Q's Got A Virus

[The_Q]

Here's the deal, folks, I've got myself a nice worm called w32.Alcra.B and Norton won't kill it. I keep getting two notices at a time every 30 seconds saying "you've got this thing." Help me out, would you?

Q

[deltro300111]

RE: Q

lol, ownd...

check your processes, and close ones you don't think you made.

[Tps222]

RE: Q

killbox?

[Starshot]

Norton is rubbish, un-install it ASAP.

For that bug, get Ewido Security Suite (Google it) and run the virus scan in safe mode, should fix it up.
Killbox will work as well.

Norton has the strength of filterpaper as a virus shield.

[Anticrombie0909]

Yeah, Norton sucks hardcore. First of all, get AVG Anti-Virus (www.grisoft.com), awesome, free virusscan utility that takes very little resources and will scan every morning for you. Second, if that doesn't get rid of everything, try PC-Cillin's Sysclean (www.trendmicro.com). Run it, run it again in safe mode, I promise it'll get rid of every virus you have.

(To access safe mode, start tapping F8 continually after your computer's POST).

[Bahamut-X]

Microsoft AntiSpyware. Godly.
www.microsoft.com

[ToshX]

Official Definition: W32.Alcra.B is a worm that propagates through file-share networks and attempts to disable several programs on the compromised computer.

[msbrunnettemickey]

AVG anti-virus
free edition.

[ToshX]

I scan stuff I don't trust with http://virusscan.jotti.org . It has a nice group of scanners, and it scans files up to 10MB(usually viruses are packed into small files because people have no reason to make something huge just to infect it).

[-Fallen-]

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.alcra.b.html#removalinstructions

[Snapps]

Microsoft AntiSpyware and Spyware Doctor.

Both I believe you can get at http://download.com.

[PsYcHoZeRoSk8eR]

I feel your pain, I think my comp has one too but every program that I have tried comes up clean.

[deltro300111]

http://google.com D: o snap

[-Skooter-]

Trey uses something called 'Sophos anti-virus' ... The only thing I can say is Google it, we've never had any real problems.

[Anticrombie0909]

Everybody else, shut the hell up. Q, listen to what I told you. Half these people are morons and the other half idiots.