PC Tools

[Charlie Leo]

Does anyone have any comments about PC Tools Spyware Doctor and/or
Registry Mechanic? I downloaded the free version of AVG 8.0. It's not
finding Antivirus 2008.

Charlie

 

[buddyb]

Does anyone have any comments about PC Tools Spyware Doctor and/or
Registry Mechanic? I downloaded the free version of AVG 8.0. It's not
finding Antivirus 2008.

Charlie

Reasd about many problems today with Reg Mechanic.

Regards
buddy b

 

[Kayman]

Does anyone have any comments about PC Tools Spyware Doctor

A much better alternative is:
SuperAntispyware - Free
http://www.superantispyware.com/superantispywarefreevspro.html

and/or Registry Mechanic?

AUMHA Discussion: Should I Use a Registry Cleaner?
http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=28099
Note the comments from Mark Russinovich and the reference concerning ERUNT.

Why I donÿt use registry cleaners!
http://www.edbott.com/weblog/archives/000643.html

I downloaded the free version of AVG 8.0.

A much better alternative is:
Avira AntiVir® Personal - FREE Antivirus
http://www.free-av.com/
(The free version won't scan your emails.)
You may wish to consider removing the 'AntiVir Nagscreen'
http://www.elitekiller.com/files/disable_antivir_nag.htm

Why You Don't Need Your Anti-Virus Program to Scan Your E-Mail
http://thundercloud.net/infoave/tutorials/email-scanning/index.htm

It's not finding Antivirus 2008.

No surprise here.
Download/execute:
Malwarebytes© Corporation - Anti-Malware
http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam/program/mbam-setup.exe
--and/or--
Go to:
How to remove Antivirus 2008
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/malware-removal/antivirus-2008

Good luck

 

[Clark]

Does anyone have any comments about PC Tools Spyware Doctor and/or
Registry Mechanic? I downloaded the free version of AVG 8.0. It's not
finding Antivirus 2008.

Charlie

A squared will get it, I have been cleaning that infection out of at least
two PC's a day, (some variants are harder than others to remove)
go to emisoft
http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/download/

Download and run the unpacker (a-squard Emergency USB Stick) files then
browse to the a2usb directory and run a2free.exe and let it update, then
scan and choose deep scan.
depending on what variant of antivirus 2008 you have it may have also borked
your taskmanager and or display properties also.
let us know how you did and good luck.
Clark...

 

[Gaz]

Does anyone have any comments about PC Tools Spyware Doctor and/or
Registry Mechanic? I downloaded the free version of AVG 8.0. It's not
finding Antivirus 2008.

Charlie

Very few products can deal with antivirus2008, including some of the real
big hitters like nod32.

Gaz

 

[FredW]

From: "Gaz" <[email protected]>



| Very few products can deal with antivirus2008, including some of the real
| big hitters like nod32.

| Gaz

But the newcomer MalwareBytes Anti-Malware (MBAM) can.
http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam/program/mbam-setup.exe

Yes, I also started recommending MBAM in Dutch newsgroups.

After several reported successes, more people are now also advising MBAM
(usually in combination with SuperAntiSpyware).
)

 

[dr what the black side of dr who]

see my comments in virus/hacker warning but i have never used avg 8.0 but it
was recommended by a fraudster me a little while back i did not take his
advise but he worked for an isp that i don't use anymore nuff said

 

[Gaz]

From: "Gaz" <[email protected]>



| Very few products can deal with antivirus2008, including some of the
real
| big hitters like nod32.

| Gaz



But the newcomer MalwareBytes Anti-Malware (MBAM) can.
http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam/program/mbam-setup.exe

A truly excellent product...

Gaz

 

[Charlie Leo]

On Sat, 16 Aug 2008 07:09:32 -0400, "Clark"

(Snip)

Don't you have Google in your part of the world?

Clark - Thanks for the reply. I don't use Google, but I do use Clusty.
I did get info on the PC Tools, but it seemed to be mostly from people
who sold the programs. I think that the really useful information
comes from people like you - that's why I posted here.

Charlie