Any free Virus scanners that can remove Swizzor

[LoadsaMoney]

As title,

My sisters got the Swizzor on her computer, and she can't get rid of it.

Everytime she runs AntiVir, it detects it, so she removes it, but then she says it keeps coming back, so is there any other free ones out there that can remove it, as ive done a search, but the only ones i can find, are those ones that will only do the scan, and then if you want to remove what it finds, you have to register it and pay.

Thanks.

 

[manjuice]

Is she removing it in safe mode?

 

[Andy90]

Swizzor is apparently a Trojan, information on it can be found here

http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_136491.htm

Try using Malwarebytes Antimalware which can be downloaded from

http://www.malwarebytes.org/

Make sure you update the definitions within the program before you ask it to scan your sisters computer. See how you go on with that program.

 

[LoadsaMoney]

Is she removing it in safe mode?

Yeah she tried that, she says it doesn't find it in safe-mode.

Swizzor is apparently a Trojan, information on it can be found here

http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_136491.htm

Try using Malwarebytes Antimalware which can be downloaded from

http://www.malwarebytes.org/

Make sure you update the definitions within the program before you ask it to scan your sisters computer. See how you go on with that program.

Thanks, will give that a try, run in normal or safe-mode ?

 

[Andy90]

I've run it in Normal mode and it works brilliantly.

 

[Pho]

It's designed to run in normal mode, not safe mode. Apparently it performs much better there and should only be run in safe mode if it won't run in normal mode.

Rename the setup / mbam.exe in the installation dir if it won't run, that usually gets around most things.

 

[LoadsaMoney]

Cheers, shes running it now.

 

[teaboy5]

Did you delete the system restore folder?

 

[Van Diemen]

you can try Spybot search & destroy, very good app.

http://www.safer-networking.org/index2.html

 

[LoadsaMoney]

you can try Spybot search & destroy, very good app.

http://www.safer-networking.org/index2.html

Cheers, will get her to give that a go now.

That Malwarebytes Antimalware didn't find it, but while it was running, AntiVir kept picking up swizzor all the time.

Trouble is though, when it pops up, its popping up as different files.

I said id pop over during the week and just blat it all and do a re-install of windows like, but i thought may not need to if we can somehow get the bugger off before lol.

 

[Richdog]

Run Combofix it removes a LOT of nasty stuff and has saved my bacon more than once http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/combofix/how-to-use-combofix

 

[LoadsaMoney]

Thanks, will try that as well.

 

[quackers]

Combo Fix will get rid of it, seems to get shut of everything!

 

[Meatball]

If it keeps coming back it's most likely installed itself to your restore points which by default virus scanners don't check. Disable system restore and restart in safe mode. I'm sure that will get rid of the pest.

 

[MarkW7]

AVG Free? I love Avira but i can't get it to install on my comp so im using AVG atm.

 

[Richdog]

AVG = dirt. I would never install it on any system, let alone trust it to remove anything significant from my PC.

 

[LoadsaMoney]

If it keeps coming back it's most likely installed itself to your restore points which by default virus scanners don't check. Disable system restore and restart in safe mode. I'm sure that will get rid of the pest.

Thanks, will get her to try that later as she at work, as nothings got rid of the bugger yet, so disable system restore, and then run AntiVir or whatever in safe-mode ?

 

[Dark_Angel]

Some really nice programs / applications linked here