Anti-virus software

[nutmeg]

Quote from dtrader98:

Never found a trojan that combofix could not annihilate. And I've seen a few that pass flying colors through most of the AV scans. Be careful with combofix (you need to strictly follow the rules as it goes into regedit area), and I suggest to sign up on bullguard and have a moderator walk you through the steps, as they are very good and free there.
http://forum.bullguard.com/forum/9/

Also Avira is a great free tool and I don't get many viruses that slip through. Other than that, make sure to have your firewall on.

Thanks, this looks very good.

 

[thetrendfollowe]

Quote from garchbrooks:

This is why I use a VM under Linux for my trading. Take VMWare snapshots every few weeks, so if something gets hosed, you roll back without a huge amount of time commitment. The part I worry about and haven't fixed yet is detecting rogue network traffic.

I agree.
Does anybody here use Acronis for the above purpose?

I think regular backups, along with no internet, is the way to go.

Winston,

Yes I agree. My computer that I will use for ATS is brand new except I have been using it for internet/movies, etc the past few weeks.

I think I will wipe everything, install XP32 and other programs (TWS, ibc, Amibroker), and then take off IE.

I guess I can just install downloaded programs through a USB after downloading from my desktop so my trading comp does not access the net directly.

 

[Ninja]

It certainly depends on how resource hungry your ATS is. If you can afford it then why not going the secure way and installing an anti virus software?

I was using Avira free edition for the last couple of years and so did others. However over the last year, I have seen a couple of trojans on computers protected by Avira. Could be that Avira is updating the files too slow so that new trojans can slip through the defense. The bad thing is that Avira later detects the trojans but is not able to remove them.

If your computer is infected and you want to avoid reformatting the hard drive (which certainly would be the most secure thing to do) you can do the following: Download and install Kaspersky Anti-Virus on whatever computer. Then create the Kaspersky boot CD. On your infected computer, boot from this Linux CD and let it scan your hard drive(s). You should be able to remove even the most persistent malware this way. Make sure that you are connected to the internet when booting from the CD and the software will connect to Kaspersky's server and look for the most current virus definition files.

Kaspersky Anti-Virus seems to be state of the art. I even installed it on my Apple MacBook and guess what? It found a trojan...

 

[shortie]

Quote from nutmeg:

I have a virus right now. I can't access my control panel. This message pops up

C:\windows\system32\rundll32.exe
Application not found


I got this fake anti-virus 2010, found some down load that fixed that. Next up was my browser kept redirecting. Somehow I fixed that with some software download.

Now my mouse is acting up. When I type a few sentences the cursor moves by itself and my typing begins in a middle of a sentence somewhere else. It happened just now.

I'm sure I can fix this with the control panel but I can't get to it.

As is, I can use my laptop.

I ran one scan and it listed:

Trojan-downloader.suurch
Backdoor agent
Trojan-downloader.agent.duj

I haven't found any free virus removals for these.

Any comments. tia

try malwarebytes, it is free and good against redirectors, etc.