Is there an anti-virus that stops the virus until I run a scan?

June 12th, 2004

I have seen McAfee do it once. Someone keeps sending me 3 different emails

at the same time with the Netski P virus. It infected 2100 files on my PC

before I could run a scan. I am presently using Avast AV.

Thank you.

**GoNz0** · June 12th, 2004

any up to date virus scanner with realtime checking (such as norton) will stop a virus in its tracks.

**j79zlr** · June 12th, 2004

and McAfee is probably the worst antivirus software on the market.

drz01 · June 12th, 2004

V-Com Fix-It utilities will stop/quaranteen/delete/ or remove from files that have viri on the fly.

June 12th, 2004

Originally Posted by GoNz0

any up to date virus scanner with realtime checking (such as norton) will stop a virus in its tracks.

My Avast is up to date. I had

AVG up to date. It did better than Avast. They just let me know I had a

virus. With AVG it only let it spread to 70 files. They let me know when I got

the virus. They did not stop it or slow it down until I could scan. Thanks for

your replies.

FrenzyD · June 12th, 2004

NOD32 is very good. it can have Antivirus MONitor is a memory-resident (working in the operating memory after each restart of a computer) file scanning program. Automatic execution of AMON after computer restart is a fundamental defense against malicious code. Quitting AMON is not recommended and should only be done under special circumstances. Execution of two different antivirus monitors (from different developers) is not recommended since it can cause a system crash and, especially on Windows NT systems, might lead to serious problems. Automatic execution of AMON after computer restart can be set in the Security tab of the AMON setup window.

**Xie** · June 12th, 2004

If I remember correctly netsky.p is the "harry potter game" ... never run an EXE that come via email.

Follow removal instructions here. Your probably not getting all of it and thats why it keeps coming back.

June 12th, 2004

Originally Posted by Xie

If I remember correctly netsky.p is the "harry potter game" ... never run an EXE that come via email. Follow removal instructions here. Your probably not getting all of it and thats why it keeps coming back.

All I did was open an attachment. I

recieved about 6 more emails with attachments with them today. They all

looked suspicious. 1 was from my old email. How could someone send me a

message with my old email?

I used the program for removing Netsky p virus. My Avast AV called it a virus.

I had to move it to the chest. IMO Avast is calling everything a virus. It was

showing files it could not scan. I had to move 1000 files into it's chest. It

could not repair them. Should I get a different anti-virus?

What do you mean by the netsky p virus is the Harry Potter game?

Thanks.

June 12th, 2004

Originally Posted by GoNz0

any up to date virus scanner with realtime checking (such as norton) will stop a virus in its tracks.

I had Norton for a trail period. It just told me I had a virus. I had to run the scanner for 3.5 hours to get rid of it. Thank you all for the replies.

**dreamliner77** · June 12th, 2004

try running an online scanner:

www.housecall.antivirus.com
http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/

**Kush** · June 13th, 2004

Originally Posted by j79zlr

and McAfee is probably the worst antivirus software on the market.

True VeRy true, my school uses it, its sooooo bad

**LeeJend** · June 13th, 2004

Bull.

I've used Macafee for 7 years on 3 machines at home and it never let a virus through yet. It regularly catches email attachments and viruses embedded in zip files I'm downloading before the file is even fully downloaded.

If you had problems with Macafee it was not properly configured or it wasn't updated.

We use Macafee on all the desktops (about 50 thousand of them) at work too.

Norton is a peice of junk. It even has a vulnerability built into its own code.

**Tittles** · June 13th, 2004

the free anti-virus that u get from microsoft when u sign up for the security update cd does that i get a message that tells me...i found out like 100+ files had the jeefo virus or w/e it was.

**Howling Wolf** · June 13th, 2004

Kaspersky's AV (Pro) blocks any incoming virus via e-mail in real-time: it may delete a message before the later hit your inbox.
Best advice ever though: NEVER open attachments from suspicious e-mail; 2nd: you can disable e-mail preview also

**Xie** · June 13th, 2004

Originally Posted by veronica

Should I get a different anti-virus?

