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Best antivirus software?
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Post 16 made on Tuesday June 1, 2010 at 02:16
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Trend Micro's PC Cillin is the only antivirus I know of that offers telephone tech support. I like to know that if I have a problem, I can call someone who can help. I think you can get a three computer license for less than $20. Do a Google search for the one you want and find an on-line retailer. They are far less expensive than buying from the Trend Micro website.

[Link: google.com]
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Post 17 made on Tuesday June 1, 2010 at 02:40
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I've been using Norton for years, even during the "bad" times, but 2010 is definitely a lightweight program compared to the old days. So far protection has been quite good, but the main issue I have is that it sometimes starts doing idle scans on my laptop while I'm still using it.
Post 18 made on Tuesday June 1, 2010 at 03:04
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On June 1, 2010 at 01:52, motech said...
Exactly why i use a mac and use boot camp or parallels for windows.
I do all interrnet related work on mac side ,and all programming on pc side.

Never had s virus on my mac or pc partition.
I don't use any virus software on either side.

+1
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OP | Post 19 made on Tuesday June 1, 2010 at 03:16
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so far i have ran spybot/super anti spyware/hitman pro/hijack this in an attempt to manually solve it and now i am running an eset scan and im still infected. If i didnt have 300 applications installed on this machine i would probably format it and install windows 7 on it.
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Post 20 made on Tuesday June 1, 2010 at 03:38
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Wish I could help. Looks like getting rid of that might involve service disabling, DNS cache flushes, and even router resetting?
OP | Post 21 made on Tuesday June 1, 2010 at 04:08
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Not sure whats up. I literally cant search for information because i end up at a bogus site each time.

I found one trick for using the search engine.. search for terms at google like normal..the hits show up like normal. Instead of clicking them (which always leads to a bogus site) you right click/copy link. At this point you cant just paste it in the address bar or you will end up at a bogus link. You have to page back off the google search page then paste into address bar and you can get to the correct site. Same with chromium and firefox.

Im headed home in 2 days so i will have another computer to do research with and hopefully get this guy cleaned up. I lost my adobe CS4 master discs or i would think nothing of formatting this machine. Plus there are countless other applications i have purchased as downloads that i might forget etc. Its like a solid week of my life to format and reinstall. I would like to get a 17" macbook and adobe CS5 but i was hoping to put that off until the end of the year. I hate the idea of doing this all twice.
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Post 22 made on Tuesday June 1, 2010 at 04:14
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Is this happening with all browsers?

The one time in the last 8 years that I had an issue, I paid like $30 or so to McAfee support, they did some share so they could take control of my computer, looked at a bunch of stuff, installed a couple tracking tools and had it cleaned up within 30-40 minutes.

That's where I learned about SuperAntiSpyware. I'm surprised with all that that you still haven't been able to catch it.
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Post 23 made on Tuesday June 1, 2010 at 04:18
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Found this, maybe it'll help:

[Link: ehow.com]

Google redirect virus is the latest threat on Internet and it mainly affects web browsers. it is designed to manipulate google search results. This virus gets installed through a trojan horse and when you search on Google for something, It hides the google results and shows you advertisements or affiliate links related to that subject. This google redirect virus can also show you false advertisements, popups, redirect you to spam pages and lots more. You need to remove this virus as soon as it is detected. It won't even let you search on Google and it is a clear indication that you need to protect your computer in future by using a Spyware Remover.
Difficulty: Moderate
Instructions
Things You'll Need:

* Spyware Doctor which you can download from the link below in resources section.

1. Step 1

In order to remove Google Redirect Virus, first you need to know what this threat is and how does it harm your computer? The malware lives up to its name and causes redirection of search results. If you search something on Google, this virus will redirect your to another malicious websites and advertisements. It won't let you see genuine results from Google. Apart from this, this virus can also do the following gimmicks :

A) It will show you errors saying that filename.exe is not a valid WIn32 application.
B) If you download and try to install a new program, It may tell you that setup files are corrupted and you need to download a fresh copy. It will keep bugging you again and again.
C) It will infect Internet Explorer, Firefox and then redirect you to malicious websites showing advertisements and pop ups.

2. Step 2

It is extremely important that you remove Google Redirect virus as soon as possible To remove Google Redirect Virus, you need to follow these steps :

Please click on "Start-->Run". Type "devmgmt.msc" and Click on OK. This will run Device Manager. In Device Manager, click on "View-->Show Hidden Devices".

3. Step 3

Please expand all the devices by click on the "Plus" sign. Now try to find "TDSSserv.sys" right click Disable. Please make sure that you do not select the Un-Install option otherwise infection will be back once you reboot your computer.

4. Step 4

After disabling the TDSSserv.sys, please download a Spyware Remover and remove Google redirect Virus completely from your system. Please note that you need to remove several registry entries to remove it completely and you never know If you have other threats in your system. Be wise and remove it with a Spyware Remover Software.
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Post 24 made on Tuesday June 1, 2010 at 04:22
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Also This:


As an introduction, please note that I am not Superhuman, I do not know everything, but what I do know has taken me years to learn. I am happy to pass on this information to you, but please bear in mind that I am also fallible.

Please note that you should have Administrator rights to perform the fixes. Also note that multiple identity PC’s (family PC’s) present a different problem; please tell me if your PC has more than one individual’s setting, but continue with the fix.

Before we get underway, you may wish to print these instructions for easy reference during the fix, although please be aware that many of the required URLs are hyperlinks in the red names shown on your screen.

You have quite a mixture of malware. Let’s see what we can do with the first sweep.

