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More info?)
Couldn't open e-mail because I got an error message of insufficient memory.
OK, can I download this stuff when I can't get on-line on the infected
computer and my other computer can only save to a diskette?
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Thanks
"David H. Lipman" wrote:
> From: "NeedHelp" <NeedHelp@discussions.microsoft.com>
>
> | Running Windows XP Home on Dell4300. Had full Macafee Security Center in
> | place and running. Initially couldn't open e-mail. Macafee antivirus
> | indicated clear. E-mail returned for one day, then everything went South.
> | Can't get on-line, start menu doesn't open, can't open Macafee, can't turn
> | off system restore. Programs seem to run OK. Downloaded various virus
> | removers on another computer. Stinger indicated clear as did Microsoft
> | Malicious Sotware Removal Package (August version). Macafee's bremove and
> | kremove both stalled out. Now what can I do?
> | --
> | Thanks
>
> There are anti virus News Groups specifically for this type of discussion.
>
> microsoft.public.security.virus
> alt.comp.virus
> alt.comp.anti-virus
>
> You really don't provide much information. What exactly does "...Initially couldn't open
> e-mail" mean ?
>
> As for virus removers, both Stinger and MS's Malicious Software Removal Tool (MRT) have very
> linited target lists. Stinger has a target list of ~53 infectors and variants and teh MRT
> has even less and many are obverlapped between the two.
>
> The following Multi AV scanning tool is a Broad-spectrum removal tool and the McAfee Module
> targets ~146,000 infectors alone (sure beats 53 infectors and their variants). Then there
> are the Sophos and Trend Micro modules as well. One may catch what another may miss.
>
>
> Download MULTI_AV.EXE from the URL --
>
http://www.ik-cs.com/programs/virtools/Multi_AV.exe
>
> It is a self-extracting ZIP file that contains the Kixtart Script Interpreter {
>
http://kixtart.org Kixtart is CareWare } three batch files, five Kixtart scripts, one Link
> (.LNK) file, a PDF instruction file and two utilities; UNZIP.EXE and WGET.EXE. It will
> simplify the process of using; Sophos, Trend and McAfee Anti Virus Command Line Scanners to
> remove viruses, Trojans and various other malware.
>
> C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT -- { or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS}
> This will bring up the initial menu of choices and should be executed in Normal Mode. This
> way all the components can be downloaded from each AV vendor’s web site.
> The choices are; Sophos, Trend, McAfee, Exit the menu and Reboot the PC.
>
> You can choose to go to each menu item and just download the needed files or you can
> download the files and perform a scan in Normal Mode. Once you have downloaded the files
> needed for each scanner you want to use, you should reboot the PC into Safe Mode [F8 key
> during boot] and re-run the menu again and choose which scanner you want to run in Safe
> Mode. It is suggested to run the scanners in both Safe Mode and Normal Mode.
>
> When the menu is displayed hitting 'H' or 'h' will bring up a more comprehensive PDF help
> file.
>
> To use this utility, perform the following...
> Execute; Multi_AV.exe { Note: You must use the default folder C:\AV-CLS }
> Choose; Unzip
> Choose; Close
>
> Execute; C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT
> { or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS }
>
> NOTE: You may have to disable your software FireWall or allow WGET.EXE to go through your
> FireWall to allow it to download the needed AV vendor related files.
>
> * * * Please report back your results * * *
>
>
> --
> Dave
>
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
>
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm
>
>
>
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