trendmicro.com/ftp/products/tsc/readme.txt
Reboot into safe mode and run Sysclean, write down results, then reboot
normally.
If offending file is in “restore” read this:
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/tsgeninfo.nsf/docid/2001111912274039?OpenDocument&src=sec_doc_nam
Download AdAware from here:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download506.html
Read the help files and then Update and run AdAware.
Download Spybot Search+Destroy here:
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html
Read this:
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/tutorial/index.html
Update and run Spybot (enable all protection).
Download Spyware Blaster here: (enable all protection)
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
Run a couple of online scanners (pick a different one than your main AV):
BitDefender:
http://www.bitdefender.com/scan/licence.php
Panda:
http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/com/activescan_principal.htm
eTrust:
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx
House Call:
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/housecall/start_corp.asp
If the previous do not solve your problems:
Download Bazooka here:
http://www.kephyr.com/spywarescanner/
Download SwatIt here:
http://swatit.org/
Download KL-Detector here
http://dewasoft.com/privacy/kldetector.htm
Download CWShredder here
http://www.intermute.com/spysubtract/cwshredder_download.html
Download HijackThis here:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download3155.html
Install, run and save the log that is created. Don’t let it fix anything
yet!
You can find forums to post the log to have it analyzed here:
http://tomcoyote.org/hjt/
Download Stinger here:
http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/
...end of canned reply.
See my site for more info and links.
-max
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