W32SPYBOT

[Tom]

What is this, what does it do, and how do you get rid of it?

Thanks in advance,

Tom D.

 

[Guest]

If you search goggle for that you get about 70,000 links

Online Virus Scans
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
http://security.symantec.com/ssc/home.asp
http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/com/activescan_principal.htm

Online Spyware Scan
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm

 

[Guest]

spybot is a spyware removal tool. Although I don't delieve that w32spybot is
a valid program file and may be a virus. There is a w32.spybot.DAZ virus
posted on symantec's web site. Make sure your virus protection is up to date
and scan your PC. For more info go to
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.spybot.daz.html
Hope this helps

 

[Leigh Meyers]

It's important to note that all references to "spybot"
that are meant to refer to the Safer-Networking product
should be called Spybot S&D, or Spybot Search & Destroy.
It avoids alot of confusion.
I've been using it for a couple of years and it doesn't trigger
antivirus protection, although one of the recent viruses wouldn't
allow it's installation or use...

Leigh

 

[Sharon F]

What is this, what does it do, and how do you get rid of it?

Thanks in advance,

Tom D.

In what context are you seeing this? If an antivirus or trojan detecting
program is alerting you to this, look it up in their database online.

Each virus, trojan, etc are named a little bit differently by each vendor.
Example: Even if the virus has the same name, variant B at Symantec's site
is variant C or D at McAfee's site. Specifics about the virus and the
method for removal can be very different. For this reason it's important to
look up the identified intrusion with the vendor of *your* detection
software.

Anyhow, here's what Sophos has to say about one with a similar name:
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32spybotbm.html