First let me say that I’m pretty much helpless when it comes to virus stuff.
Ok, so this may be a long one, but I really need to get something done on my computer and I want to make sure my computer is virus free…
I was browsing a website that I’m pretty sure was safe, but then I got a pop up that I got a virus (Windows32/Alureon, something like that). Windows Defender said I had Windows32/Alureon.DC and Windows32/Alureon.BT (I’m not sure if I’ve spelt these right), the first virus (Windows32/Alureon.DC) got quarantined apparently, but Windows32/Alureon.BT just got ignored… I also got a lot of other viruses, such as backdoor and rootkit viruses.
Anyway…
After a scan from OneCare Safety Scanner, Which said it found about 18 infected items and 4 or 5 issues. It and Microsoft’s virus/ removal tool apparently removed them. After most the viruses apparently got removed, the virus removal tool said that I had no viruses, but OneCare’s scanner said it still found 3 infected items and 1 issue. The last virus was Exploit:Java/CVE-2008-5353C. So it’s a java virus? I have no idea what that is, or what it does. How dangerous is it?
But OneCare Safety Scanner found the location of the virus, but it couldn’t remove the virus. I went into the folder that the virus was supposed to be in, and stupidly deleted it and the adult pictures that I found with it. By “delete” I mean I highlighted the virus’ file and hit the “delete” key, then got rid of it in the recycle bin. It was in my temp folder and it was called “Jar_cache64841.tmp”. But after that, OneCare’s scanner said I was virus free, it couldn’t detect any virus/infected files or issues what so ever. So I thought deleting it got rid of the virus, but I still had my doubts.
Eventually I installed Avast! and I did both a standard and thorough scan and it said I didn’t have any infected files either.
Am I really virus free? Does deleting a virus file in the temp folder really remove it? Or can’t the scanners detect the virus now because I deleted it?
P.S. After all this virus trouble, my computer acted completely normal. But I read that viruses don’t necessarily take effect right away.
Sorry for how long that was. Mainly what I want to know is: Am I really virus free? Is there a chance any of these viruses could still be on my computer?
Thank you in advance!