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Title: Best Antivirus Software
Post by: rogwar on May 23, 2012, 11:12:18 PM
Yep that's what it is called.

Believe me. You don't want any of this action. What a nasty son of a gun. I'm pretty well versed in such things and know or can find how to properly eliminate using the various recognized programs, process killers and even editing the registry.

This tard even does something weird to the host file. Luckily it's just on an older but fully updated and allegedly protected laptop.
Title: Re: Best Antivirus Software
Post by: coombz on May 24, 2012, 01:56:22 AM
Avast, with a side helping of Malware Bytes

but it sounds like you may be trying to lock the stable door after the horse has already bolted

best of luck
Title: Re: Best Antivirus Software
Post by: Masherbrum on May 24, 2012, 05:34:41 AM
I run ESET Smart Security 5.
Title: Re: Best Antivirus Software
Post by: rogwar on May 24, 2012, 07:30:41 AM
It's a nasty trojan/fake antivirus thing called Best Antivirus Software. That is the name.
Title: Re: Best Antivirus Software
Post by: Rich52 on May 24, 2012, 08:28:08 AM
TrendMicro
Title: Re: Best Antivirus Software
Post by: rogwar on May 24, 2012, 08:45:47 AM
By calling this trojan Best Antivirus Software it makes searching for info helpful to removal difficult.

Some of the replies on this thread are an example.
Title: Re: Best Antivirus Software
Post by: MrRiplEy[H] on May 24, 2012, 08:55:23 AM
By calling this trojan Best Antivirus Software it makes searching for info helpful to removal difficult.

Some of the replies on this thread are an example.

It can be removed extremely easily.

Do a full reformat of the drive, reset boot sector. Reinstall windows. Done.
Title: Re: Best Antivirus Software
Post by: rogwar on May 24, 2012, 09:05:03 AM
It can be removed extremely easily.

Do a full reformat of the drive, reset boot sector. Reinstall windows. Done.

This is just an older notebook we use for browsing. I am beginning to think you are right.
Title: Re: Best Antivirus Software
Post by: Shuffler on May 24, 2012, 11:45:30 AM
I had a friend get that.... stupid popups websurfing. I pulled the drive and slaved it in another machine that ran MSSE. Ran MSSE on it and cleaned it. Reinstalled it into the friends machine and used the Windows Disc to fix boot.


Worked great.
Title: Re: Best Antivirus Software
Post by: gyrene81 on May 24, 2012, 12:10:09 PM
It's a nasty trojan/fake antivirus thing called Best Antivirus Software. That is the name.
lmao, that is a nasty one. one of those buggers (anti-virus 2000, 2010, 2012, security suite 2012, etc...) will install a rootkit on your drive.

you might want to do what Ripley suggested just to be safe.
Title: Re: Best Antivirus Software
Post by: Ack-Ack on May 24, 2012, 12:14:43 PM
I run ESET Smart Security 5.

That's what I use, excellent software.

ack-ack
Title: Re: Best Antivirus Software
Post by: zack1234 on May 24, 2012, 12:54:59 PM
I just downloaded Avast it made my screen go blank :rofl
Title: Re: Best Antivirus Software
Post by: Nathan60 on May 24, 2012, 01:00:43 PM
I used avast with a a boottime scan set up to autorun at 4am twice a week. Just incase a rootkit hits me. Or  just format.
Title: Re: Best Antivirus Software
Post by: gyrene81 on May 24, 2012, 01:02:03 PM
I just downloaded Avast it made my screen go blank :rofl
lol, probably because your system still has whatever it was that shut down microsoft security essentials and dropped your firewall.
Title: Re: Best Antivirus Software
Post by: coombz on May 24, 2012, 03:15:00 PM
Yeah if you have MSE it won't play nice with Avast

on my previous computer I tried removing MSE so I could get Avast on there, but that caused even more problems!
Title: Re: Best Antivirus Software
Post by: guncrasher on May 24, 2012, 05:50:17 PM
I have ms essentials.  never had a problem.  well once i actually did notice somebody maxed out my gas card.  it turned out to be my son who used the card I gave to his sister for emergencies.  I knew i should've used a condom at least once.


semp
Title: Re: Best Antivirus Software
Post by: Masherbrum on May 24, 2012, 08:49:43 PM
I have ms essentials.  never had a problem.  well once i actually did notice somebody maxed out my gas card.  it turned out to be my son who used the card I gave to his sister for emergencies.  I knew i should've used a condom at least once.


semp

 :rofl

Title: Re: Best Antivirus Software
Post by: rogwar on May 24, 2012, 09:31:54 PM
Reformat was the only viable solution in the end. That was a nasty one.
Title: Re: Best Antivirus Software
Post by: curry1 on May 24, 2012, 09:42:59 PM
I run ESET Smart Security 5.

Same using anything else doesn't make sense.  It is far too good.  I had a virus similar to yours McAfee found nothing.  Installed ESET did a sweep everything was quarantined or deleted and my computer runs like new.
Title: Re: Best Antivirus Software
Post by: MrRiplEy[H] on May 25, 2012, 10:45:02 AM
This is just an older notebook we use for browsing. I am beginning to think you are right.

If that's what you use it for, I fully recommend downloading and installing Ubuntu linux on the computer. You can surf without worry about viruses after that - and all regular stuff will work. Youtube, flash games etc.