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winweb security (telling me of attack)

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  • donnajunkie
    donnajunkie Posts: 32,412 Forumite
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    does malware bytes conflict with kaspersky or windows anti malware?
    by the way i have installed it and run a quick scan and it has found the following.
    rogue.winantivirus, registry key, HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Micro...

    what should i do? is this dangerous or is it something that should be on the pc?
  • What have you run - Malwarebytes, is so you can delete all it finds.

    Can you post the log it produced?
  • bomber2
    bomber2 Posts: 352 Forumite
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    WinWeb is a fairly new rogue programme so a lot of the security companies are currently on the back foot.

    Malwarebytes as listed above is trying to tackle the problem as in Super AntiSpyware, available here - http://www.superantispyware.com/
    this cleared the winweb virus for me,it also found some other infections that the anti-malwere never found.thanks reluctant spender.
  • donnajunkie
    donnajunkie Posts: 32,412 Forumite
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    What have you run - Malwarebytes, is so you can delete all it finds.

    Can you post the log it produced?

    i'm too lazy to type it all out but here are the things that matter.

    registry keys infected: 1

    registry keys infected: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Stats\{b64f4a7c-97c9-11da-8bde-f66bad1e3f3a} (Rogue.WinAntivirus)

    i was impatient and deleted it. i asked here because i didnt want to go and delete something that was actually ok. so i am, hoping someone isnt going to go and tell me it was ok. although my worry is what could it have done damage wise. i bought something online last night and i am now worried that my card details could have been pinched.
    i am pretty annoyed that kaspersky didnt catch it as well. can anyone give me a basic dummies guide to the best settings to have with kaspersky because maybe i just havent got the settings right.
    i have also now ran superantispyware and that has not found anything. so it looks like i am rid of it. super antispyware and malwarebytes wont clash with windows defender or kaspersky will they?
  • You have not done any damage by deleting that registry entry.

    Sorry I do not use Kaspersky so can't give you any advice in setting it up - the important thing to remember is update it regularly.

    All the programmes listed will play nicely together, so no worries there
  • aliEnRIK
    aliEnRIK Posts: 17,741 Forumite
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    Anti spyware might clash with Kaspersky if your using its 'resident shield'
    I only use to scan my drives personally
    :idea:
  • donnajunkie
    donnajunkie Posts: 32,412 Forumite
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    aliEnRIK wrote: »
    Anti spyware might clash with Kaspersky if your using its 'resident shield'
    I only use to scan my drives personally

    what do you mean by resident shield? what should i check and or change to sort the issue?
  • aliEnRIK
    aliEnRIK Posts: 17,741 Forumite
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    what do you mean by resident shield? what should i check and or change to sort the issue?

    Im on my works PC at the moment, so im afraid I cant open it to guide you through it.
    Maybe someone else can?
    :idea:
  • donnajunkie
    donnajunkie Posts: 32,412 Forumite
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    i think i may have worked it out. i think you mean to have real time protection enabled? at the moment real time protection isnt enabled with super antispyware.
  • aliEnRIK
    aliEnRIK Posts: 17,741 Forumite
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    i think i may have worked it out. i think you mean to have real time protection enabled? at the moment real time protection isnt enabled with super antispyware.

    Thats fine then, keep it as that :)
    :idea:
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