define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true); define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS', true); Comments on: Antivirus 360 trojan – VERY bad news https://norunnyeggs.com/2008/12/antivirus-360-trojan-very-bad-news/ The repository of one hard-boiled egg from the south suburbs of Milwaukee, Wisconsin (and the occassional guest-blogger). The ramblings within may or may not offend, shock and awe you, but they are what I (or my guest-bloggers) think. Fri, 23 Jan 2009 04:42:56 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 By: becky c https://norunnyeggs.com/2008/12/antivirus-360-trojan-very-bad-news/comment-page-1/#comment-36983 Fri, 23 Jan 2009 04:42:56 +0000 https://norunnyeggs.com/?p=4288#comment-36983 ok i had this same issue with the effin antivirus 360. it kept blocking all of my internet sites even if they were safe. I know i never downloaded it. So i knew it was crap from the start. i spent forever trying to get rid of it, but it never showed an uninstall or stopped running long enough to delete. every other spyware remover or antivirus program wanted money. so I FIXED IT MYSELF.
what i did was in the task manager i found the process and stopped it. Then I deleted any and everything that was part of it. the icon on the start panel by the time, the folder which was in C:programfiles/antivirus20090av360
emptied the recycle bin, restart the computer, then i had to reinstall internet explorer with my back up disk. all is well now and there is no sign of infection. I didnt pay anyone to fix it either.
i just hope it works for good.

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By: J. Gravelle https://norunnyeggs.com/2008/12/antivirus-360-trojan-very-bad-news/comment-page-1/#comment-36858 Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:04:06 +0000 https://norunnyeggs.com/?p=4288#comment-36858 If you have any reservations about which entries to remove, paste the HijackTHIS scan results in this thread and tap me on the shoulder.

I’d be happy to let you know which items you can safely blow away…

-jjg
DailyScoff.com

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By: genes https://norunnyeggs.com/2008/12/antivirus-360-trojan-very-bad-news/comment-page-1/#comment-36852 Wed, 31 Dec 2008 23:12:13 +0000 https://norunnyeggs.com/?p=4288#comment-36852 Hijackthis can set Windose to remove stubborn files on start up. The publisher advises extreme caution when removing suspect files.

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By: Janet Evans https://norunnyeggs.com/2008/12/antivirus-360-trojan-very-bad-news/comment-page-1/#comment-36851 Wed, 31 Dec 2008 18:53:56 +0000 https://norunnyeggs.com/?p=4288#comment-36851 My daughter got this virus and had a heck of a time getting rid of it but was successful in the end by editing the registry. She got the virus from loading some software from someone else\’s computer, so she believes.

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By: dad29 https://norunnyeggs.com/2008/12/antivirus-360-trojan-very-bad-news/comment-page-1/#comment-36850 Wed, 31 Dec 2008 16:58:31 +0000 https://norunnyeggs.com/?p=4288#comment-36850 See my blogpost re PhotoFrames malware. CW also touts MS’ recent release of a malware-removal tool, FWIW…

Another reason I don’t let my kids do file-sharing (nor do I.) “Free” usually has a cost.

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By: J. Gravelle https://norunnyeggs.com/2008/12/antivirus-360-trojan-very-bad-news/comment-page-1/#comment-36849 Wed, 31 Dec 2008 16:01:10 +0000 https://norunnyeggs.com/?p=4288#comment-36849 Use HijackTHIS to clean up the IE registry entries that keep re-installing malware…

-jjg
DailyScoff.com

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By: steveegg https://norunnyeggs.com/2008/12/antivirus-360-trojan-very-bad-news/comment-page-1/#comment-36848 Wed, 31 Dec 2008 13:57:26 +0000 https://norunnyeggs.com/?p=4288#comment-36848 In reply to dad29.

Dunno exactly how they picked it up. I do have to pound them for using a file-sharing program that’s been associated with it though.

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By: dad29 https://norunnyeggs.com/2008/12/antivirus-360-trojan-very-bad-news/comment-page-1/#comment-36847 Wed, 31 Dec 2008 13:50:59 +0000 https://norunnyeggs.com/?p=4288#comment-36847 Is this lovely POS acquired in the usual fashion–clicking on an email attachment?

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