Topic: Anybody get the Comcast Bot warning yet? How I removed my Bot

[fmaderjr]

I got an e-mail a few days ago from Comcast telling me I was most likely infected with a Bot. I didn't want to deall with them trying to help me remove it (and wasn't even confident that they could), so I used Acronis True Image to set my computer back to a disc image 45 days old hoping it wasn't installed by then.

I then installed a great free program called Bothunter that is incredible at detecting Bots (though not much help at removing them). Unfortunately within a half an hour it picked up signs of bot activity.

The only other image I had was 2.5 years ago, so  I reverted to that date and had a lot of software to update or reinstall. It was worth it though, because Bothunter has now been running about 3 days and has not detected any Bot activity.

What a great program! If I get another Bot it will notify me almost immediately and all I will have to do is to save my data and to use Acronis to revert to an image that shouldn't be more than a week or so old (so no issues with a lot of software to reinstall).

[kirk97132]

There is a GREAT freeware program called spybot search and destroy.  Has fantastic detection & removal system and will run along side of existing anti-virus software with no issues.  Give you the options to remove or not remove things too.  I ran it after getting hit with a bunch of e-mail worms and it got stuff that my existing protection never even saw.  Been running it about a year and it has been great.  NO worms, bots, virus's or any issues to speak of. 

[Chuck]

Another one is SUPERAntiSpyware. For me, if nothing else detects it, SUPERAntiSpyware does.

[bhtoque]

Another one is SUPERAntiSpyware. For me, if nothing else detects it, SUPERAntiSpyware does.

QFT and to add Malware Bytes Anti-malware to the recommended list

JAson