I note that you are running HijackThis from Desktop; please create a new folder for it (for example C:\Program Files\Hijackthis\Hijackthis.exe) and move the programme into it. It is very important you do this before anything else since backup files can be deleted if they are not within their own folder!

Click My Computer, then C:\ and then Program Files.
In the menu bar, go to File>New>Folder. That will create a folder named New Folder, which you can right-click on and rename to HJT or HijackThis. Now you have C:\Program Files\HijackThis. Cut ‘n’ Paste your HijackThis.exe into it.

Firstly could you please disable Spyware Doctor from running during the fix, it may just hinder our attempts to change anything.

To start please download the following programmes, we will run them later. Please save them to a place that you will remember, I suggest the Desktop:

Killbox by Option^Explicit
CCleaner
AntiPuper

Please re-open HiJackThis and scan. Check the boxes next to all the entries listed below.

R3 - URLSearchHook: (no name) - {F7C70373-7EEC-F96A-55D7-5132BD6A55CD} - atl_helper.dll (file missing)
O2 - BHO: Acrobat IE Helper - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE083} - C:\WINDOWS\system\ctldlg32.dll (file missing)
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [dmgsh.exe] C:\WINDOWS\system32\dmgsh.exe
O16 - DPF: {33331111-1111-1111-1111-611111193423} -
O16 - DPF: {33331111-1111-1111-1111-611111193429} -
O16 - DPF: {33331111-1111-1111-1111-615111193427} -
O16 - DPF: {33331111-1131-1111-1111-611111193428} -
O16 - DPF: {43331111-1111-1111-1111-611111195622} –

Now close all windows other than HiJackThis, then click Fix Checked.

Please install Killbox by Option^Explicit.

* Please double-click Killbox.exe to run it.
* Select Delete on Reboot
* then Click on the All Files button.
* Please copy the file paths below to the clipboard by highlighting ALL of them and pressing CTRL + C (or, after highlighting, right-click and choose copy):


C:\WINDOWS\system32\dmgsh.exe

* Return to Killbox, go to the File menu, and choose Paste from Clipboard.
* Click the red-and-white Delete File button. Click Yes at the Delete on Reboot prompt. Click OK at any PendingFileRenameOperations prompt (and please let me know if you receive this message!).


If your computer does not restart automatically, please restart it manually.

If you receive a message such as: "Component 'MsComCtl.ocx' or one of its dependencies not correctly registered: a file is missing or invalid." when trying to run Killbox, click here to download and run missingfilesetup.exe. Then try Killbox again.

There is almost certainly bound to be some junk (leftover bits and pieces) on your system that is doing nothing but taking up space. I would recommend that you run CCleaner. Install it, update it, check the default setting in the left-hand pane, ensure you uncheck old prefetch data found under the system tab, and under the heading of Utilities uncheck Ewido Security Suite log, then click Analyze> Run Cleaner. You may be fairly surprised by how much it finds. Also click Issues then Scan for issues – fix selected issues

[Link: geekstogo.com]
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Post 25 made on Tuesday June 1, 2010 at 04:28
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On June 1, 2010 at 03:16, 39 Cent Stamp said...
so far i have ran spybot/super anti spyware/hitman pro/hijack this in an attempt to manually solve it and now i am running an eset scan and im still infected. If i didnt have 300 applications installed on this machine i would probably format it and install windows 7 on it.

Check out the links in this post. They might be of some help.

PS
I use AVG Internet Security, but I'm led to believe that Kaspersky is pretty good too.
Post 26 made on Tuesday June 1, 2010 at 04:57
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On June 1, 2010 at 03:16, 39 Cent Stamp said...
so far i have ran spybot/super anti spyware/hitman pro/hijack this in an attempt to manually solve it and now i am running an eset scan and im still infected. If i didnt have 300 applications installed on this machine i would probably format it and install windows 7 on it.

I just went through the same thing. I think I finally got rid of it with ComboFix:

[Link: bleepingcomputer.com]
If it's not simple, it's not sufficiently advanced.
OP | Post 27 made on Tuesday June 1, 2010 at 05:03
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Thanks fellas. No luck with post 23. I posted at the forum djy suggested : [Link: forums.whatthetech.com]

Wish me luck. Tomorrow has become today and today has become yesterday. Hopefully i can wrap this up before tomorrow becomes today :).
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OP | Post 28 made on Tuesday June 1, 2010 at 06:02
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Update.. i screwed around long enough until my PC got stuck in a BSOD/REBOOT cycle. I couldnt get into safemode. Luckily its a lenovo and i was able to use the thinkvantage utility to have access to Opera browser. This browser reminds be of the bad old days of web surfing :). I can restore the PC but i have some data on the desktop that i need to backup first. I wouldnt be able to restore without thinkvantage. So much fun!
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Post 29 made on Tuesday June 1, 2010 at 07:57
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On June 1, 2010 at 04:57, crosen said...
I just went through the same thing. I think I finally got rid of it with ComboFix:

[Link: bleepingcomputer.com]

ComboFix will usally remedy this problem, however it could take many different utilities to remove the malware.

As far as the BSOD since you can't get into safe mode your going to have to use 3rd party utilites to get you back up and running.

Do a search for "boot cd" these bootable operating systems should have a utility to get into the system restore feature as long as the malware didn't disable it and delete your restore points.
Post 30 made on Tuesday June 1, 2010 at 08:21
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Sounds like your DNS is corrupt. Try opendns and see if that helps.

http://www.opendns.com/
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