Spyware that ... kills and delete MSAntiSpyware !!!

[AndyManchesta]

I suggest running a online virus scan, this sounds like
some malware might be the cause but its strange neither
scanner is picking it up

Heres some scanners:


Trend Micro

http://housecall.antivirus.com/

E Trust

http://www3.ca.com/virusinfo/virusscan.aspx

Rav

http://www.ravantivirus.com/scan/

Panda

http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/co...n_principal.h
tm

Bitdefender

http://www.bitdefender.com/scan/Msie/index.php


Microworlds escan

http://www.mwti.net/antivirus/mwav.asp


Symantecs Security Check & Virus scanner

http://security.symantec.com/default.asp?
productid=symhome&langid=ie&venid=sym



Theres also a couple of virus removal and clean up tools
that might help you if something is identified as malware:

Panda PQ Remove

http://updates.pandasoftware.com/pq/gen/sircam/pqremove.co
m

Trend Micro's Damage clean up engine

http://www.trendmicro.com/ftp/products/tsc/tsc.zip


You should run the online scanners i suggest running
trends then panda's if viruses are found and removed then
reinstall the antivirus software you have (Norton) If
viruses are found and cannot be deleted then write down
the path to the virus and let the scan finish.Then turn
off system restore & Reboot into safe mode and then run
the 2 damage clean up tools above and see if they remove
anything that was tagged as being on your system.

Theres alot programs you can use like
adaware,spybot,cwshredder & hijack this but this looks
more likely to be a virus or worm than adware or spyware
with you saying its deleting the folders in program files

Give them a try and see how you get on

Regards Andy

 

[Serge]

Andy,
I have tried several off- and on-line viruses scanners,
spyware detectors, a.s.o. with no result.

The only "affected" folder by this pest is "Microsoft
AntiSpyware" ...

There is no other clue of any pest/virus activity...

Anyway, I'll follow you suggestions,

Thx 4 your help

 

[Andre Da Costa]

Did you run any of them in Safe Mode Serge?

 

[Guest]

That's abit strange its only affecting the one folder,if
you havent run these then maybe worth trying them as well
but you say you've tried various scanners so maybe these
are not needed :

CWShredder :

http://cwshredder.net/bin/CWShredder.exe


Adaware SE :

http://www.download.com/3000-2144-10045910.html?
part=69274&subj=dlpage&tag=button


Spybot Search & Destroy :

http://ejrs.com/spybot/spybot.exe



Also if these find anything use Ccleaner to remove all
temp and unused files to prevent it coming back


Ccleaner :

http://www.filehippo.com/download/ncAOCJr-
Om3Lq35Rh3QQoQ2/download.html




Im not sure whats causing this though if you have tried
all the scanners before posting this,you could try making
the folder hidden by right clicking it and choosing
properties or making the files inside the folder read
only using properties or right click the folder MS folder
and copy it then paste it to another area of pregram
files and see if they both get deleted next time it
happens

Good Luck