[pchelpers] Re: antitrojan help
- From: Eric Furman <dabaric@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 23:06:54 +1200
Eric here,
My twopence worth. When I had the Enjoysearch saga, I too couldn't get AVG
to work in safe mode.
I have since downloaded Avast! and so far I am pleased with its
performance. Anyone had experience with Avast!?
Eric
At 9/06/2004, you wrote:
>Did everything you say, and yes I started in safe mode, Boot and rattle F8
>and is goes into safe mode, but it wouldn't run AVG.
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Ekhart GEORGI (last name last)" <ekhart.georgi@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 6:49 PM
>Subject: [pchelpers] Re: antitrojan help
>
>
> >
> > > The annoying thig is though, I've managed to get rid of this trojan, but
>I
> > > don't know what I did to get rid of it. Also, I couldn't get AVG to run
>in
> > > safe mode both times I tried it????
> > >
> > > Anyway, it's gone now but I wish I knew what I did.
> >
> > You followed Ed's and my directions, at least part of the way, some of
> > the time, and often enough to get lucky... (-:
> >
> > Seriously, you must remember what you did and in what order?! Then i can
> > tell you what happened.
> >
> > Right now i'm guessing AVG killed the trojan the very first time it
> > found it, and then you eventually managed to get rid of the copy hiding
> > out in the System Restore file, which antivirus programs can't get at
> > (as AVG told you).
> >
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