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Give Hitman Pro 3.5 a try. Its free
How is this free?
To remove anything it finds you need a product key, which lo and behold you have to pay for!!!
Plus it only found 1 threat.
Not sure its right for my problem.0 -
Please run COMBOFIX
http://download.bleepingcomputer.com/sUBs/ComboFix.exe
Shut down your anti virus
Follow the simple instructions it gives
Post the COMPLETE log it creates here (Split into sections if need be)
If it comes up with a RENAMING error then RIGHT click the exe file and RENAME and call it QWERTY (Making the complete file name 'QWERTY.exe') Or SAVE as 'QWERTY' on download:idea:0 -
as much as i like to see all these wonderful ideas and rather shocking logs
my personnal thought would be to format and reinstall, might just be quicker than doing all these scans, log checking, rescanning etc and you would have a nice fresh installDrop a brand challenge
on a £100 shop you might on average get 70 items save
10p per product = £7 a week ~ £28 a month
20p per product = £14 a week ~ £56 a month
30p per product = £21 a week ~ £84 a month (or in other words one weeks shoping at the new price)0 -
Problem now with combofix is it detects that avira and this flaming antivirus plus are running, but I am unable to disable either of them.
It warns me that it probably wont work properly, should I continue with it regardless?0 -
Gonzo I too feel that may be the easier option especially when its the same person at work that always has problems with their laptop!!0
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callistris wrote: »Problem now with combofix is it detects that avira and this flaming antivirus plus are running, but I am unable to disable either of them.
It warns me that it probably wont work properly, should I continue with it regardless?
Right click on the red umbrella and untick Antivir Guard.
Try closing the rogue av in task manager, you might have to keep closing it a few times before it does.0 -
callistris wrote: »Gonzo I too feel that may be the easier option especially when its the same person at work that always has problems with their laptop!!
what i wonder is what type of sites must this person visit to get in this state on a regular basis,
simple solution (although very cheeky) is do the format and re-install and set up a user account for THEM and the admin account for YOU just to try and limit the damage they can do, and make a clean recovery partition for admin only access so when they do screw it up again you can wipe it all with partitionDrop a brand challenge
on a £100 shop you might on average get 70 items save
10p per product = £7 a week ~ £28 a month
20p per product = £14 a week ~ £56 a month
30p per product = £21 a week ~ £84 a month (or in other words one weeks shoping at the new price)0 -
hm just had another thought which i might try if i was in your situation, do you have a ubuntu (or other linux system) if so hook the hard drive up to that system and scan it from ubuntu as you can get windows virus scans in ubuntuDrop a brand challenge
on a £100 shop you might on average get 70 items save
10p per product = £7 a week ~ £28 a month
20p per product = £14 a week ~ £56 a month
30p per product = £21 a week ~ £84 a month (or in other words one weeks shoping at the new price)0 -
callistris wrote: »How is this free?
To remove anything it finds you need a product key, which lo and behold you have to pay for!!!
Plus it only found 1 threat.
Not sure its right for my problem.
Hitman Pro offers you a Free Scan for a second opinion. It is designed to check if your security measures work. If nothing is found (and we sincerely hope so), then you will never need a license. When a virus is found, then you will receive a free 30-day license to remove the threat.
How many threats did you want? It only takes one rotten apple etc.
Other people on this forum have used it recently and removed threats without paying. Read this and this0 -
I have to say I'm with callistris on this. Why bother with this product you'll have to uninstall it after the trial if you dont want to pay.0
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