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| Thread ID: 46681 | 2004-07-01 22:50:00 | AVG reports Trojan Horse Downloader, Norton A.V says all clear | steve.cook (5834) | Press F1 |
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| 249145 | 2004-07-02 05:58:00 | I agree here i've had a few situations where I was CERTAIN that a virus was on teh puter and the customer had norton and it was upto date yet not finding anything.......anyway installed avg alongside norton ........found some viruses (!!!) and have had no troubles with them both installed....... | drcspy (146) | ||
| 249146 | 2004-07-02 06:03:00 | > I am now regularly installing AVG onto all my > customer's Computers to supplement their protection > and have not yet encountered a conflict with another > AV program. As recommended on technical support sites on the web: "beware installing multiple antivirus programs! In most cases, multiple antivirus applications get in each other's way; you won't get enhanced protection and you may get no protection at all." Indeed, you may well be correct that you may not get any visible "conflicts", but you will probably get reduced protection. You need to consider the way this type of software interacts with the operating system. One product may detect the other as a potential threat only when it tries to intercede with an incoming virus, and limit its ability to block any unwanted action. You may get no warning of this, but the overall protection is not likely to be increased, its actually more likely to be decreased in many cases. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 249147 | 2004-07-02 07:59:00 | well i'll add something, I had a tutor called Steve Cook who was also a tech, and he always told us the most important three things to do with computers, were backup, backup & backup (just in case this is my ex tutor, i had to have a little jab) |
Nigel Thomson (629) | ||
| 249148 | 2004-07-02 08:01:00 | yeh and the ultimate backup is a nice norton ghost image !!! | drcspy (146) | ||
| 249149 | 2004-07-02 08:24:00 | This seems to be quite a nasty trojan and very difficult to get rid of completely as it seems to keep coming back. If you type agent.bf removal into Google you will see what I mean. Not sure if anyone has been able to remove it completely. Just another reason to move away from MS |
Jim B (153) | ||
| 249150 | 2004-07-02 11:08:00 | lol, thought of a reload? | able_girl (5835) | ||
| 249151 | 2004-07-02 22:04:00 | I have encountered two sites where AVG fires up with the red screen alerting that Trojan Js.scob has arrived. Gives the option of cleaning and proceeding. My Norton ( running alongside AVG) does not fire up, but merely puts the files into quarantine. Maybe that it why some report that Norton says the system is clean... |
TonyF (246) | ||
| 249152 | 2004-07-02 22:39:00 | steve cook Where did your customer get this trojan from? Do they have any idea? |
mark c (247) | ||
| 249153 | 2004-07-02 23:32:00 | Could be from something like this (news.com.com) | Jim B (153) | ||
| 249154 | 2004-07-02 23:45:00 | > I have encountered two sites where AVG fires up with the red screen alerting that Trojan Js.scob has arrived. The Js.scob is the new trojan/virus/security issue that infects computers visiting infected websites. I can't find the link to the thread where it was discussed here recently but Mike posted info here (www.microsoft.com) about Microsoft issuing patches and information on how to protect your computer. |
Susan B (19) | ||
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