![]() If Malwarebytes gives you a “Bad/Good” score, DO NOT REMOVE what it has flagged! This is their Advanced Heuristics, and it invariably spits out False Positives. Incidentally I have downloaded SuperAntispyware onto the XP computer and am running a scan with that at the moment to see IF that picks up anything…. So if anyone can PLEASE help I would really appreciate it. Yesterday I downloaded Clamwin portable on another PC and ran a scan with that – also no problems found other that a reported Phishing email in my junkmail. I have even tried restoring my computer to an earlier date (before the problem occurred) and this too fails to give success – again a MSE update chewed 50-odd megs updating then gave an error (at this rate I will have blown my entire month’s bandwidth on attempted MSE updates!) I have checked (as suggested elsewhere) that BITS is active, I can’t see a block on it in the firewall (tried with Firewall deactivated even, same problem). (But I can access the Windows update page)Īll other browsing/downloading works fine, Avira updates fine, and Malwarebytes, Avira and MSE find no problems. I have also tried going to update Windows and I get a similar error message. If I try to automatically update I either get a message about it failing to connect, or the update connects, downloads almost to completion, then gives an error. My problem is that for the last week I have been unable to update MSE unless I manually download the full definition file of around 50Meg (and even that has failed to download at least once – it gets almost to the end then a problem occurs). (I know some people advise against multiple antivirus but I’ve never had an issue with the two before) and Malwarebytes Antimalaware Free version. I am running 2 PCs, I with Win XP SP3 and 1 with Win 7 Home Premium.Īlso running MSE, Avira Free and Comodo Firewall Pro on both. Hi I’m really hoping someone here can help… It requires some knowlegde though, so the previous advice should be easier to follow. Of course, there could be other solutions, since it’s clear that the malware is being loaded from some entry used during the normal boot process, so a tool like autoruns could be used to identify the malware and stop it from loading. In my case, Power Eraser only came up with one bad file, which had a random prefix (random.exe).Īll this downloading and running of programs was done in safe mode with networking. Note that there are some cautionary warnings with this program as it apparently is very aggressive in finding malware and can result in false positives (which could create problems if you delete good files). download Norton Power Eraser from cnet and run it. download TFC (temporary file cleaner) from cnet, and run it.ģ. download and run malwarebytes anti-malware.Ģ. I found this advice elsewhere, so I am posting it as is:ġ. ![]() He should boot in safe mode with networking, which will allow him to get to the internet. The fact that he can boot in safe should help. ![]() Unfortunately, no single antimalware solution catches all the malware. ![]() What can your “Mickey MSE” do? Oh thats right ….not much. in the event something “gets by” etc., etc. Tell it what to scan, when to scan, how aggressive of a scan to do, how often … Boot time scan. When it comes to the “kitchen sink ” argument. “Resource Hog” as i use only Norton 2011 and Malwarebytes (no MS stuff ) i have not found that i have had any noticeable problems on “system resources” As I’m not in collusion with NASA helping to calculate “space shuttle launches” What difference does it make even if it does take a few more Msec to do something? ![]() after all your choosing one or the other to “do the job” why wouldn’t you?Īs far as the ability of one or the other to detect and protect against “malware” you can read a zillion different results as to which is better ….Just depends on who’s paying for and scripting the tests. As i consider “security” an important function, It is absolutely required that you compare the “kitchen sink” against the “just as good as freebie”. I stopped using NIS long ago, as it was a resource hog and comparative tests with similar apps showed how faulty it was security wise. Is comparing MSE to NIS a reasonable comparison? Isn’t NIS everything but the kitchen sink, regarding security, including even a firewall, which MSE does not? Shouldn’t MSE be compared with other AV products and just those? From an AV point of view, what criteria should be used to evaluate a program in comparison with others? Shouldn’t effectiveness as an AV product rank high on that list? Or you’d rather prefer an AV that includes everything but the kitchen sink and then fails to be reasonably effective detecting malware? ![]()
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