when i was running ad-aware SE personal, i came upon the win 32 trojan downloader that will not go away! how do i get rid of this, i can email the log file to anyone who wants to help, since i cant fit it on this. are there any other (free) protection software that can help?
-thank you
2006-09-12 00:52:24 · 6 answers · asked by amitpop22 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
If you secure your computer and maintain it, use smart choices in the programs and habits you use, your computer will last longer than the 3 - 4 years it's designed to last.
Let's start from the outside in -
Router
This works like a hardware firewall. The router doesn't respond to most of the "are you there?" tactics hackers use. If some hacker's scanning for victims and manages to find you despite the security ... they'll see the router not your computer.
If it's a wireless router - secure it, secure it, secure it! Change the admin password. Put an encrypted password to connect. Look up all the ways to secure your particular router. Write down the settings.
Computer
Firewall
You need one. Yes, you do. And no, Microsoft's is NOT enough. Get Zonealarm, it's free.
Browser
This is how most people see the internet. There's a high chance you're using the "blue e" aka Internet Explorer. This is not a good habit as IE hasn't been worked on (beyond fixes to problems people complain loudly about) in YEARS. It's big, slow, out-of-date, allows all kinds of nasties in, insecure, inflexible, and a major target for hackers.
Get Firefox - it's also free, sleek, faster, more secure, blocks pop-ups, is very customizable, easy to use, and once you start using tabs... you'll get frustrated with IE.
There are also very simple ways to NEVER see a banner / iframe / image ad again - it's an add-on to Firefox called Adblock Plus. I also recommend the automatic filter for Adblock - Filterset.G Updater. All free
Other programs that find stuff on the net (file sharing, instant messengers) are also a security risk. I don't know what you have / use, so I'd recommend looking up "securing thenameoftheprogram" on google.
Get and install all updates to all your programs - Windows, your browser, your anti-virus, your anti-spyware, your router, you name it.
Ok, now we get to do the clean up part:
Anti-virus
Viruses can look through your computer, send your info to nasty people, fill up your hard drive, fry your computer... the list is endless.
I recommend AVG
Anti-spyware
Spyware / Adware / Malware are under the same category. Spyware watches what you do and sends the info to someone else. Adware shows you pop-ups regardless of your security settings. Malware is all of the above and more.
Ad-aware, Spyware Blaster and Spybot Search & Destroy are my recommendations and the Uninstall programs you don't use.
Download "CCleaner" to find the files that are just clutter (temporary files, browser histories, browser caches, etc)
Get into the habit of defragging and checking your disk for errors (both are options under "My Computer", right click on your hard drive, choose "properties", click on the "tools") twice a month. You may want look up how to automate this through Scheduled Tasks.
Protect your computer from yourself and others:
Make each user on your computer their own Windows profile - and only give them (and yourself) limited accounts.
The only time you need full (admin) access is to install programs.
Make each person password protect their account.
Get into the habit of changing ALL your passwords once a month. Don't write down your passwords in a place others can find / use. Make passwords that use both numbers and letters and that are hard for anyone else to guess - I recommend keyboard patterns.
Do yourself a huge favour and get a UPS - uninteruptable power supply. This goes one step beyond a power surge protecter and gives you time to shut down the computer, saves your router, etc from losing their settings or being fried by power fluctuations.
I have a legal and moral obligation to keep my pc 100% clean. And I use an antivirus/spyware program out of Beijing, China.
http://www.filseclab.com -- This program has kept me 100% clean for the past nine years.
Twister Anti-Trojan Virus is absolute state of the art technology that has a real time scanner
that really works. Will scan your memory on start up and continues to run in the background
while you use your pc. Plus this software uses very little CPU resources.
Some examples of how great this program is. If you open a webpage and there is a virus or
spyware embedded in the webpage the scanner will catch the virus in a second and clean.
If you download any type of file including music or a zip file and there is hidden embedded
virus in the file the download will stop and the Twister will clean and stop the download.
I had an experience where the software I download the company used another installer other
then their own. The installer had hidden embedded virus in the installer program. Twister found it and cleaned, plus ended the installation and traced it back to the installer software.
(I wrote the original software company and they now use their own installer).
What is really great is that you only pay a small one time fee for life. You will get frequent
large signature updates,excellent support and they never charge you for any new versions.
There are many other features as auto downloads, and the ability to fix all type of problems with your registry or windows.
The chinese don't believe in the annual fee or paying of new versions like most of the other software companies want to be paid over and over for the original purchase.
I use Zone Alarm free firewall (http://www.zonealarm.com). As a backup even though I have ADSL.I use ewido antispyware / malware. www.grisoft.com --Ewido was purchased by AVG. Ewido is free and will protect you from rogue dialers.
