Home Antivirus 2010?
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Gaelic_Reign,
Posted on: 2009-07-20 13:23 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs
Download MalwareBytes and run it. I'm betting it'll find Vundo or something similar. I've been seeing a LOT of this particular trojan, and it always seems to get past antivirus programs (AVG, Norton, McAfee, etc). MalwareBytes can usually take care of it.
Thanks Hellguard. I'll get on it now.
Hmmm... after a quick search on the web, it doesn't look like Home Antivirus 2010 is actually associated with Vundo (Vundo often masquerades as official-looking antivirus software). Here's a page that claims to have a complete fix for Home Antivirus 2010. According to that site, MalwareBytes is only part of the solution, but you may want to do some further digging.
MalwareBytes is one of the absolute best malware tools out there (if not the best), so it won't hurt you to have it at any rate.
Thanks again, I'll look into it.
Sometimes those programs don't get identified by anti-malware software (Personal Antivirus is another example of such a program). In the case of PAV, a very simple way of removing it is going into your Program Files folder (default location is C:/Program Files) and finding the install folder for that program (probably will say something like "Home Antivirus"). Next, go to the Task Manager, find the running process, end it, then delete the folder you found in the Program Files folder.
Of course, after you've done that, it's still a good idea to run a Malwarebytes scan, because there's likely something else lurking on your machine.
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This is a new variant of a Personal Antivirus 2009, XP Antivirus 2008, System Protect 2008 and similar malware programs.
Malawarebytes has yet to fail me in getting rid of any of the variants that I've come across working on either District computers or people's personal computers.
If it's badly enough infected before I get my hands on it, I may have to rename the Malawarebytes setup program to mbam.com to get it to run. Twice I've had to remove the drive and using a USB adapter add it as a slave to my computer and scan it that way first, then put the drive back in the computer and install and run Malawarebytes normally.
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MalwareBytes seems to have fixed it. Thanks ALOT gang. That was one of the easier fixes I've had to do.
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Somehow, I'm assuming during an automatic update, I got this Home Antiviurs 2010 on my comp. I've uninstalled it, but it's still on my comp. The shield emblem still sits on my taskbar, and if I click it, I get the whole program brought up in a window. I don't plan on buying it, so I'd like to remove it for good. It's screwing with my web surfing, because it "advises" me that I am browsing unprotecte, which I'm not, I have AVG, and I have to double click to get to the page I want to go to. And I also have this red X bubble on my taskbar that keeps reminding me that I have infections, which I don't, I did a scan this morning. Anyone got any ideas on how to get rid of this thing?