Trojan

[Brett]

I was recently reporting links to Free Website Providers
(such as freewebs and geocities) for people giving out
hacking tools and breaking their terms of service. To do
this, I had to download some of their stuff to prove that
it was malicious. One of the files I downloaded including
a Beast Remote Access Trojan, and even though MSAS Beta 1
detected it, it cannot remove it. It says it does...but
it doesn't. I can't play any of my games or anything now
Help?

 

[Ron Chamberlin]

Hi Brett,
I don't suggest endangering your machine to test critters out. That should
be left to a controlled environment for non critical, non production
machines.
What I do in the office where I can toss a fresh image on a machine in 5-6
minutes, I don't try at home.

Meanwhile, try this:
Boot into Safe Mode (F8) at startup;
Empty your temporary files AND your Temporary Internet Files C:\Documents
and Settings\Username\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files folder ;
Run the scan while in safe mode;
If you are running SP2, open IE--->Tools--->Manage Add-ons, and uncheck any
BHO's that you don't recognize.

Ron Chamberlin
MS-MVP

 

[Gypsy]

I stumbled across this microsoft spyware accidentally
whilst trying to get shut of a Trojan. It, just like AGV
& others, including an orphans deleter, claims to have
disposed of the intruder. But none of these is actually
doing anything. AGV keeps prompting me about risks, and
all these freebies are seemingly useless unless one pays.
I an't paying for diddly unless it can prove that it
works. This centre is about as useful as writing to
yourself - because as everyone says, THERE ARE NO ANSWERS
HERE. And my work load has been severely restricted due
to pop ups (despite various devices) and hijacked home
pages. Come Gates, do something for your customers (at
least until I can go back with Mac). Sorry I can't help
you original sender. But we are not alone. If therre are
crimanal minds intelligent enough to annoy/rip us off
without us paying them, then these fat PC cats have no
excuses. Stop buying software. Use alternatives. I
wouldn't tkae my car back to some place where they can't
fix it.

 

[Bill Sanderson]

Actually, Microsoft Antispyware is doing most of its users a great deal of
good, and hasn't cost them a cent and won't.

If you want some help--give us some specifics. I'm sure you've seen the
advice about restarting in safe mode and doing full, deep scans until one
comes through clean. If that isn't doing the job for you, you may need
HijackThis and a specialized spyware forum to post your log.

You mention AVG (?)--if you have a virus problem, you need an
antivirus--don't expect a spyware scanner to handle virus issues. My
favorite at the moment for breadth of coverage and cleaning ability is:

http://housecall.trendmicro.com