[access-uk] Re: AVG Again
- From: "Christopher Hallsworth" <chrishallsworth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 15:03:11 +0100
Ah yeah, forgot about that. Thanks for the reminder! Glad to hear it's
gone now.
On Mon, 21 May 2007 10:27:46 +0100, "roger south"
<roger.south@xxxxxxxxxx> said:
> Hi Christopher
>
> Actually it came from a program I downloaded from a friends computer. I
> later found out she got it from a P2P network. I thought I'd stopped it
> but
> it seems not as AVG found it on the next scan. It seems AVG puts it into
> the
> System Information area which is restricted to people like me. Although
> it
> is neutralised it will keep coming up on each scan. The answer I've now
> found is to turn off System Restore, reboot the machine and then turn
> back
> on System Restore. This effectively wipes the files from System
> Information
> and no longer shows up in scans.
>
> Roger
>
> Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Christopher Hallsworth" <chrishallsworth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 9:24 AM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: AVG Again
>
>
> > All I know is that the most likely cause of this behaviour is the fact
> > you had Messenger Plus! installed with the sponsor programme installed.
> > It is the sponsor programme that produces trojans, not Messenger Plus!
> > Itself. So if you have the sponsor programme, uninstall Messenger Plus!,
> > remove any files and/or folders relating to Messenger Plus!, such as the
> > main programme directory, then reinstall Messenger Plus! but this time
> > without the sponsor programme. All should be well again. If this isn't
> > the case, then try updating your AVG to the latest version, which is
> > 7.5. This seems to handle trojans much better than previous versions.
> > Good luck.
> > On Mon, 21 May 2007 08:12:27 +0100, "roger south"
> > <roger.south@xxxxxxxxxx> said:
> >> Hi All
> >>
> >> I had a trojan on my system a few days ago that an AVG scan found with no
> >> problem. But the Test Results each day since is still finding it. I seem
> >> to
> >> remember from a previous time when this happened I have to do something
> >> to
> >> my machine to actually remove it. I thought I had saved the email from
> >> their
> >> support centre detailing the actions I need to take but I seem to have
> >> lost
> >> it. Anyone out there know what I'm talking about please?
> >>
> >> Many thanks
> >>
> >> Roger
> >>
> >> Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once.
> >>
> >>
> >> ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:-
> >> ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe]
> >> ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to:
> >> ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> ** and in the Subject line type
> >> ** unsubscribe
> >> ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the
> >> ** immediately-following link:-
> >> ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq]
> >> ** or send a message, to
> >> ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq
> >>
> > Christopher Hallsworth
> > E-mail: chrishallsworth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Skype name chrishallsworth7266
> >
> > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:-
> > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe]
> > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to:
> > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > ** and in the Subject line type
> > ** unsubscribe
> > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the
> > ** immediately-following link:-
> > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq]
> > ** or send a message, to
> > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq
> >
>
> ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:-
> ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe]
> ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to:
> ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ** and in the Subject line type
> ** unsubscribe
> ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the
> ** immediately-following link:-
> ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq]
> ** or send a message, to
> ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq
>
Christopher Hallsworth
E-mail: chrishallsworth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Skype name chrishallsworth7266
** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:-
** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe]
** If this link doesn't work then send a message to:
** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
** and in the Subject line type
** unsubscribe
** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the
** immediately-following link:-
** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq]
** or send a message, to
** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq
Other related posts:
