We’d like to remind Forumites to please avoid political debate on the Forum.

This is to keep it a safe and useful space for MoneySaving discussions. Threads that are – or become – political in nature may be removed in line with the Forum’s rules. Thank you for your understanding.

📨 Have you signed up to the Forum's new Email Digest yet? Get a selection of trending threads sent straight to your inbox daily, weekly or monthly!

Virus Found

Zebra
Zebra Posts: 6,702 Forumite
edited 12 April 2009 at 6:09PM in Techie Stuff
Problem solved thanks to Browntoa and Spud17.

Comments

  • Browntoa
    Browntoa Posts: 49,612 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    edited 12 April 2009 at 7:12PM
    fix

    O2 - BHO: (no name) - {7E853D72-626A-48EC-A868-BA8D5E23E045} - (no file)

    but aprt from that it looks clean

    I would check all the web sites lists in the trusted zone list

    O15 -

    and fix any you are not sure about , its like giving someone the keys to your house

    all clear otherwise,Avira moved the offending item
    Ex forum ambassador

    Long term forum member
  • Zebra
    Zebra Posts: 6,702 Forumite
    Thanks Browntoa - obviously Rik's too busy eating Easter eggs. :D

    If I fix all those trusted websites, will that cause any future problems, the only one's I visit are google and BBC (one of them's even my work's website ***shudders*** ).

    Bit concerned that the virus seemed to be in my sent emails folder.

    I guess it's a good idea to do regular scans with Avira, will it find things that it originally lets through?
  • spud17
    spud17 Posts: 4,441 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    edited 12 April 2009 at 6:23PM
    Is this O.K?

    O14 - IERESET.INF: START_PAGE_URL=xxxxxxxxxxx
    Move along, nothing to see.
  • Zebra
    Zebra Posts: 6,702 Forumite
    edited 12 April 2009 at 6:10PM
    spud17 wrote: »
    Is this O.K?
    That's my work's website details - this is a home pc - the last hard disc I had in here was put in by a friend at work, when the original one developed a fault, I have since put a new one in but just transferred everything on to it - that must be a left-over from that.
    Is it ok to fix?
  • Browntoa
    Browntoa Posts: 49,612 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Avira does not scan emails in the free version , you would need to swap to Avast to get that facilty

    that 014 entry is not a problem , if you use the option to reset the homepage to default then thats the page it would reset to , up to you if you delete it , will cause no problems either way , same with the 015 entries
    Ex forum ambassador

    Long term forum member
  • Zebra
    Zebra Posts: 6,702 Forumite
    edited 12 April 2009 at 6:10PM
    Browntoa wrote: »
    Avira does not scan emails in the free version , you would need to swap to Avast to get that facilty
    Thanks Browntoa - I was referring to the fact that it was in my sent folder rather than my inbox.

    All fixed now.
  • Browntoa
    Browntoa Posts: 49,612 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    that looks clean

    it may be a "false Positive" rather than a real infection , I've had AVG insist a program thats been on my PC for years was a Trojan the other week
    Ex forum ambassador

    Long term forum member
  • Zebra
    Zebra Posts: 6,702 Forumite
    Thank you.
  • spud17
    spud17 Posts: 4,441 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Now edited post, 014 can be an indication of a web settings hijack if it's not been set by you.
    Move along, nothing to see.
This discussion has been closed.
Meet your Ambassadors

🚀 Getting Started

Hi new member!

Our Getting Started Guide will help you get the most out of the Forum

Categories

  • All Categories
  • 352.1K Banking & Borrowing
  • 253.6K Reduce Debt & Boost Income
  • 454.3K Spending & Discounts
  • 245.2K Work, Benefits & Business
  • 600.8K Mortgages, Homes & Bills
  • 177.5K Life & Family
  • 259K Travel & Transport
  • 1.5M Hobbies & Leisure
  • 16K Discuss & Feedback
  • 37.7K Read-Only Boards

Is this how you want to be seen?

We see you are using a default avatar. It takes only a few seconds to pick a picture.