Very annoying virus!

[Hubba]

I got a very annoying virus on my pc, when i run my Sophos virus scan it cant remove it! its says "acces to file is denied" But i have the newest version of Sophos on the internet Sophos has the virus in their data base, this is very irritating since a virus message is popping up every 2 seconds!    

[thanatos]

Ooh!

What you need is NOD32!  I have to say it's one of the best antiviruses ever.  You can check out virus bulletin, but I personnaly have some reasons (probably mentioned outside anwyay)

linK:  http://www.nod32.com

1)  Extremely fast.  The kernel is supposedly written in Assembly, meaning that where scans of a 40 GB drive in Nortan may take hours, NOD32 only takes a matter of minutes.

2)  Virus definitions updating is such a snap; basically you just set up the preliminary steps, then periodically you'll receive a message that your virus definition has been updated.  No manual update necesary.

3)  Very advanced heuristics - surf around for that - the basic point is that it has a very good chance of detecting newly undiscovered viruses.  (Remember the MSBlast worm?  I got rid of that even before it was discovered, let alone make national headlines)

4)  It does what it needs to do - there is no integrated firewall or any other stuff like that.  NOD32 is an antivirus and ONLY an antivirus.

5)  It's definetely no memory hog.

Check it out for yourself if your interested!

[Blood Angel]

I had an annoying virus once, I use norton antivirus and all I had to do was:

start windows in safe mode, full scan (in safe mode I could get to quarantine the virus).
after the full scan I started normally and the virus survived o.O, but after this I was able to delete the folder the virus was in and now I'm clean. yippie

[Hubba]

Thx, but next time give me a link that works..  

[Hubba]

well i runned the virus scan Thanatos, but still it says: acces Denied...    

[Lance Ezekiel]

Its time to format lucky you  

[thanatos]

Hrm...didn't know the link was dead - it was on last tiem I checked

http://www.nod32.com.au/  Try this one

Access denied...how very odd.

Wtih Nod32 (my experience), it detects the virus and asks for the option to delete the infected file.  I've no idea why your antivirus wants to access the file...you want to delete it .

[Hubba]

Aw man, this sux big time!    

[thanatos]

Its time to format lucky you

 

Whoa whoa...now that's a bit drastic

It's not like its screwing up Hubba's computer...just a major annoyance...uh right?

[Mo]

What are the limitations of the NOD32 trial version?

[Hubba]

Well, i have to shove the error message into a corner but it multiplies so in a hour i just have to lay a brick on my mouse to click the 10000000 virus message's away and euhm it slows my comp..... so nah not a big problem.    

[thanatos]

The NOD32 Trial I believe has a time limit - but otherwise fully functional
It's on the website I provided.  (The later link)

Hubba, what I'd do is research that particular virus, and see how destructive it is.  If it isnt' that bad, disable your Sopho antivirus (the messages come from Sopho and not the virus itself right?), get an alternative antivirus, and get rid of the virus that way.

[Talon]

I got a very annoying virus on my pc, when i run my Sophos virus scan it cant remove it! its says "acces to file is denied" But i have the newest version of Sophos on the internet Sophos has the virus in their data base, this is very irritating since a virus message is popping up every 2 seconds!  

Just reboot in safe mode so it can access the file. (F8 at boot time)

[Hubba]

Well, i did that but when i runned NOD it didnt even find the virus and when i wanted to start Sophos i got an error! DIE TROJ/DASMIN-F!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!    

And i uninstalled Sophos... now using your program Than, thx all!

[thanatos]

hehe no prob

[420]

Well, it sounds like either the virus didn't actually exist and Sophos detecting it was an error.

-420

[Talon]

Well, it sounds like either the virus didn't actually exist and Sophos detecting it was an error.

-420

Or it did exist, the file was in use and couldnt be removed, and required you to reboot in safe mode to remove it.

scvhost.exe is the name of a known trojan pretending to look like svchost.exe

[Xen]

Dude, Just use norton Here, I will do you all a favor:

PhazeDDL

Run a search for norton, You will get em all. I havent not found somthing I was looking for there BUT!! WARNING!!! DO NOT ENTER THE PORN SECTIONS! thats how they make the money to run the place.

They pretty much allways bundle or supply the cracks with the download. Download Norton (2005 is good, 2004 is prolly recomended) install update and than restart in safe mode-Run norton and it will remove the viruses.

I myself have never found a virus that it couldent remove with this method.

And also, If you are happy with sjit you download, Do yourself a favor and buy it..
Treat the software you dld at Phaze as trial ware, Pirates are balzacks.

-Xen


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[EL CABAZONO]

I'm misunderstanding things here... are we supposed to click that link or is it evil, xen?

[420]

I'm misunderstanding things here... are we supposed to click that link or is it evil, xen?

I would say, "yes" and "yes".

There are utilities there but it is an evil site.

-420

[Illutian]

Hubba, ya behind a firewall: Software AND Hardware? i'd recommend ZoneAlarm usually it'll tell ya if something's trying to get (can attest to that)
also, try locating the file itself and try manually deleting it (is going from memory, had a virus like that.....oh ya...i had to reinstall Windows on a clean drive )