Virus's

Privateer · 7 Mar 2009 at 12:04

My ESET NOD 32 keeps saying the aplication has a Trojan in it, but my Comodo doesnt pick it up.

this is from my NOD32
a variant of Win32/TrojanDownloader.FakeAlert.JI trojan

Whos right.

Caseh · 7 Mar 2009 at 12:06

I dont know, but i would trust Nod32 over Comodo. Because Nod32 is the best AV available, and Comodo sucks.

ThundyCat · 7 Mar 2009 at 14:19

I'm sure you should not have more than one antivirus installed on you pc at any one time?

Dakotacs · 7 Mar 2009 at 14:20

It's better to have a few antivirus scanners installed since the other could pick up threats that the other does not, like in this case. I'd trust NOD32 aswell just to be on the safe side.

I'd only have one AV running in the background at all times though since some could conflict.

reflux · 7 Mar 2009 at 14:22

Never have more than one piece of antivirus software installed. It will hog system resources and cause conflicts/issues between different applications.

ThundyCat · 7 Mar 2009 at 14:35

reflux said:
Never have more than one piece of antivirus software installed. It will hog system resources and cause conflicts/issues between different applications.

Had a feeling that was right.

Mr-White · 7 Mar 2009 at 14:38

i tried 2 anti-viruses once and they were fighting each other and kept reporting they were virueses lol

If NOD32 has found a virus can it not quarantine it ?

MW

The Deuce · 7 Mar 2009 at 15:07

take comod off and run superantispyware, if it's a trojan that will get rid and confirm what Nod is reporting.

mediaman · 7 Mar 2009 at 19:44

Mailwarebytes is the best free to use mail-ware and ad-ware remover I have used. Its not system hungry, its updated multiple times daily and removes some virus that the likes of Norton and Mcafee don't.

Ucof · 7 Mar 2009 at 21:19

To clarify on the running two virus scanners at the same time:

Two or more installed is fine.
Two or more running at the same time is a big no-no for reasons already stated.

Alternatively, install one, do a full scan. If everything clear, uninstall it and install another one, then scan with that one.

Privateer · 11 Mar 2009 at 11:47

Ucof said:
To clarify on the running two virus scanners at the same time:

Two or more installed is fine.
Two or more running at the same time is a big no-no for reasons already stated.

Alternatively, install one, do a full scan. If everything clear, uninstall it and install another one, then scan with that one.

sorry to be so long it was a virus it killed my pc.

Caseh · 11 Mar 2009 at 12:36

I did tell you to listen to what Nod32 was saying. It's the best for a reason.