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These are needed after you've been infected. You might want to have a recent version of them on a flash drive. HijackThis doesn't repair anything, it is used to generate reports so that other people can advise you on how to proceed with malware removal. It would also be useful to have a couple of rootkit removal tools, like Kapersky's TDSSKiller, and WebRoot's AntiZeroAccess.
Sorry for sounding like a noob but what is a rootkit? Thanks
Sorry for sounding like a noob but what is a rootkit? Thanks
It's the nastiest kind of virus/malware there is. They use all kinds of sophisticated techniques to evade detection, as well as actively shutting down scanning and removal tools, and prevent access to anti-malware web sites. Removal and cleanup are often beyond the capability of most users.
It's the nastiest kind of virus/malware there is. They use all kinds of sophisticated techniques to evade detection, as well as actively shutting down scanning and removal tools, and prevent access to anti-malware web sites. Removal and cleanup are often beyond the capability of most users.
My free trial of Malwarebytes is about to expire; if I purchase it, then it will run in the background, thus slowing down my computer, correct? Should I then not purchase Malwarebytes? Or can I set it up to run only when I do a scan?
My free trial of Malwarebytes is about to expire; if I purchase it, then it will run in the background, thus slowing down my computer, correct? Should I then not purchase Malwarebytes? Or can I set it up to run only when I do a scan?
My recommendation is to uninstall the trial and then download the FREE version.
^^^ Spybot. I stopped using it a couple years ago too.
As for the rootkit, I've been using RKill by bleepingcomputer. Combined with Malwarebytes and SAS, it seems to do the job on the Win 7 Security viruses.
NEVER use Norton. If you have it on your computer, uninstall it. I find the combination of Microsoft Security Essentials, MalwareBytes and Ccleaner to be a very good one. Secunia PSI, from what I have heard, is also good for keeping programs up to date and secure. I have never used it though.
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