What do you mean by the netsky p virus is the Harry Potter game?

For different anti-virus I would do as dreamliner77 suggests and try Housecall as its a FREE online scanner. You can read about NetSky.p pretending to be a new Harry Potter game here.

**Tittles** · June 13th, 2004

hey...i keep getting a message from the virus scanner program from microsoft and i had like over 300 files with the jeefo.a virus and the rbot.s worm. After i get ride of all of it my computer was acting weird like it said my explorer was using like 300,000k for mem usage and eveyrthing else was like 200-600k. Then it wouldnt let me open programs cause the pf was too high. I looked at the pf and it was 1gb and i keep watchin it and it finally stopped at 1.92gb. Now is it just me or is that weird as f*ck. Everything was acting weird then all of a sudden it stopped and everything was normal.

Now when i did another search when i was typing all this it found korgo.j.worm and the rbot.c.worm.

**Xie** · June 14th, 2004

Sounds like you might want a better AV TittleBitties .. one that catches infections before they get on your HD instead of after.

**Tittles** · June 14th, 2004

see i installed this 3 days ago and before i had the sasser and the blast worm at the same time...since then it has never been the same and the day before all that happend i had to redo the computer cause of the blaster worm i had before...but it was my fault cause i thought i could go without a firewall,virus scanner, or a spyware destoryer program. I went for 4 years without any of that and nothin ever happend but now ever since the one virus everything has been messed up

. O well peace

**Xie** · June 15th, 2004

Originally Posted by TittleBitties

see i installed this 3 days ago and before i had the sasser and the blast worm at the same time...since then it has never been the same and the day before all that happend i had to redo the computer cause of the blaster worm i had before...but it was my fault cause i thought i could go without a firewall,virus scanner, or a spyware destoryer program. I went for 4 years without any of that and nothin ever happend but now ever since the one virus everything has been messed up . O well peace

Well Virus/Worm numbers are on the rise (at least better made for larger distrubution) so while before you could make it w/out its a MUST these days I would say.

**Son Goku** · June 16th, 2004

Originally Posted by veronica

All I did was open an attachment. I

recieved about 6 more emails with attachments with them today. They all

looked suspicious. 1 was from my old email. How could someone send me a

message with my old email?

People can spoof email addresses. I've gotten spam before, that is supposedly from myself.

Anyhow, if they're suspiscious, be careful. Also, don't open attachments in these messages, or from people you don't know. If in doubt, you might be able to logon to the network's server through SSH or something, and open it up in Pine, or some other text only email client (that's what I do with messages I'm not sure about).

The version of McCaffee that I currently have, does have email checking... It's enabled though I haven't got a virus to check. The one I did (was in the spam folder), the ISP has anti-virus software on the servers which stripped it...

June 12th, 2004	Top \| #1
veronica Unregistered Posts: n/a	Is there an anti-virus that stops the virus until I run a scan? I have seen McAfee do it once. Someone keeps sending me 3 different emails at the same time with the Netski P virus. It infected 2100 files on my PC before I could run a scan. I am presently using Avast AV. Thank you.

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j79zlr Glaanies script monkey Joined: February 2003 Location: Chicago Posts: 2,725 Reputation: 1520 Power: 152	and McAfee is probably the worst antivirus software on the market. http://www.j79zlr.com

June 12th, 2004	Top \| #5
veronica Unregistered Posts: n/a	Originally Posted by GoNz0 any up to date virus scanner with realtime checking (such as norton) will stop a virus in its tracks. My Avast is up to date. I had AVG up to date. It did better than Avast. They just let me know I had a virus. With AVG it only let it spread to 70 files. They let me know when I got the virus. They did not stop it or slow it down until I could scan. Thanks for your replies.

