Be Careful Folks. I Just Got Attacked From Heritage W/Virus. - Page 2

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Ugly Pillar of the Community Canada 1733 Posts	Posted 05/25/2010 9:43 pm For those of you without I recommend the freeware version of Malware Bytes. It's simple and offers another way out IF you install it in non active mode and just leave it there in case you need it. Why? Some trojans and malware actively prevent the installation of malware removal software once you are infected. It's like having a bandaid in the car just in case... Report this Post to the Staff
xshift Pillar of the Community United States 2669 Posts	Posted 05/25/2010 9:52 pm You can't launch exe's after the false warning comes up, or launch any sites to download a different one... you pretty much have to reboot in safe mode (with networking support, so you can browse), and download/run all virus scanners from there. McAfee stinger is good for your anti-virus kit - checks specifically for worms and trojans. It found three installs of this thing and M$ Security Essentials found another. Malware Bytes and Spybot didn't see any of them. Report this Post to the Staff
Ugly Pillar of the Community Canada 1733 Posts	Posted 05/25/2010 10:56 pm They all have blindspots. I find McAfee returns a lot of false positives on tmp files the browser didn't allow to execute in the first place. Bottom line though; have a couple lines of defense, start in safe mode and then clean up. Report this Post to the Staff
coins92 Pillar of the Community United States 851 Posts	Posted 07/12/2010 12:07 pm An Apple a day keeps the viruses away.... Report this Post to the Staff
Namachieli Pillar of the Community United States 2120 Posts	Posted 07/12/2010 12:31 pm You know.. no virus' in lunux. Just sayin... Report this Post to the Staff
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