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FYI:
I just posted this in a Helpful Tip, which I shouldn't have...anyhow have a look.
Thanks,
Erik
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Bill & Others,
Thanks for the informative post. I have been working on lots of PC with Spyware, etc....this is a helpful forum.
I have been having quite a time with one particular PC. I have done all the things in the FAQ's and such and still I have one that is driving me nuts.
It's a VX2. Lavasoft SE can't get it. Spybot crashes and says something about a Caborot error in the win.ini file. I have used Hijack and many, many others and got must of the others, but this one is nasty. I have used Killbox to try and delete the .dll but it will change names on reboot. I have used AVG and Mcafee and finally Mcafee has me back on the Internet, but I still can't get rid of that VX2. Any idea as to what I have exactly and what I can do to get rid of it?
Thanks,
Erik
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I feel your pain.
The newer variants of VX2 are incredibly hard to manually remove, and a restore from a backup is my best guess at the moment.
This is going to be a very ugly XMAS holiday season with the stuff now floating around the internet. Can you imagine the genuine grief that is likely going to occur for a child's Christmas gift, or the effort to introduce your senior parents to the internet?
I wrote in FAQ608-4650 my thoughts on manual cleanup. But no matter what else you do this Holiday season:
. disable ActiveX on your browser
. be certain your backup plan is a good one
Best Holiday wishes to all,
Bill Castner
I just posted this in a Helpful Tip, which I shouldn't have...anyhow have a look.
Thanks,
Erik
-----------------
Bill & Others,
Thanks for the informative post. I have been working on lots of PC with Spyware, etc....this is a helpful forum.
I have been having quite a time with one particular PC. I have done all the things in the FAQ's and such and still I have one that is driving me nuts.
It's a VX2. Lavasoft SE can't get it. Spybot crashes and says something about a Caborot error in the win.ini file. I have used Hijack and many, many others and got must of the others, but this one is nasty. I have used Killbox to try and delete the .dll but it will change names on reboot. I have used AVG and Mcafee and finally Mcafee has me back on the Internet, but I still can't get rid of that VX2. Any idea as to what I have exactly and what I can do to get rid of it?
Thanks,
Erik
-----------------------------------
I feel your pain.
The newer variants of VX2 are incredibly hard to manually remove, and a restore from a backup is my best guess at the moment.
This is going to be a very ugly XMAS holiday season with the stuff now floating around the internet. Can you imagine the genuine grief that is likely going to occur for a child's Christmas gift, or the effort to introduce your senior parents to the internet?
I wrote in FAQ608-4650 my thoughts on manual cleanup. But no matter what else you do this Holiday season:
. disable ActiveX on your browser
. be certain your backup plan is a good one
Best Holiday wishes to all,
Bill Castner