Re: Programmes keep shutting down (Norton)

From: Philip Herlihy (foof8501_at_herlihy.eu.veil.com)
Date: 05/08/04 

Date: Sat, 8 May 2004 09:41:14 +0100

I've been impressed with Panda, which has found infections other well-known
AV systems didn't, including Gaobot. Pleased to hear things are ok now. 

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##  PH, London
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<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:a0a101c43477$f1664320$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> Panda found the sneaky little *******. W32/Gaobot.gen.worm
> apparently. All is now fine and dandy.
>
> Thanks!
> J
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >It's suspicious that these two programs are being knocked
> out - my first
> >guess would be that the scans you've done are missing
> something.  If you can
> >get a copy of McAfee's "stinger" on your machine you can
> run it in Safe Mode
> >(tap F8 repeatedly on reboot).
> >http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/
> >Doesn't catch everything, though.  If you can run it, the
> Panda online scan
> >is very good:
> >http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/com/activescan_pri
> ncipal.htm
> >
> >"Process Explorer" (www.sysinternals.com) is a great tool
> in experienced
> >hands for identifying what's happening on your machine -
> it can look inside
> >processes and identify which threads are most active.
> Not for beginners,
> >though.
> >
> >Otherwise, one good way to clean a machine is to extract
> the hard disk,
> >connect it to a clean machine via a USB adapter:
> >http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?
> action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=43759
> >
> >and clean the disk that way.  It's getting harder and
> harder to deal with
> >malicious software, I'm afraid.
> >
> >-- 
> >####################
> >##  PH, London
> >####################
> >"Jane" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message
> >news:9e1401c43443$a4ca96d0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> >> Having upgraded to Win XP from Win ME, I've had problems
> >> with my AV software and Firewall so I upgraded to Norton
> >> Internet Security 2004. I've installed it and the
> >> programme keeps just shutting down, by which I means it
> >> just disappears from my screen.
> >>
> >> I assumed it was a Norton problem and followed their
> >> instructions to correct it, the implication from the
> >> Symantec website was that Norton was missing something
> >> vital. Unfortunately, the cure involves running MSCONFIG
> >> and checking a few things and this keep vanishing on me
> >> too.
> >>
> >> Does anyone know what's going on? Several virus scans
> >> imply my PC is clear of any nasty infections.
> >>
> >> TIA
> >> J
> >
> >
> >.
> >
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