where do I go to get "bloodhound W 32.EP virus" removal tools?

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Norton antivirus is no help.

Vesselin Bontchev · Accepted Answer

When NAV reports a name that begins with "Bloodhound", this is not the name of a particular malware known to it. Instead, it is a heuristic report. The rest of the name indicates the type of heuristic that has triggered - it can be W32 for Windows 32-bit executables, WM for Word macros, etc. So, in your case, NAV is basically telling you "This 32-bit Windows program looks suspicious to me and it might contain some malware unknown to me".

Since malware-specific anti-virus programs can remove only malware they know, NAV cannot remove this thing. In fact, it might not even be malware at all - NAV's heuristics are good but are not perfect.

The best solution is to submit a sample to NAV's developers. They will analyze it and, if it is indeed malware, will develop a database update that will know how to recognize it by name and how to remove it.

Another solution is to try a few other anti-virus products - maybe one of them knows how to recognize and remove the malware you have. Some good ones are McAfee's, Kaspersky's and F-PROT; they all offer evaluation versions which you can try for free for a limited time - but enough to check whether they can handle your particular problem.

Rosalyn · Answer

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Anonymous · Answer

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http://www.ewido.net/en/download/...
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
http://www.download.com/Bazooka-Adware-and-Spyware-Scanner/3000-8022-10247782.html
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/sgdownload.html
http://www.safer-networking.org/
http://www.download.com/HijackThis/3000-8022_4-10379544.html
http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/download/
Online Scanners:
http://www.webroot.com/consumer/products/spysweeper/freescan.html?
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx
http://www.pandasoftware.com/products/activescan.htm
http://www.bitdefender.com/scan8/ie.html
http://www.windowsecurity.com/trojanscan/
http://www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner
http://www.spywareguide.com/onlinescan.php
http://housecall65.trendmicro.com/
Spyware, Adware, Trojans, Malware, Dialers, Popups List:
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Antivirus:
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http://www.avast.com/
Antivirus Lists:
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Firewall:
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Firewall Lists:
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IP Blocker:
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System Cleaner:
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System Cleaning List:
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Anonymous · Answer

http://www.pchell.com/virus/bloodhound.shtml

wan · Answer

If you secure your computer and maintain it, use smart choices in the programs and habits you use, your computer will last longer than the 3 - 4 years it's designed to last.

Let's start from the outside in -

Router

This works like a hardware firewall. The router doesn't respond to most of the "are you there?" tactics hackers use. If some hacker's scanning for victims and manages to find you despite the security ... they'll see the router not your computer.

If it's a wireless router - secure it, secure it, secure it! Change the admin password. Put an encrypted password to connect. Look up all the ways to secure your particular router. Write down the settings.

Computer

Firewall

You need one. Yes, you do. And no, Microsoft's is NOT enough. Get Zonealarm, it's free.

Browser

This is how most people see the internet. There's a high chance you're using the "blue e" aka Internet Explorer. This is not a good habit as IE hasn't been worked on (beyond fixes to problems people complain loudly about) in YEARS. It's big, slow, out-of-date, allows all kinds of nasties in, insecure, inflexible, and a major target for hackers.

Get Firefox - it's also free, sleek, faster, more secure, blocks pop-ups, is very customizable, easy to use, and once you start using tabs... you'll get frustrated with IE.

There are also very simple ways to NEVER see a banner / iframe / image ad again - it's an add-on to Firefox called Adblock Plus. I also recommend the automatic filter for Adblock - Filterset.G Updater. All free

Other programs that find stuff on the net (file sharing, instant messengers) are also a security risk. I don't know what you have / use, so I'd recommend looking up "securing thenameoftheprogram" on google.

Get and install all updates to all your programs - Windows, your browser, your anti-virus, your anti-spyware, your router, you name it.

Ok, now we get to do the clean up part:

Anti-virus

Viruses can look through your computer, send your info to nasty people, fill up your hard drive, fry your computer... the list is endless.

I recommend AVG

Anti-spyware

Spyware / Adware / Malware are under the same category. Spyware watches what you do and sends the info to someone else. Adware shows you pop-ups regardless of your security settings. Malware is all of the above and more.

Ad-aware, Spyware Blaster and Spybot Search & Destroy are my recommendations and the Uninstall programs you don't use.

Download "CCleaner" to find the files that are just clutter (temporary files, browser histories, browser caches, etc)

Get into the habit of defragging and checking your disk for errors (both are options under "My Computer", right click on your hard drive, choose "properties", click on the "tools") twice a month. You may want look up how to automate this through Scheduled Tasks.