June 12th, 2004	Top \| #7
Xie - geek - Joined: September 2003 Location: NY, USA Posts: 5,216 Reputation: 1730 Power: 171	If I remember correctly netsky.p is the "harry potter game" ... never run an EXE that come via email. Follow removal instructions here. Your probably not getting all of it and thats why it keeps coming back. tehgeek \| tehgeek \| geeking out to tech \| IRC \| Parted Magic \| A+ Certified Professional

June 12th, 2004	Top \| #8
veronica Unregistered Posts: n/a	Originally Posted by Xie If I remember correctly netsky.p is the "harry potter game" ... never run an EXE that come via email. Follow removal instructions here. Your probably not getting all of it and thats why it keeps coming back. All I did was open an attachment. I recieved about 6 more emails with attachments with them today. They all looked suspicious. 1 was from my old email. How could someone send me a message with my old email? I used the program for removing Netsky p virus. My Avast AV called it a virus. I had to move it to the chest. IMO Avast is calling everything a virus. It was showing files it could not scan. I had to move 1000 files into it's chest. It could not repair them. Should I get a different anti-virus? What do you mean by the netsky p virus is the Harry Potter game? Thanks.

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June 12th, 2004	Top \| #2
GoNz0 NTFS Stoner Joined: March 2002 Location: the year 2525 Posts: 2,781 Reputation: 350 Power: 152	any up to date virus scanner with realtime checking (such as norton) will stop a virus in its tracks.

June 12th, 2004	Top \| #4
drz01 Weekend DJ Joined: March 2004 Location: Toronto Posts: 524 Reputation: 820 Power: 110	V-Com Fix-It utilities will stop/quaranteen/delete/ or remove from files that have viri on the fly.

June 12th, 2004	Top \| #6
FrenzyD OSNN Junior Addict Joined: January 2004 Posts: 38 Reputation: 10 Power: 99	NOD32 is very good. it can have Antivirus MONitor is a memory-resident (working in the operating memory after each restart of a computer) file scanning program. Automatic execution of AMON after computer restart is a fundamental defense against malicious code. Quitting AMON is not recommended and should only be done under special circumstances. Execution of two different antivirus monitors (from different developers) is not recommended since it can cause a system crash and, especially on Windows NT systems, might lead to serious problems. Automatic execution of AMON after computer restart can be set in the Security tab of the AMON setup window.

June 12th, 2004	Top \| #9
veronica Unregistered Posts: n/a	Originally Posted by GoNz0 any up to date virus scanner with realtime checking (such as norton) will stop a virus in its tracks. I had Norton for a trail period. It just told me I had a virus. I had to run the scanner for 3.5 hours to get rid of it. Thank you all for the replies.

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dreamliner77 The Analog Kid Joined: March 2002 Location: Red Sox Nation Posts: 4,638 Reputation: 1111 Power: 178	try running an online scanner: www.housecall.antivirus.com http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/ "You can fight without ever winning, but never win without a fight." -Neil Peart of RUSH

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Kush High On Life! Joined: January 2002 Location: Montreal, Quebec Posts: 4,590 Reputation: 1300 Power: 181	Originally Posted by j79zlr and McAfee is probably the worst antivirus software on the market. True VeRy true, my school uses it, its sooooo bad If Someones post is helpful or makes you laugh, reward the person by clicking on this button--->

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LeeJend OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: January 2003 Location: Fort Worth, TX Posts: 5,255 Reputation: 3386 Power: 196	Bull. I've used Macafee for 7 years on 3 machines at home and it never let a virus through yet. It regularly catches email attachments and viruses embedded in zip files I'm downloading before the file is even fully downloaded. If you had problems with Macafee it was not properly configured or it wasn't updated. We use Macafee on all the desktops (about 50 thousand of them) at work too. Norton is a peice of junk. It even has a vulnerability built into its own code. Thought for the new millenium: In a world without walls and fences, who needs Windows and Gates? - Open Office - Firefox - Thunderbird - Gimp -Ubuntu - Red Hat -

