Acebot virus!!

[GiZzie]

Does anyone know how I can get rid of this trojan virus as I have found it on my computer. I have ZoneAlarm but it it just disables it! Can I get rid of it totally without buying a anti virus?
Many Thanks!

[notpostal]

Go to the Symantec site, type in acebot in the search box. It lists one trojan worm that sounds like what you have as it disables your AV. Removal instructions are there.

[Califi]

Re: Antivirus.
I'm sure there is an antivirus software called 'grisoft' that is supposed to be totally free...read it in a mag somewhere (note to self: cataloque mags!)
Sorry, haven't it to hand, but I'm sure that if you just type in 'grisoft' something should come up.
When My Norton runs out (pre-installed 90 day use) I'm gonna try it myself.
Califi:)

[old228]

I have had Mcafee anti virus software and found it slowed my computer down. I downloaded a free anti virus program from
www.grisoft.com called AVG and it works like a charm.
Its very easy to use re: scheduling and updates as well. So far it has caught 5 or 6 e-mails that were infected !! Give it a try

tom

[eddie5659]

Hiya

Its not really a virus, but a hacker tool:

http://www.trendmicro.com/pc-cillin/vinfo/virusencyclo/default5.asp?VName=TROJ_ACEBOT.A

And a free online virus checker, is this one:

http://housecall.antivirus.com/housecall/start_corp.asp

Regards

eddie

[Califi]

Hello all!
I used the Housecall free scan a while ago, and found it great...but when I tried to scan today. it kept failing on the update download...got to 95, the asked if i wanted to retry.

I did, but after two times i got fed up and cancelled it!

Is this a common problem?
Or could it be due to my Auto-protect (Norton)? As my uploading speeds are really slow lately.....took me a day to get into this site!

Califi x:confused:

[eddie5659]

Hiya

Not sure, but if you take off the Auto-Protect, can you download all the files then?

From that link I gave, you can edit the registry manually, if you're still having problems

eddie

[Califi]

Hi Eddie,

Yep, tried that, but it made no difference.
One thing i did was load a program from PC utilities, called TrojanHunter (30-day shareware).

It sed my pc was clear, but things seem to be a bit quicker now....
plus, Ad-aware found 'Savenow' stuff in my Reg (I'd only been doing C disk checks without realising it! for a while!)

Maybe that had summat to do with it?
These are the only things I've had the nerve to try, after my pc crashed.
As for Housecall; same prob

califi x