"Belprice" wrote in message
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"Also my computer is now acting very strange , programs are disappearing
when
I re start the computer and when I try to view the c drive I get an error
message which states " WINDOWS CANNOT FIND RESYDED /BOOT.COM OR
RESYCLED/BOOT.COM"

[TB] This file is part of the trojan and it is usually located in the root
of the 'C' drive. There is also an autorun file [which is hidden], that is
part of this problem and it interacts with the boot.com file which allows it
to propagate on the next start of windows.

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[TB] This site talks about removing the problem with boot.com file. Read
through and see how others handled this problem. Malwarebytes is mentioned
in some of the responses.

http://www.precisesecurity.com/blogs...sycledbootcom/


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"Gerry" wrote in message
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"I believe it is shareware ( purchase after trial ). You should not run
two anti-virus programmes at the same time so you will need to turn off
Norton before running Malwarebytes."

A visit to their website before posting the comment would have been prudent.

Malwarebytes is not an anti-virus product and it is not a purchase after
trial product.

It has a free version and a pay for version.

The pay for version has real-time protection, scheduled scanning, and
scheduled updating.

The free version does not have resident protection, it only allows for after
the fact scanning and you have to download the updates manually.

Apart from that they do exactly the same job, it is not limited in any
regard.

It's still a good idea to turn off Norton during a scan because it will pop
up and attempt to quarantine the trojan while Malwarebytes is doing it's
scan and it can only confuse the user as to which product do I use to try
and remove it. If Nortons hasn't been successful handling the trojan then
let Malwarebytes do it's job unhindered and quarantine and attempt to remove
it.


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