Ping Dustin

[Buffalo]

I had a friend with a Dell 1501 laptop running XP having problems with
AntiVirus2009.
I believe he fell for the trap and dl'd the AntiVirus2009 program to cure
his AntiVirus2009 infection.
He was running an up-to-date Trend Micro PC-illan Security Pro program
(purchased) at the time.
I advised him to dl,install,update and run MBM and SAS, but he couldn't get
that done.(wouldn't connect to the necessary websites)
It also seemed as if his Trend-Micro got negated.
He finally got to dl and install SAS, but it would not run.
I finally got him to delete his TIF and temp files and reboot and then his
Trend worked somewhat.
He ran his Trend and things started getting a little better.
He dl'd, installed, updated MBM and ran it. It took over 4 hrs but it did
most of the job the first time.
Great program!!!
After that, SAS would run,
With the combo of those two progams, his Trend Micro started running at full
speed.
More work needs to be done, but overall his system is back up to speed.
MBM is a great program.
I just wanted to say thanks.
Buffalo

[Buffalo]

Buffalo wrote:
Sorry.
Should have read MBAM and not MBM.

[Kayman]

On Sat, 8 Nov 2008 17:02:13 -0700, Buffalo wrote:

> I had a friend with a Dell 1501 laptop running XP having problems with
> AntiVirus2009.
> I believe he fell for the trap and dl'd the AntiVirus2009 program to cure
> his AntiVirus2009 infection.
> He was running an up-to-date Trend Micro PC-illan Security Pro program
> (purchased) at the time.
> I advised him to dl,install,update and run MBM and SAS, but he couldn't get
> that done.(wouldn't connect to the necessary websites)
> It also seemed as if his Trend-Micro got negated.
> He finally got to dl and install SAS, but it would not run.
> I finally got him to delete his TIF and temp files and reboot and then his
> Trend worked somewhat.
> He ran his Trend and things started getting a little better.
> He dl'd, installed, updated MBM and ran it. It took over 4 hrs but it did
> most of the job the first time.
> Great program!!!
> After that, SAS would run,
> With the combo of those two progams, his Trend Micro started running at full
> speed.
> More work needs to be done, but overall his system is back up to speed.
> MBM is a great program.
> I just wanted to say thanks.

Tell him to remove TrendMicro from his os and try to get a refund. He then
could purchase the full version of Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware.

[David H. Lipman]

From: "Kayman" <kaymanDeleteThis@operamail.com>



| Tell him to remove TrendMicro from his os and try to get a refund. He then
| could purchase the full version of Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware.

The problem with that suggestion is that MBAM does not target true viruses or exploit
code. He would still need a fully installed AV solution and can use MBAM to supplement
that solution.

--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp

[Buffalo]

David H. Lipman wrote:
> From: "Kayman" <kaymanDeleteThis@operamail.com>
>
>
>
>> Tell him to remove TrendMicro from his os and try to get a refund.
>> He then could purchase the full version of Malwarebytes'
>> Anti-Malware.
>
> The problem with that suggestion is that MBAM does not target true
> viruses or exploit code. He would still need a fully installed AV
> solution and can use MBAM to supplement that solution.

I agree.

[Dustin Cook]

Kayman <kaymanDeleteThis@operamail.com> wrote in
news:gf5dcj$ha5$1@registered.motzarella.org:

> On Sat, 8 Nov 2008 17:02:13 -0700, Buffalo wrote:
> Tell him to remove TrendMicro from his os and try to get a refund. He
> then could purchase the full version of Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware.

Uhm.. While I appreciate the confidence, MBAM isn't a virus scanner. We
compliment virus scanners quiet nicely, but do not replace them. He would
be ill advised to remove Trend. I really can't blame Trend for letting this
one slip thru. This sort of thing isn't strickly viral.


--
Regards,
Dustin Cook
Malware Researcher
MalwareBytes - http://www.malwarebytes.org

[Dastardly Dan]

"Buffalo" <Eric@nada.com.invalid> wrote in message
news:gf59a7$g0i$1@registered.motzarella.org...
>I had a friend with a Dell 1501 laptop running XP having problems with
> AntiVirus2009.
> I believe he fell for the trap and dl'd the AntiVirus2009 program to cure
> his AntiVirus2009 infection.
> He was running an up-to-date Trend Micro PC-illan Security Pro program
> (purchased) at the time.
> I advised him to dl,install,update and run MBM and SAS, but he couldn't
> get
> that done.(wouldn't connect to the necessary websites)
> It also seemed as if his Trend-Micro got negated.
> He finally got to dl and install SAS, but it would not run.
> I finally got him to delete his TIF and temp files and reboot and then his
> Trend worked somewhat.
> He ran his Trend and things started getting a little better.
> He dl'd, installed, updated MBM and ran it. It took over 4 hrs but it did
> most of the job the first time.
> Great program!!!
> After that, SAS would run,
> With the combo of those two progams, his Trend Micro started running at
> full
> speed.
> More work needs to be done, but overall his system is back up to speed.
> MBM is a great program.
> I just wanted to say thanks.
> Buffalo
>
>

Why go through all that hassle when he could have wiped the HDD and
reinstalled? That's the only way to be certain the virus is removed.
completely.

[Buffalo]

Dastardly Dan wrote:
> "Buffalo" <Eric@nada.com.invalid> wrote in message
> news:gf59a7$g0i$1@registered.motzarella.org...
>> I had a friend with a Dell 1501 laptop running XP having problems
>> with AntiVirus2009.
>> I believe he fell for the trap and dl'd the AntiVirus2009 program to
>> cure his AntiVirus2009 infection.
>> He was running an up-to-date Trend Micro PC-illan Security Pro
>> program (purchased) at the time.
>> I advised him to dl,install,update and run MBM and SAS, but he
>> couldn't get
>> that done.(wouldn't connect to the necessary websites)
>> It also seemed as if his Trend-Micro got negated.
>> He finally got to dl and install SAS, but it would not run.
>> I finally got him to delete his TIF and temp files and reboot and
>> then his Trend worked somewhat.
>> He ran his Trend and things started getting a little better.
>> He dl'd, installed, updated MBM and ran it. It took over 4 hrs but
>> it did most of the job the first time.
>> Great program!!!
>> After that, SAS would run,
>> With the combo of those two progams, his Trend Micro started running
>> at full
>> speed.
>> More work needs to be done, but overall his system is back up to
>> speed. MBM is a great program.
>> I just wanted to say thanks.
>> Buffalo
>>
>>
>
> Why go through all that hassle when he could have wiped the HDD and
> reinstalled? That's the only way to be certain the virus is removed.
> completely.

He didn't have a backup or image.

[David H. Lipman]

From: "Dastardly Dan" <dastardly@dan.here>

| Why go through all that hassle when he could have wiped the HDD and
| reinstalled? That's the only way to be certain the virus is removed.
| completely.

"the virus" ?

There wasn't any indication of a "virus" in the post your replied to.

--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp