Re: Free online scanner?
- From: "Kayman" <khkay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 13:32:11 +0700
Just one more thing.
It's been suggested by experts never to rely on an on-line virus scanner for
protection;
you need to have a full-featured av installed.
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cquirke (MVP Windows shell/user) AKA cquirkenews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
hinted in a recent message that:
"Once infected, the malware can and often does resist removal, and is
better-positioned to control the PC than you are to get it back.
In this situation, the more chance the malware has to get control of
the system, the less chance you have of getting it back.
Online scanners are the most unsafe in this situation, because by the
time you've started your infected Windows and connected to the
Internet via this infected code base, and start to look for scanning
sites through infected DNS, you are almost certain to have the malware
perfectly positioned to overrule your attempts to clean it."
So, the way I understand this it is quite okay employing on-line scanners
for a routine check.
But they are unsuitable for removing pests.
A much better, safer and more suitable application is David Lipman's
MULTI_AV tool. The applications therein can be safely used for both routine
checks and malware removal.
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Download David Lipman's MULTI_AV.EXE from the URL --
http://www.ik-cs.com/programs/virtools/Multi_AV.exe
To use this utility, perform the following...
Execute; Multi_AV.exe { Note: You must use the default folder C:\AV-CLS }
Choose; Unzip
Choose; Close
Execute; C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT
{ or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS }
NOTE: You may have to disable your software FireWall or allow WGET.EXE to go
through your
FireWall to allow it to download the needed AV vendor related files.
C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT -- { or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS}
This will bring up the initial menu of choices and should be executed in
Normal Mode.
This way all the components can be downloaded from each AV vendor's web
site.
The choices are; Sophos, Trend, McAfee, Kaspersky, Exit this menu and Reboot
the PC.
You can choose to go to each menu item and just download the needed files or
you can
download the files and perform a scan in Normal Mode. Once you have
downloaded the files
needed for each scanner you want to use, you should reboot the PC into Safe
Mode [F8 key
during boot] and re-run the menu again and choose which scanner you want to
run in Safe
Mode. It is suggested to run the scanners in both Safe Mode and Normal
Mode.
When the menu is displayed hitting 'H' or 'h' will bring up a more
comprehensive PDF help
file. http://www.ik-cs.com/multi-av.htm
Additional Instructions:
http://pcdid.com/Multi_AV.htm
Additional info:
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm
Good Luck :)
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