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RonK All-Star Supporter
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Posted - Jan 10 2006 : 11:03PM
I got infected by the mfing trojan adclicker (somewhat indestructable). I have ran several free antispyware and norton anti virus (damn thing failed and did not prtect my computer). The programs catch the worm but cannot remove it. It is in the start up registry key somewhere.

Help!

How do I get rid of the worm? Good thing my computer is ancient and it is time to replace it. I bought a replacement Gateway AMD 3800 dual core but have not opened the box yet in case I want to return it.

On a related note, what firewall and virus scan are good (free and pay)? I hate MacAfree although there is a free copy with comcast cable connection.

Thanks,

Ron

willywilly
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Posted - Jan 11 2006 : 11:44AM
You might like to follow a thread of posts
click here for a while. It is current. Somebody else is reporting the same thing as you and working on it.


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I like AVG AntiVirus. There is a free version, and it is updated often - sometimes more than once per day.

www.grisoft.com
for information on AVG.

www.free.grisoft.com
to get info about the free version, download it, etc.

Robbie
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Posted - Jan 11 2006 : 12:02PM
Yeah I use that too
jamesn
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Posted - Jan 12 2006 : 4:36PM
RonK All-Star Supporter
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Posted - Jan 12 2006 : 5:50PM
Lavasoft Adaware did remove some. Several other virus scans also could remove the adclicker, but not Norton. Anyway, I opened the new computer and am running a much faster machine. I installed a softfirewall, router firewall, anti spy ware, and virus scan. I hope the problem is solved. I may set up my old computer as a honeypot, but am not too worried. Now I need to figure out my old e-mail addresses as I did not fully export them to my new outlook.

I am using pc-cinnin virus scan, zone alarm firewall, and spy sweeper. I will get lavasoft and any freebie anti spyware soon.

Ron

 
AztecGold11
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Posted - Jan 21 2006 : 9:51AM
Can you have more than one anti-virus program installed at one time?
de25ge
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11/05
Posted - Jan 21 2006 : 10:06AM
Sure, for example Sophos and Kaspersky give a good duo.

Some Viruses infect Antivirus Software so they get undetectable, with such a step you are better protected.

But there is never 100% security when you use external data.

Edited by - de25ge on 1/21/2006 10:06:45 AM

GaySatyr
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Posted - Jan 21 2006 : 11:11AM
I generally do NOT recommend installing two anti-virus programs. Way too much of a performance hit and my impression is that they interfere with each other. Pick one and go with it. (I'm using AVG's free version.)

However, I DO have three anti-spyware programs operating simultaneously and am quite pleased with the results. I'm using LavaSoft's Ad-aware, SpyBot Search & Destroy, and Microsoft's AntiSpyware -- all of them free.

I've got all of these running scans daily on a staggered schedule when I'm unlikely to be using my computer.

I also have both an external "hardware" firewall in my router and a software firewall on my computer.

So far, nothing has managed to slip past the combination of protections.


~ GaySatyr (ABB)

willywilly
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Posted - Jan 21 2006 : 1:24PM
Not recommended.

Here are some references:

Zone Alarm Q & A

Norton Q & A

AVG Help Forum
This is a thread of posts - it gets into multiple AV installs on about the 4th post.




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