Anyone Good With Computer Viruses ?

[Chris.S]

If so i need your help desperately please

[Giblet]

wot's up?

[Mike_B]

Some level of detail might be a good start...

[DJ Wozza]

Chris I dont know that much but you can get some free software

if you can go to filehippo.com and go to the anti virus section

Virus Section

try either Bitdefender free trial or Avast.

also the anti spyware section

Anti Spyware

you really want Spybot search & Destroy & Windows Defender poss Adaware too

hope this helps

Wozza

[Chris.S]

Lol does help to say what the problem is doesnt it

After numerous antivirus scans im being told my pc is 100% clean but when im on msn messenger live ghost conversations start to appear and im unable to click on contacts unless i sign out and then in

On doing so all online contacts say my msn has been sending them a file to download

[Giblet]

i use Mcafee and they offer a free scan of your system from their web site. Also the full version (which costs but is best on market imo) also covers intant messaging. In addition i also use spybot which is free to get rid of spyware programs etc. Spybot is free.

as well as anti virus, have you got a firewall installed, as you could potentially have someone actualling coming into your computer from outside, it's possible but unlikely.

[Chris.S]

i use Mcafee and they offer a free scan of your system from their web site. Also the full version (which costs but is best on market imo) also covers intant messaging. In addition i also use spybot which is free to get rid of spyware programs etc. Spybot is free.

as well as anti virus, have you got a firewall installed, as you could potentially have someone actualling coming into your computer from outside, it's possible but unlikely.

yep got a firewall running and and spyware too

[TigerFish]

What Anti virus stuff have you scanned with?

AVG is free from here http://free.grisoft.com/ and has triggered virus alerts where Norton and others have failed. the spyware stuff already mentioned are also worth a shot, I use Spybot, adaware and spyware blaster once a week to try and keep things at bay.

Might also be worth going to microsoft.com and getting the latest download of their malicious software removal tool, and make sure your windows update is up to date to.

[Giblet]

http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_141456.htm it doesn't appear to do what this virus does does it.

[Chris.S]

im running ad-aware and netguard neither have found anything

[Chris.S]

http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_141456.htm it doesn't appear to do what this virus does does it.

i believe its very similar, ive not sen it myself but ive been told its some kind of zip file its sending out

[Chris.S]

What Anti virus stuff have you scanned with?

AVG is free from here http://free.grisoft.com/ and has triggered virus alerts where Norton and others have failed. the spyware stuff already mentioned are also worth a shot, I use Spybot, adaware and spyware blaster once a week to try and keep things at bay.

that found a trojan downloader within 20 seconds

[DJ Wozza]

I'd suggest removing MSN and reinstalling it after you have scanned & cleaned pc.

Did you try spybot from filehippo ?

Also C Cleaner is a useful tool.

[Chris.S]

running avg at the moment

[Tyger]

....or you could do the sensible thing and upgrade to a virus-free and spyware-free OS.

http://www.apple.com/getamac

[Chris.S]

well the avg scan found 6 trojan downloader files which have been rectified, so im hoping thats cured it and i can reinstall MSN

[Rob]

get a 30 day trial version of kaspersky antivirus its the best you can get. Dont bother with norton as it doesnt detect a lot of viruses and is a complete pig to remove 100% from your computer

[rudy]

I agree with DJ Wozza, uninstall your MSN, scan for viruses, the reinstall MSN back. But if i were you, i would start backing up my files just in case. I had a similar problem using yahoo messenger and these trojans aren't easy to remove. SOme of them hides in the root directory and will stay dormant till they get triggered. Good Luck!

[Chris.S]

get a 30 day trial version of kaspersky antivirus its the best you can get. Dont bother with norton as it doesnt detect a lot of viruses and is a complete pig to remove 100% from your computer

yep found out about Norton when it f***ed up an hard drive in my last pc

[Chris.S]

I agree with DJ Wozza, uninstall your MSN, scan for viruses, the reinstall MSN back. But if i were you, i would start backing up my files just in case. I had a similar problem using yahoo messenger and these trojans aren't easy to remove. SOme of them hides in the root directory and will stay dormant till they get triggered. Good Luck!

yep i did that last night, when i get home tonight il do another scan and then reinstall it

[sparkystav]

I've used AVG for ages and i find it great, and it doesn't bog your computer down like Norton.

Stav