flameboy Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 Ok so was just sat with the following tabs open; times online N-Europe destructoid hotmail and suddenly a box came up from the system tray with Antivirus System Pro saying such and such is infected, do you want to update and protect. It stops me from opening anything at all. Until I go into task manager and end process on a file called wexfsysguard.exe and then I go about my business as usual.. I use AVG and virus scanned last night to no avail...Also used CCleaner to clear everything cache wise etc...I've googled Antivirus System Pro and found this site: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/remove-antivirus-system-pro Offers stuff to get rid of it. I don't want to download more spyware whilst trying to get rid of this though. Any suggestions? Any good free proven spyware removal stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shorty Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 I think you can trust the guide in that link. Whilst numbers don't mean everything, they do have a forum with over 300,000 users which makes their content a little more trustworthy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flameboy Posted November 17, 2009 Author Share Posted November 17, 2009 I think you can trust the guide in that link. Whilst numbers don't mean everything, they do have a forum with over 300,000 users which makes their content a little more trustworthy. Alright well I'll try it when I get home tonight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ten10 Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 Download malwarebytes anti malware. And perhaps also try super anti spyware Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flameboy Posted November 17, 2009 Author Share Posted November 17, 2009 Download malwarebytes anti malware. And perhaps also try super anti spyware Thats the program that the link suggested I download...along with another called rkill.com, but can't I just go into task manager and shut the file I've found thats associated? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ten10 Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 But even if you just kill the process it won't remove the offending file from your computer, so you will continue to have this issue each time you restart your computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flameboy Posted November 17, 2009 Author Share Posted November 17, 2009 But even if you just kill the process it won't remove the offending file from your computer, so you will continue to have this issue each time you restart your computer. yeah I get that what I mean though is can I end process and then use that malware removal thing to still remove it or should I get that rkill to run and end process' instead of task manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ten10 Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 (edited) Ok I've got you. It doesn't really matter, you can end it with task manager because Malwarebytes should still pick it up. Having said that if there are any other associated files you may not know of. They will still be lingering around. Also you may want to kick AVG to the kerb and use a more complete solution such as Comodo Edited November 17, 2009 by Ten10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flameboy Posted November 17, 2009 Author Share Posted November 17, 2009 Ok I've got you. It doesn't really matter, you can end it with task manager because Malwarebytes should still pick it up. Having said that if there are any other associated files you may not know of. They will still be lingering around. Also you may want to kick AVG to the kerb and use a more complete solution such as Comodo Hmmm ok cheers! All worth considering will let you know how my deletion of this pesky spyware goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lillster Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 Also you may want to kick AVG to the kerb and use a more complete solution such as Comodo Is it better than Avira anti virus? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flameboy Posted November 17, 2009 Author Share Posted November 17, 2009 well my computer is now spyware free thanks to that malware remover... downloaded comodo and doing a full scan of me computer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ten10 Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 (edited) Is it better than Avira anti virus? Well I don't know how Comodo compares to Avira, but for me I moved from using an AVG and zonealarms combination that I have relied upon for the past 10 years or so I using Comodo as my all in one solution. Comodo AV is a 3 in one package consisting of antivirus, firewall and active defence shield. And I've used it as my security solution for my previous vista and my current windows 7 install. Mainly because its on a family PC and after the initial learning process it looks after itself. I currently use AVG on my laptop but that is only until my license expires. After that I will switch to comodo, or use vipre if I feel like paying for something. But Comodo has a strong community, and the only nagging will come from the firewall element which asks for your permission to all certain programs to connect. And based on what I just said I should have directed you all to this page instead: http://www.comodo.com/home/internet-security/free-internet-security.php CIS Includes: * Firewall: Slam the door shut on hackers and identity thieves. * Antivirus: Track down and destroy any existing malware hiding in a PC. * Defense+: Protects critical system files and blocks malware before it installs. * Memory Firewall: Cutting-edge protection against sophisticated buffer overflow attacks. * Anti-Malware Kills malicious processes before they can do harm. Was at work when I posted and it was a slow day. Brain could not compute the difference. Edited November 17, 2009 by Ten10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flameboy Posted November 17, 2009 Author Share Posted November 17, 2009 Well I don't know how Comodo compares to Avira, but for me I moved from using an AVG and zonealarms combination that I have relied upon for the past 10 years or so I using Comodo as my all in one solution. Comodo AV is a 3 in one package consisting of antivirus, firewall and active defence shield. And I've used it as my security solution for my previous vista and my current windows 7 install. Mainly because its on a family PC and after the initial learning process it looks after itself. I currently use AVG on my laptop but that is only until my license expires. After that I will switch to comodo, or use vipre if I feel like paying for something. But Comodo has a strong community, and the only nagging will come from the firewall element which asks for your permission to all certain programs to connect. And based on what I just said I should have directed you all to this page instead: http://www.comodo.com/home/internet-security/free-internet-security.php CIS Includes: * Firewall: Slam the door shut on hackers and identity thieves. * Antivirus: Track down and destroy any existing malware hiding in a PC. * Defense+: Protects critical system files and blocks malware before it installs. * Memory Firewall: Cutting-edge protection against sophisticated buffer overflow attacks. * Anti-Malware Kills malicious processes before they can do harm. Was at work when I posted and it was a slow day. Brain could not compute the difference. oh I downloaded off you original link ah well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ten10 Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 Its not a big deal anyway. I think you end up downloading the same file anyway. I would also not install any of the included tool bars with this installation. Don't hate on comodo for doing it though. AVG does it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flameboy Posted November 18, 2009 Author Share Posted November 18, 2009 Its not a big deal anyway. I think you end up downloading the same file anyway. I would also not install any of the included tool bars with this installation. Don't hate on comodo for doing it though. AVG does it too. Yeah I didn't install any I like my browser being clutter free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan_Dare Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 Sorted yet dude? I had the same thing infect my pc this week I used Avast! Anti virus. Did a boot scan and it found it straight away and killed it dead. I win! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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