[pchelpers] Re: Adware Virtumonde

Hi Cy

>     AVG was not on the system when I had the pest.  It is installed now 
> so I do not think I would quite agree with your statement that it is 
> useless.  My XP system does have AVG  has always had AVG on it with no 
> problems.  I realize of course that may not guarantee that AVG could 
> have handled the pest but I have a fair amount of confidence that it is 
> one of the better Anti Virus programs.  Version 8 is the current program 
> and it appears to be very effective.

Virtumundo is still on your computer; the System Restore trick has 
simply stopped it from running automatically at startup. It might also 
have some way of activating itself again. I'm sure Avira would find it 
and remove it.



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