That's right Etham. Adaware does NOT find viruses. It finds other forms of malware
(adware, spyware, browser hijackers, data miners, etc.). Often viruses, Trojans and other
forms of malware can work together thus the recommendation of TrendMicro Sysclean and
Lavasoft Adaware.
It is too bad that Sysclean did not catch this variant of Gaobot, but, there are many
variants that Trend Sysclean will detect and clean.
Dave
| I asked a friend who is quite the expert with computers. He recommended I use
| Kaspersky's AV and the program detected, blocked, and deleted the virus.
|
| P.S. I tried Trend Sysclean before I used Kaspersky. It did not work.
| Adaware did not pickup any viruses (although I don't believe thats what it
| does)
|
|
|
| "David H. Lipman" wrote:
|
| > 1) Download the following four items...
| >
| > McAfee Stinger
| >
http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/
| >
| > Trend Sysclean Package
| >
http://www.trendmicro.com/download/dcs.asp
| >
| > Latest Trend Pattern File.
| >
http://www.trendmicro.com/download/pattern.asp
| >
| > Adaware SE (free personal version v1.05)
| >
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/
| >
| > Create a directory.
| > On drive "C:\"
| > (e.g., "c:\New Folder")
| > or the desktop
| > (e.g., "C:\Documents and Settings\lipman\Desktop\New Folder")
| >
| > Download Sysclean.com and place it in that directory.
| > Dowload the Trend Pattern File by obtaining the ZIP file.
| > For example; lpt251.zip
| >
| > Extract the contents of the ZIP file and place the contents in the same directory as
| > sysclean.com.
| >
| > 2) Update Adaware with the latest definitions.
| > 3) Disable System Restore
| >
http://vil.nai.com/vil/SystemHelpDocs/DisableSysRestore.htm
| > 4) Reboot your PC into Safe Mode
| > 5) Using Trend Sysclean, Stinger and Adaware, perform a Full Scan of your
| > platform and clean/delete any infectors/parasites found.
| > (a few cycles may be needed)
| > 6) Restart your PC and perform a "final" Full Scan of your platform using the three
| > utilities; Trend Sysclean, Stinger and Adaware
| > 7) Re-enable System Restore and re-apply any System Restore preferences,
| > (e.g. HD space to use suggested 400 ~ 600MB),
| > 8) Reboot your PC.
| > 9) Create a new Restore point
| >
| > You can also try some of the below online scanners.
| >
| > BitDefender:
| >
http://www.bitdefender.com/scan/license.php
| >
| > Computer Associates:
| >
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx
| >
| > DialogueScience:
| >
http://www.antivir.ru/english/www_av/
| >
| > F-Secure:
| >
http://support.f-secure.com/enu/home/ols.shtml
| >
| > Freedom Online scanner:
| >
http://www.freedom.net/viruscenter/index.html
| >
| > Kaspersky:
| >
http://www.kaspersky.com/de/scanforvirus
| >
| > McAfee:
| >
http://www.mcafee.com/myapps/mfs/default.asp
| >
| > Panda:
| >
http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/
| >
| > RAV
| >
http://www.ravantivirus.com/scan/
| >
| > Symantec:
| >
http://security.symantec.com/
| >
| > Trend:
| >
http://housecall.antivirus.com
| >
http://housecall.trendmicro.com
| >
| >
| > * * * Please report your results ! * * *
| >
| > Dave
| >
| >
| >
| >
| > | > | This has been the most resistent virus I've ever encountered.
| > |
| > | The other night I fired up DC++, a popular P2P program used by my university
| > | and upon logging in, I instantly got a warning from Norton telling me I was
| > | infected. It tried to repair but it failed. I've done eight scans in
| > | safe-mode using VARIOUS types of scanners (AVG, Trend, Panda, Trojan Hunter)
| > | but none can even find the virus. I also used the fix tool provided by
| > | Symantec but it does not find the virus either. I've disabled my system
| > | restore (although I did not do so for the first scan. I was unaware).
| > |
| > | Any help and suggestions (other than reformating) would be appreciated.
| >
| >
| >
