Today I noticed my internet was slowed to almost a complete halt. Eventually I decided to check start-up manager and I had a process called “Pando Media Booster” running. Not recognizing such a program, I stopped it and my internet returned to its normal speed. A Google search turned up conflicting information, with people speaking for and against the program. None of my scans (Free Malwarebytes, Free Avast!, and Spybot) report anything. Does anyone know if this is a threat?
What version of Avast are you using? What is your OS?
You may want to read this http://www.techsupportforum.com/forums/f112/solved-woah-woah-woah-some-werid-program-installed-on-my-computer-352654.html to learn how this software got installed on your machine and how to uninstall it. It is common for the scans you mentioned to come out clean.
Clean all your temporary Internet files with something like CCleaner http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/builds - scroll down and there is a Slim version available with no toolbars. I suggest doing this after every time you finish going on the Internet now, then in the future.
What type of scan did you run on Avast (Quick, Full, Custom, Boot) and were your definitions up to date? If you did not already run a Boot-time scan, please do so to be on the safe side.
Run the uninstaller from the link I posted above, then reboot your machine.
Keep your Avast and MBAM definitions up to date. You may also want to search for this software > Advanced Search and type in Pando to see if anything comes up. If it does, uninstall it with Revo. From the link above, the user with this problem used Revo to uninstall http://download.cnet.com/Revo-Uninstaller/3000-2096_4-10687648.html, and this is a good program (except for uninstalling security software) to get rid of remnants. Reboot after uninstalling.
Make sure your Avast P2P Shield is activated and at default for sensitivity.
Let us know how you do and if you have any questions. Thank you.
I’m running Avast 6.0.1000 on a 64-bit Vista System.
I did find some search results on these forums, and they were in favor of Pandos being legit. However I decided to remove it anyways and used Revo to do so. It seems like all traces of Pandos are gone.
The Boot-Scan came out clean besides a few corrupt files here and there, and I already knew about Ccleaner.
I always keep my shields running but double checked for absolute certainty and my p2p shield is running as fine as ever.
All and all, everything seems fine concerning this problem now. Thanks for the advice!
I also recomend removing SpyBot, you dont need it when you have Malwarebytes…and it is not very good
if u play some online games like mmos and fps, i know some of the free online games use it as i got it when i installed combat arms