Virus scan

**blue_screen** · January 15th, 2005, 03:28 PM

I have a computer with XP home and 4 different profiles. If i'm logged in as an administrator and do a virus scan should'nt it take care of all viruses on the pc? I can change profiles and it will find another virus. I have system restore off.

**craigmodius** · January 16th, 2005, 08:17 AM

what AntiVirus software are you using?

**TechZ** · January 16th, 2005, 08:35 AM

System Restore files are impossible to clean unless u are in Safe Mode.
Go to Safe Mode and then run a Full System Scan, and if u know what virus it is, use a removal tool. And remember to do an Online Virus Scan too.

Trojan Removal:
http://www.microsoft.com/security/ma...e/default.mspx

Online Scans:
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/

**KyleOReilly** · January 17th, 2005, 09:02 AM

Hi,

I spent 12 hours yesterday trying to get the damn 'Downloader.Trojan' off my computer. [Symantec's most recent update for this is June 2002!]

I looked in all the forums, did all the usual 'update your virus definitions' in Norton Antivirus, multiple scans in safe mode, downloaded four 'spyware' softwares, and none of it worked!

The only thing I managed to get to work was the 'Trojan Eliminator'! Go to this URL and download it FR~EE for 30 days. (Though I'd bookmark it too, 'cos if you get another trojan it will save you trying to find it again! ;o)

http://www.alarural.com/rd/trojan_eliminator.html

Let me know if you need any help with it. (I don't think it will be named the same, but my exe file was called: xqexwbx.exe and was in the WINDOWS main directory C:\WINDOWS\xqexbx.exe)

Hope it helps!

Kyle