Nasty Virus
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The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep!Yes, I did, sir. Basically every site I googled returned results recommending some anti-spyware program or other. I tried nearly all of them, incluring malwarebytes anti-malware. When I finally got the MBAM to update it's definitions, it didn't find anything wrong on my computer. I also tried Spyware Doctor. It found 15 different trojans but wanted me to buy the program before it would clean them. I finally gave up and reformatted the whole thing. Top 7 epic virus scanner fails: AVG - zero threats found Lavasoft Ad-aware - 3 tracking cookies found. Malwarebytes*** - ten tracking cookies found. Spybot S&D - would not even run. PareteoLog AV - Would not update/run HijackThis - four registry entries found. Once removed, scanners were able to get their updates. Did not detect the trojan though. Spyware doctor - Found fifteen trojans, would not remove them without purchase. *** This is the one most people rave about as a cure-all. Did nothing for me.
"Go to, I’ll no more on’t; it hath made me mad." - Hamlet
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Yes, I did, sir. Basically every site I googled returned results recommending some anti-spyware program or other. I tried nearly all of them, incluring malwarebytes anti-malware. When I finally got the MBAM to update it's definitions, it didn't find anything wrong on my computer. I also tried Spyware Doctor. It found 15 different trojans but wanted me to buy the program before it would clean them. I finally gave up and reformatted the whole thing. Top 7 epic virus scanner fails: AVG - zero threats found Lavasoft Ad-aware - 3 tracking cookies found. Malwarebytes*** - ten tracking cookies found. Spybot S&D - would not even run. PareteoLog AV - Would not update/run HijackThis - four registry entries found. Once removed, scanners were able to get their updates. Did not detect the trojan though. Spyware doctor - Found fifteen trojans, would not remove them without purchase. *** This is the one most people rave about as a cure-all. Did nothing for me.
"Go to, I’ll no more on’t; it hath made me mad." - Hamlet
might be a little late - but whenever i get a virus (or suspect) i usually do the trend micro online scanner or download nod32's 30day trial copy, it does remove viruses without having to buy a license, plus its got a pretty good detection rate. otherwise i have commodo firewall installed (its free and comes with an anti-virus, the only thing u get with the paid subscription is access to customer support hot line). sorry to hear nothing worked out in the end