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1) Download the following four items...
McAfee Stinger
http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/
Trend Sysclean Package
http://www.trendmicro.com/download/dcs.asp
Latest Trend Pattern File.
http://www.trendmicro.com/download/pattern.asp
Adaware SE (free personal version v1.05)
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/
Create a directory.
On drive "C:\"
(e.g., "c:\New Folder")
or the desktop
(e.g., "C:\Documents and Settings\lipman\Desktop\New Folder")
Download Sysclean.com and place it in that directory.
Dowload the Trend Pattern File by obtaining the ZIP file.
For example; lpt244.zip
Extract the contents of the ZIP file and place the contents in the same directory as
sysclean.com.
2) Update Adaware with the latest definitions.
3) Disable System Restore
http://vil.nai.com/vil/SystemHelpDocs/DisableSysRestore.htm
4) Reboot your PC into Safe Mode
5) Using Trend Sysclean, Stinger and Adaware, perform a Full Scan of your
platform and clean/delete any infectors/parasites found.
(a few cycles may be needed)
6) Restart your PC and perform a "final" Full Scan of your platform using the three
utilities; Trend Sysclean, Stinger and Adaware
7) Re-enable System Restore and re-apply any System Restore preferences,
(e.g. HD space to use suggested 400 ~ 600MB),
8) Reboot your PC.
9) Create a new Restore point
You can also try some of the below online scanners.
BitDefender:
http://www.bitdefender.com/scan/license.php
Computer Associates:
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx
DialogueScience:
http://www.antivir.ru/english/www_av/
F-Secure:
http://support.f-secure.com/enu/home/ols.shtml
Freedom Online scanner:
http://www.freedom.net/viruscenter/index.html
Kaspersky:
http://www.kaspersky.com/de/scanforvirus
McAfee:
http://www.mcafee.com/myapps/mfs/default.asp
Panda:
http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/
RAV
http://www.ravantivirus.com/scan/
Symantec:
http://security.symantec.com/
Trend:
http://housecall.antivirus.com
http://housecall.trendmicro.com
* * * Please report your results ! * * *
Dave
| Because my PC is running very sluggishly, I ran some virus detection
| programs. I then ran a removal program (Stinger). Most of the files were
| deleted via Stinger, but it was then relayed that (7) files needed to be
| removed manually (not the exact wording, but the jest of it). Per the
| instructions, I 1) disabled system restore, 2) restarted the pc in safe mode,
| 3) accessed registry (run regedit), 4*) locate and delete the files that were
| found to be "bad".
|
| * problem area - I think
| When I use the (control + f) find feature through the entire registry, no
| files are identified.
|
| How can I locate and then delete these corrupt files?
|
| Any and all help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in Advance!!!!
