internet antivirus pro

[maxi]

whatever you do dont download this thing, its a scamming virus that is a pain in the arm to get rid of.. it throws popups and tracks any monetary dealings you might have in your pc.. dont even look at it.. there is an anti virus scanner designed to get rid of the bloody thing but wont even let you download it...

any ideas on how to rid me of this scourging bloody mongrel ...:laugh: :laugh:

prof is going to download it to hardcopy then attack it that way

it wont even let me download the scan when in safe mode... :angry: :angry:

[Cowfish13]

Been a few badies going around lately hey....

Had one a while ago (think it was called windows anti virus xp). Downloaeded this thing, then got this cleverly disguised windows type pop-up (with the windows logo ie almost identical to the firewall one (actual windows program pop-up)) "your computer is at risk, dl this... blah blah blah..."

After that, good bye computer:silly: had to get a guy to fix it, wouldn't let me do a thing. No internet, no system restore, no add/remove hardware.... URGH!!!

[maxi]

sounds pretty much the same thing ive got mate....

aaarrrrrhhggg no add remove progs.. clever looking bloody thing .... its doubled itself already in the taskbar .... :angry: :angry:

[Do$tylz]

mate if you know someone that has Symantec Corporate Server edition, they can slave your harddrive and do a scan and fix that way.

Keep in mind though...Symantec does not always find everything.

[2 wheels]

antivirus pro 2009 if its the same one that I got in a drive by it will load up porn on ur drive ( what a *astard) ok get ur self AVG free version and you will need to do mulitpule scans across ur whole system the virus dissapates thru the hard drives to more u got the longer it takes good luck

[Do$tylz]

sorry... forgot to mention, I can do the scan... thing is you'll have to get it to me. If you can courier it to my office, I'll give it a scan and then courier it back to you.

Or just do a rebuild. Sometimes that's actually the easier option.

[Shorty]

Maxi - here you go mate, try this out...

/>http://www.technibble.com/repair-tool-of-the-week-roguefix/

Hope it sorts the problem out for you!!

Shorty

[maxi]

thanks heaps shorty, let you know how it goes

cheers and beers

[Smiderman]

Try installing NOD32 its a anti virus program similar to AGV and Norton etc but because its a lesser know application the tech heads that design the viruses generally focus their energy on hitting the more commercial programs like norton and by virtue of this the lesser known programs typically get over looked

[wolfr]

I used to use AVG, found that it would slow up the pc on startup while it's updating the DB. I now use Avast home edition (free), it's great, updates in the background, while surfing anything malicious is notified immediately and blocked waiting for you to action... even the the Tech heads here at work use it at home... Here's the link for your info - free registration lasts a year, in 12 months re-register easy....
/>http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html

Cheers, Rob

[maxi]

thanks very much for the info guys... looks like weve cut its arms and legs off and were hoping its head is hanging by a thread .... :laugh: :laugh: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[fishingnut]

try pc tools works great for me

[EMP]

A bit off topic, would one say free internet antivirus stuff like AVG or Avast better or at least at par with those pricey ones?

EMP

[Dusky]

I'd say they are on par with the pricey ones, Iv'e been using AVG FREE, Spybot and adaware for the last 10 years with hardly any problems.

Tried Macafee antivirus once paid $125 for it and found it to be useless...slowed the computor up more than the virus did!!

Every so often I will also run a registry cleaner Ashampoo... as well.

I have been using them on 5 different computors!

Cheers.

[Gazza]

Dusky wrote:

I'd say they are on par with the pricey ones, Iv'e been using AVG FREE, Spybot and adaware for the last 10 years with hardly any problems.

Ashampoo... as well.

I have been using them on 5 different computors!

Cheers.

Same here Dusky

and if a trogen gets in there is always F DISK :woohoo:

gives your hard drive a good clean out and a nice fresh start (remember to back up pics ,music etc though)

Cheers Gaz

[Bommie]

yeh spy-bot and avg have never let me down, check for updates every day and scan at least once a week