Is this site legitimate? 1

[Nelviticus]

A friend's PC has picked up the 'win32 Agent.azsy' Trojan and a bit of Googling has revealed that the site remove-malware.net offers a free download for getting rid of it.

Before I recommend this to her, does anyone know whether remove-malware.net is legitimate? I've tried Googling it but it's still hard to tell whether it's a legit site.

Thanks

Nelviticus

 

[electronicsfreak]

It appears to be as they download they offer is Spyware Doctor, which is a good program, however, not free. What antivirus is installed on the infected pc?

Also, a few free good programs are listed below. Antiviruses, the reason I am asking, can conflict with other ones. In the mean time, here are a few malware removal programs that are free.

Super anti spyware

http://download.cnet.com/SuperAntiSpyware-Free-Edition/3000-8022_4-10523889.html?tag=mncol

Malware Bytes Anti Malware

http://download.cnet.com/Malwarebytes-Anti-Malware/3000-8022_4-10804572.html?tag=mncol

CCleaner (actually this is a temp remover but malware installers hide in temp locations many of times)

http://download.cnet.com/ccleaner/?tag=mncol

There is a point in wisdom and knowledge that when you reach it, you exceed what is considered possible - Jason Schoon

 

[Nelviticus]

Ah, I thought the download on the virus-specific page was just for removing that one particular threat.

She has Norton but that says her machine is clean. She's very non-technical but I'll recommend those links to her and cross my fingers that she can figure out how to use them. She's an old work colleague so I can't visit and sort it out myself.

Thanks

Nelviticus

 

[electronicsfreak]

Your Welcome.

There is a point in wisdom and knowledge that when you reach it, you exceed what is considered possible - Jason Schoon

 

[Nelviticus]

Well she's just emailed me to say that it worked, so double thanks!

Nelviticus

 

[electronicsfreak]

n/p, glad you two got it solved.

There is a point in wisdom and knowledge that when you reach it, you exceed what is considered possible - Jason Schoon