Re: a-squared and Trojan Scan

"David H. Lipman" wrote:

From: "HartsVideo" <HartsVideo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>


| Thanks for the advice Dave. I don't see the option for Anti-Virus listed in
| the left pane and Security is the next best option. Microsoft should put
| Anti-Virus in the pane since there is a forum for it.
|
| The reason that I want to run additional anti-virus/trojan/worm programs is
| that the newest Microsoft updates that were uploaded and installed in my pc
| caused my pc to creep along at about 1/10th it's normal speed in every area,
| i.e., opening folders, files, websites, drives, etc. I want to ensure that
| the reason for this is not because I have a virus/trojan/worm/malware/adware.
| I've run numerous programs (Stinger, TrendMicro, CWShredder, AdAware,
| Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool, Bit Defender, Norton AntiVirus
| 2004, Spybot and Microsoft Anti-Spyware), to detect these items and they have
| come up empty. I was finally able to download and run a-squared but I still
| can't upload Trojan Scan.
|
| I haven't had a chance to run the programs you mentioned because I'm running
| another program that will take 1/2 the night to complete, but I'll do them
| tomorrow and let you know the results.
|
| Denise

You are using the Microsoft CDO front end to News Groups.

The URL is...

http://support.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx?NewsGroup=microsoft.public.security.virus&SLCID=US&ICP=GSS3&sd=GN&id=fh;en-us;newsgroups

Using a News client the URL is...

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.security.virus

McAfee Stinger is a tool that only target ~55 infectors, mostly internet Worms so unless you
know specifically that you are infected with a targeted infector you are just wasting your
time.

On the other hand, the McAfee module in my Multi AV Scanning Tool targets ~200,000 infectors
so it is much more worthwhile to use and the the infectors that Stingers targets is a subset
of that McAfee command line scanner.

--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm


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Hi Dave,

I still see anti-virus under Security, and I'm speaking about security and
security programs, not an anti-virus since I don't have a virus that needs
discussion in the anti-virus forum. If I went there, they'd probably tell me
that I should have come to this forum.

I purchased McAfee and I feel that it was a waste of good money. It never
found any problems that other programs found, not even negligible risks that
AdAware finds. It was also incompatible with the other programs that I have
running so I removed it. I won't know if I'm specifically infected with a
targeted infector that Stinger looks for unless I run Stinger. The same can
be said of all the programs.

So far I've been able to download and install a-squared. I want to also
download and run TrojanScan at this url:

http://www.windowsecurity.com/trojanscan/

I now use Sygate firewall. I used to use Avast with Windows firewall but I
couldn't use Sygate with Avast. So again it was a toss-up and I chose Sygate.

Right now, I'm using the process of elimination. I doubt very much if I
have a virus/trojan/worm in my pc but I want to know for sure so that I'll
know that it isn't one of them in my pc causing my pc to creep along when the
6/15/06 updates from Microsoft have been installed. Once I've determined
that, I'll know for sure that one or more of the updates aren't compatible
with another program in my pc and I will do selective updating to determine
which of the 10 updates it is. I backed up my entire C drive onto an
external hard drive and I turned off System Restore until I've run all of the
programs because the programs can't scan those files and they may contain a
virus/trojan/worm that I'd put right back into my pc if I chose an existing
restore point.

It seems that my way of thinking isn't your way of thinking but what I do
works for me. I've never had a virus/trojan/worm in my pc. Spybot and
AdAware have found cookies that they've considered spyware and they've been
eliminated. Up until yesterday, when the new updates were installed in my
pc, I didn't have the problem with my pc creeping along. Someone else who
spoke in this thread also mentioned that they caused him a problem. I would
then assume that the update(s) contain something that isn't compatible with
our systems.

Denise
.

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