Damn viruses...help!

[peter mccue]

Hi chaps I need some help.

 

I've suddenly started to get warnings that my comp is infected with psw trojans, spybot@mxt & spmcx.

 

They all seem to lead me to some spyware products (spyware doctor among others) that require me to buy them to clean things up. Now somethings are definately wandering round my comp because there's a few pop-ups cropping up entailing ladies of a dubious nature!

 

Trouble is everytime I run NAV it comes up with a clean sheet when it oh so obviously isn't.

 

Any advice would be much appreciated.

[Si...]

Firstly, dump NAV, its bloated software which doesn`t even work properly, get something like NOD32

 

Secondly, run an online virus scanner to find the critters.

 

Thirdly, Install some spyware apps like ad-aware and spybot as they help prevent some things getting in.

 

Lastly, Dump NAV

[Hellbelly]

I think the greatest program for finding the little nasty's is Ewido. I run it every couple of days and it finds maybe 15 to 30 infections each time.

 

Cheers........HB

[jimpy0]

Avg free and spybot had them for years with no probs

[Hellbelly]

Avg free and spybot had them for years with no probs

 

Same here Jimpy. I swear by them both. Try ewido on top of those and I bet it'll find some that they're missing.

 

HB

Edited September 17, 2006 by Hellbelly

[Lid]

I've suddenly started to get warnings that my comp is infected with psw trojans, spybot@mxt & spmcx.

 

They all seem to lead me to some spyware products (spyware doctor among others) that require me to buy them to clean things up. Now somethings are definately wandering round my comp because there's a few pop-ups cropping up entailing ladies of a dubious nature!

 

I have had two of these infections now and both took me a few hours to remove. The last one was BraveSentry, reported here. However I think the removal instructions have a small error. Where it says run adaware, it means run ewido. Personally I ran both!

 

The key thing is to run all the tools recommended in Safe Mode.

 

I think the one I caught before Bravesentry was called Smitfraud and it's removal instructions were very similar.

 

Good luck.

[peter mccue]

I knew I could rely on you guys

 

Now I have something to work with, I shall set to putting your help into practice.

 

Incidentally, is NAV really that bad!

[pikergonecarpin]

I knew I could rely on you guys

 

Now I have something to work with, I shall set to putting your help into practice.

 

Incidentally, is NAV really that bad!

Yes...

[Si...]

Double yes

[FatOldFart]

AVG and Ewido are the best I have used - well they're a lot better than Norton! - but then ANYTHING is better than Norton!