I just recently did a thorough local drive scan, and removed a few hidden malware programs, and Im very happy with Avast! for as long as I’ve had it
This is the first time I’ve had trouble.
I recently walked into my room with my computer on and it had a bunch of popup windows open and several virus alerts. I dont know how long it had been sitting that way(compliments of a family member who wont tell me) I did the full scan and it removed a few, but it came up with 30 files that it could not scan
Im running Avast! 4.8 home edition on a gateway 507GR
With windows XP home edition 32 bit
and also if its relevant, I just went through and ended several unneeded processes(during the scan, I r dumm)
and ended and then deleted prunnet.exe and I think one other malware that was not over complex, but I cant remember
When you have finished, scan for out-of-date and insecure software using Secunia Online Software Inspector (OSI) and update any vulnerable software: this will help to prevent future infections.
Weird, I just got another virus alert, I was going onto an imageboard
I was in the SFW(safe for work) section and i got redirected and virus alerted
(I read about this in the http://www.geocities.com/dontsurfinthenude/)
XP antivirus 2009 along with an avast virus alert
It starts up adobe reader thing and turns off my firewall, i aborted the connection and deleted the virus with avast
but i think it was still acting up, so i did a superantispyware scan and found it, and in the process of removing it
Im going to avoid that website
Im gonna go with techspots semi-legendary virus removal steps
Looks like a drive-by download using a vulnerability in Adobe. Is Adobe up to date? Did you follow the advice here?
When you have finished, scan for out-of-date and insecure software using [url=http://secunia.com/software_inspector/][u]Secunia Online Software Inspector (OSI)[/u][/url] and update any vulnerable software: this will help to prevent future infections.