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| Ok, so I ran SpyBot on my netbook, too, and it came with :WebFriends live, Virtumondo.sdn (somehow it was linked to TrojanC-02), Tradedoubler, Statcounter, Right media, MediaPlex, FactClick, DoubleClick. Now my netbook has been acting up ever since the weekend or monday, I am not sure what all the stuff Spybot came with actually means. It said it was brouser/security/TrojanC-02 related. Now, does it mean that I have the bastid Trojan on my netbook? How do I find out and what do I do? I ran SpyBot 2nd time after I clicked repair, it gave me a clean, but Avira won't start, or it is still starting, ever so slowly... | |
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| Yeah, true. The bugs obviously bug me now, though, I realized I have been very unwisely postponing recent security updates packs, for about 2weeks since the downloading slows my computer too much, and the netbook has progressively slowed down since then and loaded with those little bastids cookies. How do the cookies get there, when I have them disabled? Is there sumfin I have to click/unclick? I only allowed cookies on PhD support chat site, so I am not sure if I completely unblocked them cooks.
And why do I have SpyBot warning me against something linked to Trojan, when none of my AV says I do have it in the system?
Where was I when they were feeding people PC literacy... | |
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MusicChick, the thing is that the people who want to infect our computers try tricksy ways about it. They know that many people are at least aware enough of issues these days to use antivirus so they disguise it somehow from the av scan.
That's why it is important to not only scan for viruses but also
spyware and
malware... usually even if they are successful at hiding it from one type of scan, another finds it. Unfortunately I'm nowhere near literate enough to explain what the difference is though.
So far as the trojan you picked up, this is what I've found on it.
What is Virtumonde.sdn? (from Answers.com which is wiki site) (apparently the one ending in -de and -do are variants of same thing)
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| Virtumonde.sdn is a trojan horse that allows its author and his/her associates rights to your computer. In other words more malware can be installed on your computer. Making it harder to restore your computer to what it was before infection. If you detected this malware with spybot or superantispyware then it will be hard to remove it. The reason is these programs are best in removing spyware and adware. Trojan horses are a little more difficult. The program that you will have the best luck with is AVG 9 Free. . Go to download.com and search for AVG 9 Free. Download it and run a full scan of your computer. Make sure to that AVG scan archives and the system enviroment. Also make sure that AVG doesn't scan just infectable files. Any question you can go lockergnome.com and get tech help | |
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We have a strong enough pool of computer savvy folks that (hopefully) they can (and will) walk you through questions you may have without having to go to yet another forum.
One thing that has been explained to me before though is that while sometimes one "brand" of av software may pick up things another missed, it isn't necessarily a good idea to have more than one av program as they'll often "recognize" each other as a virus... which means you may miss actual problems. So... one av scanner, one spyware scanner and one malware scanner usually does the trick.
One of the gamer IT-gurus I usually get advice from recommends Spybot Search and Destroy together with MalwareBytes on top of your "regular" antivirus software (kaspersky and avira are two which have been mentioned over and over by the IT folks I chat with often).
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