Posted on 12/05/2004 4:13:30 PM PST by Sally'sConcerns
Before anyone asks I have AVG, Spybot, Ad-Aware, SpySweeper (paid for) and TrojanHunter. SpySweeper runs nightly as does AVG. I run Spybot every couple of weeks as back-up for SpySweeper. I'm on cable modem and the only protection I don't have is a firewall. I plan on securing that when my computer whiz son visits at Christmas. (I'm an almost computer idiot)
So my computer's been acting hinky and I don't know why. I decide to go to http://www.pcpitstop.com to check my computer. For some strange reason I click on the free scan from Stop-Sign. Stop-Sign finds stuff and the only way I can get them to "correct/fix" it is to purchase their program. Is it worth the money to buy their program? They did find several things such as the remains of IWon and AllAdvantage which none of the other programs found.
Hooray! Happy computer ping!
I hope you're not running more than one virus program at once. They tend to interfere with one another and it's definitely not recommended.
they don't run at the same time
I will try that.....I see it in a bunch of Hijack this logs from other people, so it is suspcious since people have told others to remove it.
I just like to be extra careful before I delete something; it has been especially hard finding out just what it is exactly, but whatever it is, I see no reason to believe it is a legit autoupdater....it is not from my Norton or anything.
That's why simply changing the name to something with .old at the end is preferable. Also, reply #117 by edchambers has some good advice for doing the detective work on trying to find out exactly what the hell it is.
I took the plunge to SP2 and haven't had any problems. SP2 will let you use ZoneAlarm as a firewall, so you don't have to use Windows' built-in firewall (which I don't trust).
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