[gui-talk] PREVX Virus and Worm Scanner

[albert griffith]

Yes it will but it doesn't perform a automatic scan.  It searches out files
it thinks could potentially be dangerous and shows them to you in a list and
you do the picking.  It's not as hard as it sounds to pick the right file
though.  The good files will have their program name somewhere in them.  It
also does some kind of data base matching.  There are certain worms Trojans
and other nasties our antivirus programs just don't identify no matter how
good they are.  I'm assuming you've run a scan with your computer based
antivirus program.  Also, check to see if your ISP isn't offering antivirus
software.  I use AT and T Yahoo and they do but many other companies do now
as well.  They figure it's a good investment for them.  These programs are
often made by Symantec and MacAfee, (spelling)  I haven't used high jack
this in quite awhile so my explanation's shaky.

-----Original Message-----
From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Steve Jacobson
Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 3:54 PM
To: NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] PREVX Virus and Worm Scanner

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-----
>From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>Behalf Of Steve Jacobson
>Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 10:32 AM
>To: GUI-TALK List
>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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