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).
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.
Another one is SUPERAntiSpyware. For me, if nothing else detects it, SUPERAntiSpyware does.
Quote from: Chuck on February 02, 2011, 02:24:50 PM
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
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