Malware creators SUCK!!!!

[danceswithgary]

I am scrupulous in keeping my antivirus definitions up-to-date, I have my NAV scans scheduled and run them diligently, I don't click on random sites and I STILL ended up with a vicious Trojan installed. I've now spent almost 16 hours trying to get the damn thing cleaned off my laptop. I'm currently on Gary's looking up everything I can. Guess it's a good thing he's still off riding around the country. I have my writing backed up to my flash drive - including what I was working on when I detected the problem but, needless to say, I'm not feeling terribly inspired.

Do you know how many different anti-spyware/malware programs are out there? A lot - and none of them work on everything. The gurus have you run three or four of them to try to catch anything that falls through the cracks. Appalling.

I'm just hoping I don't have to do a full restore because I will lose at least some of my screencaps because an 8GB flash drive isn't going to hold everything and if I go out to buy another one then I'll expose myself to a different kind of virus and MY hard drive isn't as easy to clean. *sigh*

Comments

[sussixer.livejournal.com]

I agree, it takes forever to clean up the mess that a ten second accident makes sometimes.

THe best malware cleaner and preventer I found out there is A-Squared. You can get a free copy or the whole shabang for a free 30 day trial, no card required, and if you like keep it for something like 30 bucks.

I like it cause it not only does scans and cleaning but it also tells you if a site contains anything suspicious, how threatening it is, and lets you choose a security block for that ip/address for future autoblocking, all before the page loads completely so nothing dings you.

[danceswithgary]

Thanks, I'm currently running a deep scan with a-squared, hopefully that will take care of things. Considering all the blocks I already have set in NAV, Windows Defender and Firefox, I'm appalled that the malware made it through.

[sussixer.livejournal.com]

those sneaky malware bastards. ;)