fake antivirus likes to hide in the restore points. Did you check there? Also make sure they are actually running the antivirus and allowing it to update. (There are people who don't do either and are then stunned when they get infected.)
Personally I like Avira, but I have heard good things about some of the others mentioned here if you want to change virus software. Personally I suspect a loose nut... On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 8:13 PM, Matthew Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > > My client had me come over to deal with another virus infection today. > > The first time, a few months ago, the computer was unbootable and I had to > recover the files and do a full install. Had a fake anti virus virus. > > Today it was the same, unable to boot even in safe mode. I was able to use > the avira rescue disk to get it to boot. Had to do a manual update of avira > free and the scan found trojans, spyware, etc. 98 detections in all. I > managed to do a full system scan and dealt with all the threats. Is the > computer safe now? > > The last time I did a system restore, I changed the used account from > an administrator to user and installed avira free on there, but it got > infected. > > What else can I do to keep the computer safe? Not sure what to try. > > I recommended going with kaspersky av instead. Not sure if it will help. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:313208 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
