spyware guard and blaster are Excellent tools and JAvacool is one of the best
leave em alone
nothing wrong with Comodo or Comodo anti malware it’s just that it’s list is duplicated
the good news is that it is proactive rather than reactive
I do not think that it would conflict with Avast but let’s be careful about installing any other real time anti spyware (like t-timer or Spyware terminator or Windows Defender)
I do not see any reason to switch to online armour till the reast of the system gets sorted out
priorities-- anyone else have a comment- several threads on firewalls
I DO THINK THAT YOU/SHE should have real time anti-spyware- question is which one
DavidR uses paid MBAM, I use Paid Counterspy on this machine and free version of Pest Patrol on others
I am on Windows 98SE on most machines which limits choices or I would try Windows Defender
got a lot of horsepower
Spyware Doctor (free with Google toolbar- just do not DL the rest of it has good prevention
(AS with Comodo- good while it lasts)
Anyway let’s lay the keylogger issue to rest
If you think there might be a Kernal type keylogger then you need to post in a specialist forum for help
we can catch the usual “hook” type
sorry
I got it backward-
not to self- check the sig
I do think that one is required if the resources are there
sort of what I think about spywareguard is that the one with the red icon in the taskbar
been a while
still I’d like to suggest a replacement before removing it
It does work
Me
I’d switch to WinPatrol (although not exactly the same)
Update- She is coming back over in a few hours so I will be able to get to work on her machine.
Quick question- I am running Vista on my machine, and Windows Defender is built into that I believe. Does that mean I should not be using other real time spyware programs?
Short answer is YES ( you could always disable WD but show me a really good reason first- as of now IT is not conflicting with anything)
Windows Defender should work as well as spywareterminator for real time protection
I have not seen any write ups on this recently and the ones at Spywarewarrior are years old
I would not rely on WD as my primary anti malware scanner- but what’s not to like if it finds something
Malware Bytes Anti Malware seems to be the GO TO on demand scanner
(and their Rogue Remover which targets different things)
Then Super Anti Spyware
Spybot Search and Destroy
Thank you for the information. I just downloaded the free version of Malwarebytes. 1.025 I believe. There is the Protection tab which asks whether I want to buy and register what I’m assuming is the real time protection. Is that the portion of malwarebytes that you are advising me NOT to run? This portion is being handled by windows defender correct?
Update: I was finally able to get my hands on her computer again. I used the removal tools to get rid of old AV’s. I reinstalled avast and it found nothing in the boot scan. I also ran malwarebytes which also found nothing. Spybot found a lot including some trojans it claims. We are running the first thorough scan of Avast right now. I don’t see Winantivirus 2006 in the program files or anything, but did find it’s icon in the control panel still. >:( I also installed threatfire and it found something initially and we quarantined it. When this final scan is done should I post a log from Kaspersky or a new HJT log or anything? I think my mom and my girlfriends computers are getting close to being officially cleaned! Any suggestions on how to tell whether Winantivirus is defeated or not? Or how to get the leftover icon out of the control panel? Thanks in advance for the help everyone.
Her protection is now as follows. Any suggestions or recommendations would be greatly appreciated. This is on a older Vaio running xp. It’s a pentium 4 around 2.7 Ghz if I remember correctly. Only about 512-1 Gb of RAM:
It would have been nice if you had posted what trojans spybot found
you might google them
did you quarantine?
If only spybot found them you might want to post your spybot log here http://forums.spybot.info/forumdisplay.php?f=22
read the stickle to see what they want on a first post-- possibly a hjt or something
post a link to this thread
and DO NOT ANSWER your first post their till some one helps you
of course we will be interested if they are fp’s or something we missed
your list looks good
if mom uses IE add Spywareblaster by Javacool for active x protection
I’d also recommend MVPS or HPHosts
neither are resource intensive
with spybot be sure to update and reimmunize every Wednasday
Do you still have Windows Defender?
I have no problem with Windows Defender but do NOT have both it and T-timer
Windows Defender is updated regularly and makes a fine on-demand scanner if you are not using the real time
You have made great progress
where’s the cookies?
THanks for the quick response. I ran the spybot scan last night before leaving her house and my girlfriend called me this morning with the results. I told her to select “fix the selected problems.” I realized that I wasn’t sure whether spybot logged these or not. Guess I will research that now. I’m assuming if you are recommending to post my spybot log that there must be one available. Threatfire found something as well that I quarantined to determine whether it was a false positive or not. I will post what it found as well.
I will add MVPS to her computer as you suggested. She does use I.E sometimes.
My apologies for muddying up my threads a little. I use Windows Defender on MY vista machine and Spybot as well, without Tea Timer. Her computer is an older xp laptop so I downloaded Spybot with Tea Timer and SD helper. She does not have Windows Defender. She does have WinAntivirus2006 in her control panel though. That is still driving me crazy. As soon as I get info from spybot I will post any info here, and I will definitely link them to this thread.
Give me an address and I’ll send the cookies. Both my mom and girlfriend are teachers so between the two of them I get the best!
MVPS will work for any browser- good move
she will save lots of download time of worthless stuff as shown by all the blank spots and site not found messages- tell her she is not missing anything useful
When you say control panel do you mean add remove programs?
what happens when you click it?
If there is nothing for the shortcut to go to then there are utilities to remove the listing (shortcut)
I use the one in WinPatrol but there are many others
Uh What did she find
just cookies I hope
If there are any significant spybot hits post them up even if spybot quarantined them
or Threatfire
I know spybot claimed to find trojans. I don’t know if any were false positives. The WinAntivirus2006 is listed literally in “control panel.” It is not in add/remove programs, and there aren’t any program files that I can find. The only option for the icon in the control panel is create a shorcut and open. When I clicked open nothing happened, so I’m not sure if the program is still running, or whether it is a leftover icon…I will check the utility in win patrol, but that was why I wondered whether I should post another log to make sure it is not active anymore. I will post the spybot and threatfire logs as soon as I get to her computer again!
has good prevention