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On Tue, 10 May 2005 12:02:08 -0700, "Irene" <Irene@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:
>Hi, Just to clear up some issues, the computer is under a year old and i had
>Norton running automatic updates and my firewall was on, i had micosoft auto
>updateing. Every thing was going fine until my home page dissapeared and i
>was bombarded with adverts normally form virus removers. I down loaded avg
>which did a scan and told me i had malware including cool web search and
>about blank as i am writing this a warning from avg tells me that
>c:/windows/d3wo.exe trojan horse downloader 12D and 12Q is trying to enter so
>i have healed it. i am worried by all this as i do my banking ect online.Can
>any one help with this? has anyone got rid of this? i think i would really
>like to start from scratch, i have my discs but nothing to tell me how to use
>them. i am not really very confident re the registery so i am looking for a
>fix for dummies.If some one can tell me how to do this and then what to load
>after i restart to keep myself safe i would be very grateful. And i just want
>to say thanks to every one who has tried to help.
>irene
I can only speak from what I know.
Adaware will search and find some problems. Enough that I upgraded from the
FREE version for the extras.
Adaware as is [FREE] is still your strongest tool against malware, tracking
cookies, some virii and Trojans, and hijackers which you say you have.
Trend Housecall 1st, then run Adaware. Some things you MUST reboot And rescan.
You know what a tick is right ? They attach themselves so that the only way is
to burn them off, ditto with some malware. Once it's in use while running, the
only way to remove it is to chop it's legs off while running, reboot and remove
the head.
Weatherbug was like that. search bar, home page hijackers are like that. You
can delete the body, but if you don't get the head it continues infecting. The
head is usually just a registry entry or web page that keeps on installing
itself every time you access the web in the back ground.
From experience whenever I had to re-install the OS, the 1st program installed
was the anti virus.
Then several days of configuration. Then connect to the web.
If I were you and still having your problems, would be to go back to Trend and
run Housecall.
I'm just wondering if you're actually blocking the installation of Housecall.
It does need to install something on your machine. Take the load off their
servers to inspect your machine, by providing you with a free scanner to look
on your machine at home and report the results back to trend.
>
>"Gordon" wrote:
>
>> Husky wrote:
>> || Just my $0.02, but you were given more info than you needed.
>> || Running all the above is possibly causing trouble. A firewall, and
>> || virus program should be all you need for protection from invaders.
>>
>> Um just having a firewall and AV will *NOT* protect you from malware.
>> Malware is NOT detected by AV programs as it's NOT a virus.
>> Neither will a firewall protect you from malware as you get them (usually)
>> from a website you are already on. You don't have to open anything, thus the
>> firewall is not alerted to illegal activity.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Gordon Burgess-Parker
>> Interim Systems and Management Accounting
>> www.gbpcomputing.co.uk
>>
>>
>>
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