whenever i log in on XP the computer opens a window and tries to connect to this horesaft.alt-bin.com
window header reads: c:/windows/system32/scvhost.exe
i have run Mcafee virus online and adaware 6.0 to try and get rid of it but neither have worked
has anybody got any suggestions??? thanks in advance
Mark,
There are other virus scans, and other spyware detectors. Try
another. Symantec search for "scvhost.exe" turns up a dozen or so
possibilities.
Try these free online virus scans:
<
http://www.bitdefender.com/scan/license.php>
<
http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/com/activescan_principal.htm>
<
http://security.symantec.com/ssc/home.asp>
<
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/housecall/start_corp.asp>
Now check for, and learn to defend against, additional carriers of
infection.
First, download LSP-Fix and WinsockXPFIx from
<
http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm>, and CWShredder from
<
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4086.html>. All are free.
Next, close all Internet Explorer and Outlook windows, then run
CWShredder. Have it fix all variants.
Now check for, and remove, spyware. Get HijackThis
<
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=3155> and Spybot S&D
<
http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=download>. Both free.
1) Install and run Spybot. First update it ("Search for updates"),
then run a scan ("Check for problems"). Trust Spybot, and make all
recommended deletions.
2) Install and run HijackThis. Do NOT make any changes immediately.
Save the HJT Log.
3) Have your HJT log interpreted by experts at one or more of the
following forums (and post it here):
<
http://forums.net-integration.net/>
<
http://www.spywareinfo.com/forums/>
<
http://forums.tomcoyote.org/>
<
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/>
If removal of any spyware affects your ability to access the internet
(some spyware builds itself into the network software, and its removal
may damage your network), run LSP-Fix and / or WinsockXPFIx.
And Mark, please don't contribute to the spread, and success, of email
address mining viruses. Learn to munge your email address properly,
to keep yourself a bit safer when posting to open forums. Protect
yourself and the rest of the internet - never post your address
unmunged.
http://www.mailmsg.com/SPAM_munging.htm
Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.
