Someone plaese help Re virus!
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Someone plaese help Re virus!
Everytime I click a link on most of the websites I visit Norton pops up saying it has detected Trojan.Narat & has deleted it. There are loads of them in quarantine, I delete them all but it still comesback everytime I click a link, open a new IE window, etc. I have tried to follow the instructions to fix this ( http://securityresponse.symantec.com/av ... narat.html ) but I can't open my registry editor. It opens for about half a second then closes itself every time. I have Norton Personal Firewall 2003, Norton AntiVirus 2003 and Windows 2000 Pro. Help me please people I'm starting to go crazy!
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I've managed to get into the Registry Editor via run>regedt32 but still no joy. I changed everything Symantec said to (though it was slightly diferent in my Reg Editor than what they said it would be like) and the virus still comes back everytime a click a webpage. It even comes up when I open IE but am not online.
Is a clean Windows install required, or can I install it as if I'm upgrading, to save my programs etc?
Is a clean Windows install required, or can I install it as if I'm upgrading, to save my programs etc?
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Quick update...
The virus is gone, at last. After reading on www.computing.net (very good forum), and seeing others with the very same problem, I ran Ad-Aware by Lavasoft which found the virus and got rid of it. But I am still going to reinstall Windows completely, as I'm hoping it'll get rid of all the other crap I have picked up over the years that's taking up my hdd space.
So a question... How can huge companies like Norton and Symantec, whose software we pay for, be useless against this virus, yet freeware like Ad-Aware work very well!?!
The virus is gone, at last. After reading on www.computing.net (very good forum), and seeing others with the very same problem, I ran Ad-Aware by Lavasoft which found the virus and got rid of it. But I am still going to reinstall Windows completely, as I'm hoping it'll get rid of all the other crap I have picked up over the years that's taking up my hdd space.
So a question... How can huge companies like Norton and Symantec, whose software we pay for, be useless against this virus, yet freeware like Ad-Aware work very well!?!
Ad-Aware does not find virus only adware and spyware.
most antivirus does not detect them.
after OS re-install, go in IE settings and disable "install on demand(other)" and third partys browser extentions in avanced tab.
disabling active x, active scripting and java for internet zone in security tab.
set trusted zone with the old internet zone settings.
if you have problem to have access to some web page add their URL to the trusted zone.
most antivirus does not detect them.
after OS re-install, go in IE settings and disable "install on demand(other)" and third partys browser extentions in avanced tab.
disabling active x, active scripting and java for internet zone in security tab.
set trusted zone with the old internet zone settings.
if you have problem to have access to some web page add their URL to the trusted zone.
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Or switch to an alternate browser that does less harmful things automatically. I use Mozilla Firebird exclusively.
It's important to understand that you have choices. You should also look for a better mail client than Outlook or Outlook express (the Mozilla Foundation also has an alternative there).
You even have choices in getting rid of spyware. this site hosts an alternative.
It's important to understand that you have choices. You should also look for a better mail client than Outlook or Outlook express (the Mozilla Foundation also has an alternative there).
You even have choices in getting rid of spyware. this site hosts an alternative.