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Name: auto7890
Date: May 17, 2007 at 19:30:22 Pacific
Subject: will Norton 2007 disinfect Brontok
OS: xp
CPU/Ram: 256
Model/Manufacturer: windows
Comment:

Will norton antivirus 2007 delete all my infected files or clean them ???

What procedure should I take ?
If there is an antivirus software that can get rid of the Brontok w32 virus, by cleaning rather than deleting my infected files then I would rather use that. Is there any ?


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Response Number 1
Name: jboy
Date: May 17, 2007 at 21:29:45 Pacific
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See for yourself - fwiw, it doesn't appear to be a file infector

Is this the same 'problem machine' you've been posting about (here & elsewhere) for these past few months?

I'm not one of those who think Bill Gates is the devil. I simply suspect that if Microsoft ever met up with the devil, it wouldn't need an interpreter.


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Response Number 2
Name: auto7890
Date: May 18, 2007 at 17:16:57 Pacific
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I red it also that its not a file infector, however I tried 3 different anti-virus software, and they said that the virus had attached itself to all my executible files, and
can only delete ,not clean them.

NOD32 could not clean them either.


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Response Number 3
Name: jboy
Date: May 25, 2007 at 15:02:43 Pacific
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Well, if that is the case, then you have more than Brontok w32

Files can not always be successfully cleaned - - depending on what they are, you may be further ahead to delete or else perform a fresh installation of Windows

Even better is to not get infected in the first place - it's not that difficult, you just need to adopt more intelligent habits while online
I see from your many (many) posts in other forums, you are quite fond of downloading full version games and movies via P2P, such as EDonkey - it's not terribly surprising that you seem to be constantly infected

Might try Panda - - years ago I was able to recover from (my one) serious infestation, also a file infector, where other AV only corrupted the files in question

{ymmv}

I'm not one of those who think Bill Gates is the devil. I simply suspect that if Microsoft ever met up with the devil, it wouldn't need an interpreter.


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Response Number 4
Name: auto7890
Date: May 25, 2007 at 17:32:25 Pacific
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finally got my got rid of it and my file extensions back using Compact Antivirus available at

http://www.compactbyte.com/


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