Hi,
I run Windows XP on my desktop, and run Norton Antivirus regularly. I install Avast! and use its bootscan when I think there is something hiding on my desktop that Norton can't find. I also use Malware Bytes, and in the past it has been pretty effective at finding things both of these other methods can't. Recently, I've had a problem with a respawning virus. For the past three days I think I've been infected with some kind of virus that spawns in different names, using Java as a way to copy itself (I've heard Java is liable to be infected and is a security risk?), as well as generally respawning each time I reboot and Norton catches it; one was called FakeAlert or FakeTrojanAlert, and others were mostly random letters and numbers. An Avast bootscan found a few of these copies of the virus, and later gave me the message about how a few suspicious files were found that heuristically are viruses and can they be submitted online. I resorted to using MB but after it was finding no viruses, and ran it in safemode; it found no viruses. I remember when I had a similar problem, I think I turned off System Restore, but I don't know if that's a good idea using safemode. Can anyone guide me through a way to get rid of this virus?
