Hopefully someone can help me out. 18 months ago I downloaded "SPYWARE DOCTOR" and it was a descent FREE Program. About10 months ago every time I checked for updates I got the response " Your system is up too date."
Then strange things started happening.
When I would RUN a SCAN the results would show :
5 SEVERE THREATS
All of them part of the main threat which is Trojan.StartPage.GEN
I have attemted to quarantine them, delete them, and then if I run a scan right afterwards "no infections are found.
However if I am on the computer for an hour or 2 and run another scan, "THE EXACT SAME 5 THREATS ARE BACK" [ Trojan.StartPage.GEN ] It really has been pissing me off.
And if I Re-Boot my system those same 5 threats ALWAYS ARE BACK.
* THE THREAT IS SUPPOSED TO POSSIBLY HIJACK THE INTERNET EXPLORER HOME PAGE WITHOUT PERMISSION, BUT I ALWAYS USED MOZILLA/FIREFOX UNTIL IE7 CAME OUT.
THE STRANGE PART IS MCAFFEE (ANTI-VIRUS) SPYBOT SEARCH AND DESTROY, ADAWARE SE, SPYWARE BLASTER, I HAVE EVEN TRIED AVG ANTI VIRUS (FREE) AND ALSO AVAST (ANTI VIRUS (ALSO FREE)
NO OTHER PROGRAM PICKS UP THESE 5 THREATS, AND I WOULD THINK IT IS A GLICHE IN THEIR SYSTEM, BUT 50 % OF THE TIME I DON'T GET THE THREATS, (A) BECAUSE I PROBABLY REMOVED THEM WITHIN THE LAST HOUR. BUT RE-BOOT THE SYSTEM, RUN A SCAN AND ALL 5 ARE BACK.
AS I SAID I HAVE TRIED QUARANTINING THEM, DELETING THEM WITHOUT HAVING THEN QUARANTINED. BUT I COULD DELETE THEM OR QUARANTINE THEM, THEN RE-BOOT MY SYSTEM RIGHT AWAY, DO ANOTHER SCAN RIGHT AWAY AND ALL SAME 5 THREATS WOULD RETURN.
"SPYWARE DOCTOR" DOE NOT PROVIDE UPDATES TO THE FREE VERSION ANYMORE AND HAS NOT FOR ABOUT A YEAR.
DOES ANY ONE HAVE A CLUE HOW TO REMOVE THESE 5 THREATS FOR GOOD?
IT IS SO FRUSTRATING, ESPECIALLY SINCE NO OTHER ANTI- VIRUS OR SPYWARE, AD-AWARE PROGRAM DETECTS IT!
IT HAS THE WORD "TROJAN" IN IT AND THAT IS WHY I AM SO CONCERNED.
"SPYWARE DOCTOR" MADE BY PC TOOLS I BELIEVE JUST WANTS ME TO PURCHASE THEIR NON-FREE VERSION.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY IDEAS ON REMOVING THESE THREATS ONCE AND FOR ALL.
IF YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS PLEAS EMAIL ME
THANKS,
HAPPY THANKSGIVING
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