HELP Virus not detected by Antivirus, can it record all passwords?

[Guest]

I let a virus on my PC by accident, it WAS detected at 1st by Norton to say
that it entered the system and there was no way of getting rid of it. Then
when I ran a Virus scan nothing showed up. I'm afraid that it is one of those
viruses that notes down every password you type. Any help?

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I let a virus on my PC by accident, it WAS detected at 1st by Norton
to say that it entered the system and there was no way of getting rid
of it. Then when I ran a Virus scan nothing showed up. I'm afraid
that it is one of those viruses that notes down every password you
type. Any help?

Who knows until you tell us the virus name.
Try som e of the free online scans below...

Symantec (Norton) AntiVirus (~$11 and up)
http://www.symantec.com/nav/nav_9xnt/

Kaspersky Anti-Virus (~$49.95 and up)
http://www.kaspersky.com/products.html

Panda Antivirus Titanium (~$39.95 and up)
http://www.pandasoftware.com/
(Free Online Scanner: http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/)

AVG Anti-Virus System (Free and up)
http://www.grisoft.com/

McAfee VirusScan (~$11 and up)
http://www.mcafee.com/

AntiVir (Free and up)
http://www.free-av.com/

avast! (Free and up)
http://www.avast.com/

Trend Micro (~$49.95 and up)
http://www.trendmicro.com/en/home/us/personal.htm
(Free Online Scanner:
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/housecall/start_corp.asp)

RAV AntiVirus Online Virus Scan (Free!)
http://www.ravantivirus.com/scan/

 

[Guest]

Try disabling the System Restore function. It allows stuff to hide in a
hidden system directory. See:

http://download.nai.com/products/mcafee-
avert/SystemHelpDocs/DisableSysRestore.htm

Rich

 

[David H. Lipman]

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.
Download the Trend Pattern File by obtaining the ZIP file.
For example; lpt259.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



| I let a virus on my PC by accident, it WAS detected at 1st by Norton to say
| that it entered the system and there was no way of getting rid of it. Then
| when I ran a Virus scan nothing showed up. I'm afraid that it is one of those
| viruses that notes down every password you type. Any help?