Also,you can use:
free
anti spyware blocker
spybot search & destory
spyware blaster
http://www.download.com
free
Windows Defender
http://www.microsoft.com
free
anti spyware firewall<<
15day free try
ZoneAlarm internet security suite
all in one firewall / anti virus/ anti spyware
no1 auto virus killer that will kill off a virus
as the virus try to download on to your system
when you open your explorer and search on the net
there are virus on websire that will auto download
this all in one firewall/anti virus/anti spyware
will kill the download link fast and auto kill the virus
http://www.zonelabs.com/
not free
ad-aware se professional 1.06 /ad-watch
http://www.lavasoft.com/
ad-watch block's all pop ups
not free
ewido anti-spyware 4.0
http://www.grisoft.com/
not free
spyware doctor
http://www.pctools.com
not free
XoftSpy 4.22 is the Latest and Most Advanced Spyware Detection and
pop up spyware
Spyware
W32/Spybot
Browser Hijackers
Adware
Malware
Keyloggers
trojans
worms
back door trojans
Malicious mobile code
MALICIOUS SCRIPTS
toolbar trojans that dont show up
download xoftspy422 and install it then run it stop the scan and click on scan settings tick every box and click on where it says>>click here to select a folder then tick the (c) thats your hard drive if you have 2 hard drives tick the 2 of them then click ok then click start when the scan is done click on remove tab.
http://www.paretologic.com/
all of them are the best among the best
Also,use:
Anti-Virus:AVG Free: http://www.grisoft.com/
Anti-Spyware:Ad-Aware SE: http://www.lavasoft.com/
Firewall:ZoneAlarm Firewall http://www.zonealarm.com/
I suggest using Online Armor.You can search it on Yahoo! or Google.I also suggest using McAfee Site Advisor,it has information about the websites that you go
http://www.siteadvisor.com/
For safe browsing, you can use Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.6 which is available at http://www.mozilla.com/
Don't use Super Anti Spyware,it has spyware in it.
For online AV scan, try the websites below:
GFI E-mail Security Testing –
http://www.emailsecuritytest.com/...
Port Scan Security Check -
http://www.sdesign.com/securitytest/inde...
Shields UP! -
https://grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2...
Sygate Online Services -
http://scan.sygatetech.com/
VMon -
http://home.ahnlab.com/english/...
Panda ActiveScan Security Check -
http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan...
Online Malware Scan -
http://virusscan.jotti.org
eTrust AntiVirus Web Scanner -
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virus...
BitDefender Free Online Virus Scan -
http://www.bitdefender.com/scan8/ie.html...
Symantec Security Check -
http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/defau...
For online spyware,malware & trojan scan:
Trend Micro Anti-Spyware For The Web
http://www.trendmicro.com/spyware-scan
X-Cleaner Online Spyware Scanner
http://www.spywareguide.com/txt_onlinescan.html
SpywareInfo Online Spyware Scanner
http://www.spywareinfo.com/xscan.php
Ewido-Anti Spyware and Anti Malware Solution
http://www.ewido.net/en/onlinescan
Tenebril Online Spyware Scan
http://www.tenebril.com/scanner/189062_start.php
Trend Micro Free Online Scan
http://www.trendmicro.com/spyware-scan/free_spyware_scan.asp
Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool
http://www.microsoft.com/security/malwareremove/default.mspx
FutureSoft: Online Malware Scan
http://www.futuresoft.com/products/antispyware/webscan.htm
Free Online Trojan Scanner
http://www.trojanscan.com
Maybe you should print off this list and check it once a month...
2006-09-12 01:46:46 · answer #1 · answered by wan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-08-23 01:28:55 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First and foremost, do not trust all answers here on Yahoo! Answers. People who are giving you sites to "remove" your virus may ( not intentionally ) give you a virus. Those programs such as SuperAntiSpyware and Avari are malware in disguise. To keep you system secure, research the programs instead of frantically installing all programs to get rid of the virus. Now here are some things you can use. Once again, if you do not trust me, research them.
Looks like you may need antispyware. Go to www.download.com and install Adaware and SPybot SEarch and destroy. Install and run those if they get rid of it then great if not...
To begin this process, we need you to go to www.download.com and install Avast! antivirus and AVG antivirus. Scan with them if they remove it, great if not then...
* Before starting, restart your computer and tap the F8 key to boot up in safe mode. Try Avast and AVG there. If not then do the following.
1. Go to www.housecall.com. It is a site with the best online antivirus scanner from Trend Micro.
2. Scan it if it removes your problem. great if not continue with these steps.
3. Go to www.mcafee.com and find the free online scanner.
4. Go to www.bitdefender.com and try their scanner.
5. If none of the online scanner get rid of the problem, go to www.free-av.com and install AntiVir which is a great,free, antivirus.
6. At this point, if your virus is still not gone, then you have to resort to heavy artilary with a trained professional. Ill give you the basic things you will need then follow onto www.bleepingcomputer.com and post your HJT log there. Ill show you how to do that.
- www.download.com
- Search HiJack This
- Install it and go to www.bleepingcomputer.com
- Find the appropriate section and post it there.
- A professional will help you out.