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Tittles Dabba Dooba Joined: July 2002 Location: Muskegon, Michigan Posts: 6,344 Reputation: 1590 Power: 195	the free anti-virus that u get from microsoft when u sign up for the security update cd does that i get a message that tells me...i found out like 100+ files had the jeefo virus or w/e it was. Yo

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Xie - geek - Joined: September 2003 Location: NY, USA Posts: 5,216 Reputation: 1730 Power: 171	Originally Posted by veronica Should I get a different anti-virus? What do you mean by the netsky p virus is the Harry Potter game? For different anti-virus I would do as dreamliner77 suggests and try Housecall as its a FREE online scanner. You can read about NetSky.p pretending to be a new Harry Potter game here. tehgeek \| tehgeek \| geeking out to tech \| IRC \| Parted Magic \| A+ Certified Professional

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Tittles Dabba Dooba Joined: July 2002 Location: Muskegon, Michigan Posts: 6,344 Reputation: 1590 Power: 195	hey...i keep getting a message from the virus scanner program from microsoft and i had like over 300 files with the jeefo.a virus and the rbot.s worm. After i get ride of all of it my computer was acting weird like it said my explorer was using like 300,000k for mem usage and eveyrthing else was like 200-600k. Then it wouldnt let me open programs cause the pf was too high. I looked at the pf and it was 1gb and i keep watchin it and it finally stopped at 1.92gb. Now is it just me or is that weird as f*ck. Everything was acting weird then all of a sudden it stopped and everything was normal. Now when i did another search when i was typing all this it found korgo.j.worm and the rbot.c.worm. Yo

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Xie - geek - Joined: September 2003 Location: NY, USA Posts: 5,216 Reputation: 1730 Power: 171	Sounds like you might want a better AV TittleBitties .. one that catches infections before they get on your HD instead of after. tehgeek \| tehgeek \| geeking out to tech \| IRC \| Parted Magic \| A+ Certified Professional

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Tittles Dabba Dooba Joined: July 2002 Location: Muskegon, Michigan Posts: 6,344 Reputation: 1590 Power: 195	see i installed this 3 days ago and before i had the sasser and the blast worm at the same time...since then it has never been the same and the day before all that happend i had to redo the computer cause of the blaster worm i had before...but it was my fault cause i thought i could go without a firewall,virus scanner, or a spyware destoryer program. I went for 4 years without any of that and nothin ever happend but now ever since the one virus everything has been messed up . O well peace Yo

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Xie - geek - Joined: September 2003 Location: NY, USA Posts: 5,216 Reputation: 1730 Power: 171	Originally Posted by TittleBitties see i installed this 3 days ago and before i had the sasser and the blast worm at the same time...since then it has never been the same and the day before all that happend i had to redo the computer cause of the blaster worm i had before...but it was my fault cause i thought i could go without a firewall,virus scanner, or a spyware destoryer program. I went for 4 years without any of that and nothin ever happend but now ever since the one virus everything has been messed up . O well peace Well Virus/Worm numbers are on the rise (at least better made for larger distrubution) so while before you could make it w/out its a MUST these days I would say. tehgeek \| tehgeek \| geeking out to tech \| IRC \| Parted Magic \| A+ Certified Professional

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Son Goku No lover of dogma Joined: June 2004 Location: 439 East District, Mount Paozu Posts: 1,980 Reputation: 700 Power: 120	Originally Posted by veronica All I did was open an attachment. I recieved about 6 more emails with attachments with them today. They all looked suspicious. 1 was from my old email. How could someone send me a message with my old email? People can spoof email addresses. I've gotten spam before, that is supposedly from myself. Anyhow, if they're suspiscious, be careful. Also, don't open attachments in these messages, or from people you don't know. If in doubt, you might be able to logon to the network's server through SSH or something, and open it up in Pine, or some other text only email client (that's what I do with messages I'm not sure about). The version of McCaffee that I currently have, does have email checking... It's enabled though I haven't got a virus to check. The one I did (was in the spam folder), the ISP has anti-virus software on the servers which stripped it...