I've been using both the free Panda Active Scan and Symantec Scan in additions to AntiVir which was installed on my PC. Lately, during Panda Active Scan download, I've been received a warning of 'Micro-128 virus' in one of the downloaded files' so I denied the file. As a result, when I retried the scan, the message returns "no virus' but the scan panel didn't show that any files have been scanned whereas before, the scan took awhile to scan the hard drives and email files. I used Sygate firewall and Antivir Guard. Have anyone experience the same problem or have any idea on what's going on with my scan?

Lol, great post. But if you find there is a site that you really need to use but is riddled with spyware, it is quite useful to visit www.stompsoft.com ; quite useful

From the download site:
SysSafe Monitor is temporarily not available from our site. Please check back within a couple days.
You can try to visit the home page of the software company:
http://maxcomputing.narod.ru/

Usually if a program can't be downloaded, it's usually because the site it's
from has exceeded it's bandwidth allowance for the month which means you would
have to wait until they get more bandwidth allotment the following month.

Other times there can be such problems as server or network trouble.

If there is problems trying to download a program, you should contact someone
from the website the program is from.

A-1 post!!!

Hail D-Lore,
Well it a took thread list like this to inspire me to sign on and post, hope you don't mind a small pump for the Intermute Program, I am sure "they" won't. Anyway I have been using various combinations of several of the above mentioned programs, and I got to say the SpySubract program offered up by Intermute is very solid ! I had a free trial of the pro and noticed how it really did the job that combination of at least 4 other programs could not accomplish together. Then I let that lapse and noticed how their basic free program differed to the pro and agreed the pro version is worth the extra donation because of its ease of use, thorough and informative ability to keep off what you tell it to keep off!
Now I have used, and still do, combinations of several free and pay progams, and I must say I have unwittingly spent much more on programs that claim to do more, but in reality accomplish much less, so I say without hesitation that the offer of $14.95 is well worth the service provide with this tasty little program !

Krak out

grumpydamnit said:I can not seem to get Trend Micro to run. I have used it before with no problems, but today when I try, it gets to the point where you check the all the computer you want it to scan then the page goes blank and nothing happens. Any one have any suggestions?

Suggest that you start a thread on this. Please post back with details (see the first sticky for what's needed). Please be sure to describe if you're doing an online scan (and if so, what website address and browser/version) or program (and if so, version #,etc)

This is the third HiJackThis analyser I have seen and the security forums
are well aware of these analyzers. The first one appeared last year in Germany.

The reason I have not added any of them to the article above is very simple.
These analysers while they are well intentioned, are not all they are cut
out to be. They can not yet replace the trained eye of someone who is trained
to use HiJackTHis and other tools to diagnose and reapair your system.

There are many items these analysers will miss.

Many security forums while being aware of these analysers, do not recommend
the use of them. Although they do keep an eye on these analysers and
periodically do run tests to see how well these analysers have progressed.

Because of the situation, I have no plans to add any of the HiJackThis analysers
to the above article any time soon.

My personal feelings about this is that once AI (artificial intelligence)
technology gets added to the equation, then these analysers may actually be worth
using.

But in the mean time, I recommend that users stay with posting their HiJackThis
logs to the listed security forums until such time as these forums start advocating
the use of such analysers. Once they do, this will mean that the technology has
progressed enough to be acceptable.

I have no problem with your posting the link to the analyser.

It's just that most people who encounter this tool do not realize
that it's not ready for Prime Time yet.

When I see that the security forums openly start advocating the use of
these analyzers, then I will add a section devoted to the various
HiJackTHis analysers out there instead of linking just one of them.

In this forum, there are three stickies for helping other users.

- 1st) Guidelines for requesting assistance

- 2nd) SpyWare (and other parasites) Removal

- 3rd) General Maintenance of your system

Spyware analysis and removal should not be a part of the 3rd sticky.
But at the same time, some of the general maintenance tools are listed
in it.

The 2nd sticky (this thread) deals specifically with the removal of
such parasites including various tools used for this purpose.

ohsexygirlfriend - your best bet is to read DragonsLore's first post in this thread. If you've done all the other steps, then the next step is to download HiJack this, run it, and save the log file.

Then to paste the logfile in one of the recommended forums and wait for an expert to help you

Sometimes that does happen unfortunately because of how swamped they get.
This is why I recommend interested users join the boot camp so they can
learn enough to help others.

If you post over at the Spywareinfo Forums, in the Malware Forum, read the
sticky from PGPhantom, also read a few of the other important stickies.