It appeared to be gone as everything returned to normal and I removed it from programs, but my system flashed a blue screen and black text box before giving me my normal home screen.Norton indicates no threat and everything seems to be normal apart from system slower.Have I still got the virus? and what else do I need to do?
Chosen Answer:
Norton is not effective with any decent spyware or virus, that’s just an opinion from a PC tech.
You will not know if it is gone until you scan with a few virus scanners. We have a list of free online scanners at http://pcultracare.com/free_online_virus_scans.php
You might find that your computer is free of infections or that Norton has failed yet another customer. It depends on the severity of your initial infections.
If scans show that you are free of infections, you might be seeing the infections wallpaper or active desktop right before your wallpaper is loaded. this happends due to the initial infection making registry settings selecting their wallpaper (usuall in Local_Machine registry section). By itself it is nothing to be worried about as long as you keep scanning your PC every so often.
Also when Norton expires, get something better (NOD32 is very good).
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on: 6th September 08
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Malwarebytes’ free program at this link.
http://www.malwaresupport.com/mbam/progr...
After you install, start the program and do an update.
Exit the program.
Reboot to “Safe Mode”
Run the scanner and delete anything it finds.
If it tells you to reboot to delete the files…do so.
Worked for me.
Spybot Search and Destroy:
http://www.spybot.info/en/mirrors/downlo...
d;o)
Well Norton360 is ineffective to get rid of antivirus xp 2008 and spyware doctor doesn’t remove unless you have the paid version.
I suggest your download these two
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html
http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Al4dEtH2AQ_vU_DG3ZGfU1Hsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20080831084144AAGAYYE&show=7#profile-info-ZfpOLjQJaa
precisesecurity.com offers a free removal program for antivirus 2008 and 2009
Norton is not effective with any decent spyware or virus, that’s just an opinion from a PC tech.
You will not know if it is gone until you scan with a few virus scanners. We have a list of free online scanners at http://pcultracare.com/free_online_virus_scans.php
You might find that your computer is free of infections or that Norton has failed yet another customer. It depends on the severity of your initial infections.
If scans show that you are free of infections, you might be seeing the infections wallpaper or active desktop right before your wallpaper is loaded. this happends due to the initial infection making registry settings selecting their wallpaper (usuall in Local_Machine registry section). By itself it is nothing to be worried about as long as you keep scanning your PC every so often.
Also when Norton expires, get something better (NOD32 is very good).
Antivirus XP 2008 is a suspect anti-spyware application that have a set of features which do not work, and produces false positives which may goad the user into purchasing the application. Antivirus XP 2008 show various pop-up advertisements and fake security messages, which may disturb your work and slow down computer performance. Antivirus XP 2008 is a clone of XP Antivirus fake antispyware. It is recomended to remove Antivirus XP 2008 from your computer.
I have always run norton but latley it has not caught these popups from antiviurs 2008 and antivirus xp 2008. I had to google some removal guides and found a few but this is the only one that actually worked after following the steps. http://www.spyware-techie.com/antivirusxp-2008-how-to-remove-antivirus-xp-2008/