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 Posted: Sat, 31st Oct 2009 20:47 Post subject: Infected with trojan Windefence32.exe |
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Very bad one. Every time XP started, firefox encountered error. Uninstalled FF, then said IE has error. Both still worked fine though. But I can see multiple instances of each running. Also, I saw entry in msconfig>startup called windefence32.exe. Would not let me remove it even in safe mode. Installed spyware apps - they found it and said it was removed - but it was still there.
I have been running Eset Smart Security 4 for a long time - guess it missed this one?
Re-installed XP (was going to install windows 7 but decided to wait).
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LeoNatan
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| Posted: Sat, 31st Oct 2009 21:19 Post subject: |
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Is it one of these:
If so, I had dealings with them, and range from mildly annoying to mega difficult to remove. Never got this on my PCs, but yeah, I have helped people deal with them, and some variants are pain in the ass, hooking themselves deep in the system to disallow any process initialization.
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| Posted: Sat, 31st Oct 2009 22:12 Post subject: |
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Its on this list, looks like malware-
http://www.damnedspyware.com/remove-dangerous-malware-db-11.html
WinDefence\windefence32.exe
So, what exactly did this one do to me? It must have been on my PC for a few weeks as I noticed my surfing was slow - i blamed it on my cable company. Now its 100 times faster. I hope none of my passwords were stolen, etc.
I installed this spyware app called "Spyware Cease" mainly because I have a key that updates it OK. However, ESET Security said that was a trojan itself! Unreal, so I uninstalled Spyware Cease. Should I continue to look for another Spyware app along with using Eset 4?
** I installed Malwarebytes Anti-Malware - looks good. Ill be running that along with Eset since obviously Eset alone does not do the job.
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| Posted: Tue, 3rd Nov 2009 04:47 Post subject: |
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Is Spybot: Search & Destroy no longer any good? Or just because its freeware? I've always used it and never had trouble.
Just be sure to get t from here and not a spyware pretending to be it.
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| Posted: Thu, 5th Nov 2009 13:44 Post subject: |
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Also download spywareblaster, freeware and doesn't use any resources.
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| Posted: Thu, 5th Nov 2009 22:19 Post subject: |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spywareblaster
Stops the spyware from installing.
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| Posted: Mon, 30th Nov 2009 12:05 Post subject: |
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Hi,
You can also try this really good program....
http://www.malwarebytes.org/
It made wonders for me. i use it on my computer and also did on my friends and really cured alot of headaches with it otherwise would of brought me to the dark re-install/format process...lol...
Good luck
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kalato
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| Posted: Tue, 1st Dec 2009 23:52 Post subject: |
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Malwarebytes does get rid of those shitty antivirus spoof programs.
I like bum.
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| Posted: Wed, 2nd Dec 2009 02:30 Post subject: |
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lol I had this virus once that disabled anything and everything AV related. I could browse the net but as soon as I google anything about viruses or tried to get into symantec's site (was using symantec corp edition) it wouldn't let me connect lol.
Was a little bastard to get rid of.
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