If you'd rather not use this method then there is one,ultimate,virus remover that will get rid of all viruses. You know what that is? A system reformat. System reformat wipes everything out of your hard drive. Note that this will make it how you jut bought your computer with no programs of yours installed. To do this, either
A. Use the recovery CD that came with your computer.
B. When you first start up your computer, tap the F10 and follow onscreen instructions.
2006-09-12 13:18:37 · answer #3 · answered by jim 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ewido is the program you want. http://www.ewido.net/en/download/ After installation, restart computer in safe mode and run the application. Make sure the first time you run the app that you update it. There's an update icon at top of page when opening program.
2006-09-12 01:16:49 · answer #4 · answered by roi_16933 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Spyware, Adware, Trojans, Malware, Dialers, Popups:
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
http://www.ewido.net/en/download/...
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
http://www.download.com/Bazooka-Adware-and-Spyware-Scanner/3000-8022-10247782.html
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/sgdownload.html
http://www.safer-networking.org/
http://www.download.com/HijackThis/3000-8022_4-10379544.html
http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/download/
Online Scanners:
http://www.webroot.com/consumer/products/spysweeper/freescan.html?
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx
http://www.pandasoftware.com/products/activescan.htm
http://www.bitdefender.com/scan8/ie.html
http://www.windowsecurity.com/trojanscan/
http://www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner
http://www.spywareguide.com/onlinescan.php
http://housecall65.trendmicro.com/
Spyware, Adware, Trojans, Malware, Dialers, Popups List:
http://www.softpedia.com/catList/104
Antivirus:
http://www.grisoft.com/
http://www.avast.com/
Antivirus Lists:
http://www.softpedia.com/catList/1
Firewall:
http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/company/products/znalm/freeDownload.jsp?dc=12bms&ctry=US&lang=en&lid=staticcomp_za
Firewall Lists:
http://www.softpedia.com/catList/97
IP Blocker:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/peerguardian/pg2-050918-nt.exe?download
System Cleaner:
http://www.ccleaner.com/
System Cleaning List:
http://www.softpedia.com/catList/98
System Info:
http://www.softpedia.com/catList/92
2006-09-12 22:03:55 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Oh yeah there are loads of other freeware that will help you to tackle the problem. In fact you should have the patience to read them all:
Antivirus( come in handy where antispyware fail ):
Here are 5 of the most preferred:
1. AVG:
http://free.grisoft.com/softw/70free/setup/avg71free_405a791.exe
2. Avast:
http://files.avast.com/iavs4pro/setupeng.exe
3. Avira:
http://www.free-av.com/down/windows/antivir_workstation_win7u_en_h.exe
4. Comodo:
http://www.antivirus.comodo.com/download.html?currency=USD®ion=Asia%20%26%20Pacific&country=IN
5. Clamwin:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/clamwin/clamwin-0.88.4-setup.exe?use_mirror=mesh
Antimalware( I suspect AdAware is not updated):
1.Ewido:
http://free.grisoft.com/softw/70free/setup/ewido-setup_4.0.0.172c.exe
2.AdAware SE:- http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE-Personal-Edition/3000-8022_4-10045910.html?part=dl-ad-aware&subj=dl&tag=top5
3.Spy-Ad Exterminator: http://www.canadiancontent.net/tech/download/Spy-Ad_Exterminator_Free.html
4.Spy-Cleaner Lite: http://www.canadiancontent.net/tech/download/Spy_Cleaner_Lite.html
5.Dr.Alex Antispyware: http://www.canadiancontent.net/tech/download/Doctor_Alex_Antispyware.html
6.Disspy Lite: http://www.canadiancontent.net/tech/download/Disspy_Lite.html
7.Spyware Terminator: http://www.spywareterminator.com/
8.Advanced Spyware Terminator: http://www.innovative-sol.com/spyware_remover/
9.SpyBoot Search and Destroy: http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Spybot_Search_and_Destroy/1043809773/1
10.WebRoot SpySweeper: http://www.simtel.net/product.download.mirrors.php?id=63163
Extraaaaaa: For firewalls choose:
1.ZoneAlarm: http://download.zonelabs.com/bin/free/10...
2.Comodo Firewall: http://www.canadiancontent.net/tech/download/Comodo_Personal_Firewall.html
3.R-Firewall : http://www.canadiancontent.net/tech/download/R-Firewall.html
4.Agnitum Outpost Free: http://www.canadiancontent.net/tech/download/Agnitum_Outpost_Free.html
5.Proxy Firewall : http://www.canadiancontent.net/tech/download/Proxy_Firewall.html
6.VisNetic Firewall : http://www.canadiancontent.net/tech/download/VisNetic_Firewall.html
7.Securenet Personal Firewall: http://www.canadiancontent.net/tech/download/Securepoint_Personal_Firewall_inclcode_VPN_Client.html
8.Sunbelt-Kerio Personal Firewall: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/dl.cfm?id=2006091112481051672
9.Ghost Wall: http://www.ghostsecurity.com/ghostwall/
10.SensiveGuard Firewall: http://www.sensiveguard.com/download.html
11.Omniquad Personal Firewall: http://www.omniquad.com/TotalSecurity/TSFirewall.zip
12.Sygate Personal Firewall: http://www.simtel.net/product.download.mirrors.php?id=53687
2006-09-12 01:14:42 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