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  1. July 31st, 2002, 05:33 PM #1
    GiZzie
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    Angry Acebot virus!!

    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!
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  2. July 31st, 2002, 08:39 PM #2
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    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.
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  3. August 2nd, 2002, 03:03 PM #3
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    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.
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  4. August 3rd, 2002, 07:48 PM #4
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    antivirus

    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

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  6. August 4th, 2002, 06:29 PM #5
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    Hiya

    Its not really a virus, but a hacker tool:

    http://www.trendmicro.com/pc-cillin/...=TROJ_ACEBOT.A

    And a free online virus checker, is this one:

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

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  7. August 5th, 2002, 01:45 PM #6
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    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!

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  8. August 5th, 2002, 07:30 PM #7
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    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

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  9. August 5th, 2002, 07:59 PM #8
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    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

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