[gui-talk] PREVX Virus and Worm Scanner

[Steve Jacobson]

Albert,

The reason I was looking for something like this is that I had some reason to believe that something slipped through my virus program because definitions had not 
been updated for a month.  I further could not get Windows Update to work, either.  Therefore, I started looking for something that would do a complete search to 
tell me if I had anything or not given the symptoms I was experiencing.  Eventually, my virus definitions did get updated and I found that I had changed an internet 
explorer setting to fix another problem that seemed to interfere with Windows update.  Changing that setting restored Windows Update as well.  I now feel 
reasonably certain that I do not have a virus or worm, but would still like to do a full scan with something that is relatively complete.  I now have the Windows 
Malicious software removal tool and will run a full scan with that, but even that is already a month old, the second Tuesday in December.  Therefore, the PREVX 
page caught my attention because it looked as though it would be quick and reasonably up-to-date.  However, it advertises a two minute scan time, so I question 
how complete it could be.

Would HijackThis work to look for any possible viruses/trojans/worms?  A friend of mine just found malicious software on his computer that the Windows Malicious 
Software Tool did not identify, so that has made me someone suspicious of the completeness of that tool. 

On Mon, 5 Jan 2009 12:22:54 -0500, albert griffith wrote:

>Sounds like overkill to me.  I'd think your antivirus program and monthly
>use of Microsoft's program should keep most machines running fine.  For a
>specific infection I like high jack this.  It's a little time consuming but
>it's always gotten the creature for me when I called on it and I've used it
>three or four times in six years.  It even allows you to make a log to send
>to more experienced users on a forum they have should your attempt fail.
>The last time I needed it I went to www.spywareinfo.com or org I don't
>remember.  

>-----Original Message-----
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>Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 10:32 AM
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>Subject: [gui-talk] PREVX Virus and Worm Scanner

>Hi,

>Has anyone here used the PREVX CSI Virus and Worm scanner?  If so, does it
>seem to be a legitimate product and does it function reasonably with a
>screen reader?  
>There are many of these that, rather than scanning, actually infect a
>machine, but this one looks interesting and I have not found any bad press
>on it as of yet.  Still, I've 
>never heard of it so I'm a little uneasy.  It appears to allow scans and
>limited removal for free and a paid version will do more complex removal.
>It accesses a database 
>from the internet of the latest threats which means that one must have
>internet access to use it but one need not update definitions.  It does not
>appear to be something 
>that offers real-time protection but is used more to look for threats that
>have managed to get past one's standard protection.

>Thanks for any information.

>Best regards,

>Steve Jacobson




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