Protect your computer from yourself and others:

Make each user on your computer their own Windows profile - and only give them (and yourself) limited accounts.

The only time you need full (admin) access is to install programs.

Make each person password protect their account.

Get into the habit of changing ALL your passwords once a month. Don't write down your passwords in a place others can find / use. Make passwords that use both numbers and letters and that are hard for anyone else to guess - I recommend keyboard patterns.

Do yourself a huge favour and get a UPS - uninteruptable power supply. This goes one step beyond a power surge protecter and gives you time to shut down the computer, saves your router, etc from losing their settings or being fried by power fluctuations.

I have a legal and moral obligation to keep my pc 100% clean. And I use an antivirus/spyware program out of Beijing, China.

http://www.filseclab.com/ -- This program has kept me 100% clean for the past nine years.

Twister Anti-Trojan Virus is absolute state of the art technology that has a real time scanner

that really works. Will scan your memory on start up and continues to run in the background

while you use your pc. Plus this software uses very little CPU resources.

Some examples of how great this program is. If you open a webpage and there is a virus or

spyware embedded in the webpage the scanner will catch the virus in a second and clean.

If you download any type of file including music or a zip file and there is hidden embedded

virus in the file the download will stop and the Twister will clean and stop the download.

I had an experience where the software I download the company used another installer other

then their own. The installer had hidden embedded virus in the installer program. Twister found it and cleaned, plus ended the installation and traced it back to the installer software.

(I wrote the original software company and they now use their own installer).

What is really great is that you only pay a small one time fee for life. You will get frequent

large signature updates,excellent support and they never charge you for any new versions.

There are many other features as auto downloads, and the ability to fix all type of problems with your registry or windows.

The chinese don't believe in the annual fee or paying of new versions like most of the other software companies want to be paid over and over for the original purchase.

I use Zone Alarm free firewall (http://www.zonealarm.com)./ As a backup even though I have ADSL.I use ewido antispyware / malware. www.grisoft.com --Ewido was purchased by AVG. Ewido is free and will protect you from rogue dialers.

Also,you can use:

free

anti spyware blocker

spybot search & destory

spyware blaster

http://www.download.com/

free

Windows Defender

http://www.microsoft.com/

free

anti spyware firewall<<<this runs with zonealarm it is a antispyware wall and is ok to run with all firewalls

http://www.download.com/

15day free try

ZoneAlarm internet security suite

all in one firewall / anti virus/ anti spyware

no1 auto virus killer that will kill off a virus

as the virus try to download on to your system

when you open your explorer and search on the net

there are virus on websire that will auto download

this all in one firewall/anti virus/anti spyware

will kill the download link fast and auto kill the virus

http://www.zonelabs.com/

not free

ad-aware se professional 1.06 /ad-watch

http://www.lavasoft.com/

ad-watch block's all pop ups

not free

ewido anti-spyware 4.0

http://www.grisoft.com/

not free

spyware doctor

http://www.pctools.com/

not free

XoftSpy 4.22 is the Latest and Most Advanced Spyware Detection and

pop up spyware

Spyware

W32/Spybot

Browser Hijackers

Adware

Malware

Keyloggers

trojans

worms

back door trojans

Malicious mobile code

MALICIOUS SCRIPTS

toolbar trojans that dont show up

download xoftspy422 and install it then run it stop the scan and click on scan settings tick every box and click on where it says>>click here to select a folder then tick the (c) thats your hard drive if you have 2 hard drives tick the 2 of them then click ok then click start when the scan is done click on remove tab.

http://www.paretologic.com/

all of them are the best among the best

Also,use:

Anti-Virus:AVG Free: http://www.grisoft.com/

Anti-Spyware:Ad-Aware SE: http://www.lavasoft.com/

Firewall:ZoneAlarm Firewall http://www.zonealarm.com/

I suggest using Online Armor.You can search it on Yahoo! or Google.I also suggest using McAfee Site Advisor,it has information about the websites that you go

http://www.siteadvisor.com/

For safe browsing, you can use Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.6 which is available at http://www.mozilla.com/

Don't use Super Anti Spyware,it has spyware in it.

For online AV scan, try the websites below:

GFI E-mail Security Testing –

http://www.emailsecuritytest.com/...

Port Scan Security Check -

http://www.sdesign.com/securitytest/inde...

Shields UP! -

https://grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2...

Sygate Online Services -

http://scan.sygatetech.com/