Hey, What I'm looking for are opinions, and why you think so. I know, I know, preventative action is best, but if you get one, now what? One school of thought is to use a "live cd", like BartPE, or a Linux live cd. I booted with BartPE, and ran the scans with a portable version of Clamwin from a thumbdrive. It detected and quaranteend some stuff, but not everything. I guess, the reason behind that is, there are no locked Windows files for malware to hide in. Makes for easier removal, but I don't know about detection. Another method is run in "safemode", and try to run the scans using your existing installed antivirus programs. That also works to some degree, but if you decide to use MalwareBytes,(which rocks by the way), it specifically says not to run it in safemode, but to run it when windows if fully up and running, so it's heuristics detection can work properly. Of course I have to ask which programs, or combination of programs do you think is best for malware removal? Thanks for the input.
is there a BEST method for malware removal?
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The best way to avoid malware is by not downloading music/movies etc from P2P networks like limewire etc. It also helps to have a program like spybot or ad-aware running in the background which can halt malware in its tracks, before it makes a mess of the registry and whatnot.
I got a bug where popups kept showing up whenever I did anything with a browser. They even dodged my protection. I went to Bleeping Computer and through a series of scans and remedies (MWB was one of them), I am finally free of popups.
Best thing is not to open unknown mail, risky webpages, and avoid P2Ps.
The good thing about this extensive cleaning was I have now a backup for everything in my puter.
Um, what I run for protection is AVG Antivirus with anti-rootkit, Spyware Doctor, Popup Stopper Pro, Spybot S&D, Winpatrol Plus, as well as IE's protection, Firefox's protection, and Windows protection. Bloody stuff still snuck in through all that protection.
Best thing is not to open unknown mail, risky webpages, and avoid P2Ps.
The good thing about this extensive cleaning was I have now a backup for everything in my puter.
Um, what I run for protection is AVG Antivirus with anti-rootkit, Spyware Doctor, Popup Stopper Pro, Spybot S&D, Winpatrol Plus, as well as IE's protection, Firefox's protection, and Windows protection. Bloody stuff still snuck in through all that protection.
Funny, but I just bought 3 copies of mcafee today. One computer been infected for a while and the virus wouldn't let me get to the mcafee, so I used trend micro system's 30 day trial version.
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Then I could get to mcafee. But I already bought mcafee.
Free Trial Downloads - Trend Micro USA
Then I could get to mcafee. But I already bought mcafee.
I've been using the Kaspersky Internet Security Suite on the Windows machines at my house for several years. ~$70 at Best Buy gets you a license for 3 machines, and the software can be configured to be absolutely paranoid, which is exactly what I wanted. It's the best such tool I've ever found, and obviates the need for any of the multiple freeware and shareware things like Ad-Aware and Spybot I used to need when I had the McAfee suite. I kept those things installed for a year after installing Kaspersky, and they never found anything, so I removed them.