Re: Virus Scans Freezing
- From: "Yukon" <wallswall@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 23:45:15 GMT
"David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message news:Cpz4f.5666$2Y2.4561@xxxxxxxxxxx
> From: "Yukon" <wallswall@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> | I'm having trouble removing and scanning my system in the last few weeks. Running Windows
> | XP Service Pak 2.
> |
> | Spybot only scans for a few seconds and won't finish before this error message comes up:
> |
> | "{Datei C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts kann nicht geoffnet werden. The process can
> | not access the file because it is being used by another process}"
> |
> | Ad-Aware SE only will scan until it gets to the following, and then freezes up:
> |
> | " D:\WUTemp"
> |
> | It says it has found 43 critical items, but I can't remove them since it freezes up.
> |
> | In Spybot, I've followed the path, and gone into the "hosts" file, but it asks what I want
> | to open it with. No sign of any of the German stuff.
> |
> | In Ad-Aware, I've looked for where it says D:\WUTemp. Of course, there was no temp in D.
> |
> | I run Microsoft Anti Spyware Full Scan every night. It scans all the way to the end, but
> | never finds anything.
> |
> | Any idea on how to get this crap outta my Sony Vaio? Thanks
> |
>
>
> You posted "virus scans freezing" however you have not indicated you ran any anti virus
> software. What you have indicated is you have executed anti adware/spyware software. The
> two are not the same.
>
> I hope you are using Ad-aware SE v1.06 and SpyBot S&D v1.4.
>
> Start by running the bove both in Safe Mode. And read the following...
> "How to perform a clean boot in Windows XP"
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310353
>
> And scan after a clean boot.
>
>
> The following "is" anti virus software.
>
> Download MULTI_AV.EXE from the URL --
> http://www.ik-cs.com/programs/virtools/Multi_AV.exe
>
> It is a self-extracting ZIP file that contains the Kixtart Script Interpreter {
> http://kixtart.org Kixtart is CareWare } 4 batch files, 6 Kixtart scripts, one Link
> (.LNK) file, a PDF instruction file and two utilities; UNZIP.EXE and WGET.EXE. It will
> simplify the process of using; Sophos, Trend, Kasperski and McAfee Anti Virus Command Line
> Scanners to
> remove viruses, Trojans and various other malware.
>
> C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT -- { or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS}
> This will bring up the initial menu of choices and should be executed in Normal Mode. This
> way all the components can be downloaded from each AV vendor's web site. The choices are;
> Sophos, Trend, McAfee, Kaspersky, Exit this menu and Reboot the PC.
>
> You can choose to go to each menu item and just download the needed files or you can
> download the files and perform a scan in Normal Mode. Once you have downloaded the files
> needed for each scanner you want to use, you should reboot the PC into Safe Mode [F8 key
> during boot] and re-run the menu again and choose which scanner you want to run in Safe
> Mode. It is suggested to run the scanners in both Safe Mode and Normal Mode.
>
> When the menu is displayed hitting 'H' or 'h' will bring up a more comprehensive PDF help
> file.
>
> To use this utility, perform the following...
> Execute; Multi_AV.exe { Note: You must use the default folder C:\AV-CLS }
> Choose; Unzip
> Choose; Close
>
> Execute; C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT
> { or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS }
>
> NOTE: You may have to disable your software FireWall or allow WGET.EXE to go through your
> FireWall to allow it to download the needed AV vendor related files.
>
> * * * Please report back your results * * *
>
>
>
> --
> Dave
> http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
> http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm
>
>
Thanks. I ran both in safe mode, and it seems to have taken care of the problem. Thanks again.
.
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