I have a virus on my system that I just can’t seem to get rid of. As per the subject line, it is called Protoride - or - win32.trojan.gen per Avast. It is also known as msupdate.exe.
Avast finds it - that isn’t the problem. The problem is getting the darned thing to dissappear from my system! I went to Symantec, retrieved instructions on how to remove the virus from my system and followed the instructions verbatim. No problem… until a couple of days later and there it was again in the startup again… sigh…
Does anyone know how I can get the darned virus OFF MY SYSTEM permanently?? ???
I just went through and removed it again, so for now it isn’t there…
what WIN do you have ?
do you have ALL windowsupdates applied ?
What AV-program detects it as “protoride” ? Symantec ? please provide Link
Where exactly was the infected File found (full pathname and filename) ?
did you disable RESTORE ??
test the file with OnlineScanners e.g. from TrendMicro & Kaspersky to get a more specific name
(you need to temporarily disable AV-Resident Shields/Monitors to be able to scan the file online)
-remove the Virus/Malware and it’s system modifications according to VirusInfos from Avast, VGREP, TrendMicro, Kaspersky; you might also try searching for the virus name or filename with google
general removal procedure:
kill respective Worm/Backdoor/Trojan process with task manager
search for the file/process names in the registry; remove the malware’s startup entries in the registry
disinfect or (if disinfection is not possible) delete the file; this may be possible only after a reboot
-Secure your system (change passwords, secure shares, install patches/updates for WIN, IE etc…)
-scan your whole system with updated avast and maybe a 2nd scanner ,e.g. TrendMicro to check whether your PC is clean
I have the exact same problem… running out of anti-virus programs to use… its so great how half the programs find them then refuse to do anything about them!
