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Re: need help with a url:mal
« Reply #15 on: June 16, 2014, 09:49:13 PM »
It is the vbs that you are talking about, is that correct ?

Download  Anti VBS/VBE to your desktop

  • download the appropriate version (32 bit or 64 bit) and double click the file to run it.
  • After a couple of seconds (might also take a whole minute if the machine is heavily infected and/or slow) a report will open in Notepad.
  • Post that report
Be aware this is a very new programme and as such is not recognised by any Antivirus or Windows, it is safe so allow it to run

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Re: need help with a url:mal
« Reply #16 on: June 16, 2014, 09:53:06 PM »
wow that was fast :p

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Re: need help with a url:mal
« Reply #17 on: June 16, 2014, 11:17:39 PM »
Could you reboot please and run antivbs again please, then let me know how the computer is behaving

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Re: need help with a url:mal
« Reply #18 on: June 16, 2014, 11:19:59 PM »
the file is still there but icon changed and the end of the file is now .vbs.vir
avast not giving pop up anymore but I will do what u asked for now ;)

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Re: need help with a url:mal
« Reply #19 on: June 16, 2014, 11:26:08 PM »
ok I did the thing again and same result, it says it deleted 4 files but the file is still there even tho it appears not dangerous anymore coz avast is silent. Should I try to delete it?

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Re: need help with a url:mal
« Reply #20 on: June 17, 2014, 12:04:32 AM »
the file is still there but icon changed and the end of the file is now .vbs.vir
avast not giving pop up anymore but I will do what u asked for now ;)
the vir ending to the file is done by antivirus/malware program, to indicate it is infected and to prevent the file from running


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Re: need help with a url:mal
« Reply #21 on: June 17, 2014, 12:10:49 AM »
ye I figured so its improving but still there :p

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Re: need help with a url:mal
« Reply #22 on: June 17, 2014, 12:22:57 AM »
ye I figured so its improving but still there :p
but there is one strange thing...... or maybe not if i am wrong, but to my knowledge avast or  Anti VBS/VBE does not do this   ???

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Re: need help with a url:mal
« Reply #23 on: June 17, 2014, 12:40:52 AM »
I think Avira uses .vir extensions but it's not alone... :-\

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Re: need help with a url:mal
« Reply #24 on: June 17, 2014, 12:47:24 AM »
I think Avira uses .vir extensions but it's not alone... :-\
yes and i think Norton and Panda also use this

however he have avast....but also IObit system care, i think that have some malware tool integrated?
anyway Essexboy will solve this little mystery when he is back tomorrow   ;)


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Re: need help with a url:mal
« Reply #25 on: June 17, 2014, 12:51:49 AM »
I think my sister has avira on the other account I hope that doesnt make the two antivirus collide :D btw avast is not annoying anymore, I could even leave that file there if 100% sure its not dangerous anymore

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Re: need help with a url:mal
« Reply #26 on: June 17, 2014, 12:59:07 AM »
What do you mean by saying "on the other account"? Did you mean on the same PC under different accounts? The AVs as most of the other programs are installed for every account on a single PC. :o

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Re: need help with a url:mal
« Reply #27 on: June 17, 2014, 01:09:04 AM »
ye thats one of the reasons I argue with her :D she thinks adding stuff is useful, like I use CCleaner never had problems and she wanted to add this other cleaner that is very similar :D

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Re: need help with a url:mal
« Reply #28 on: June 17, 2014, 01:43:21 AM »
ye thats one of the reasons I argue with her :D she thinks adding stuff is useful, like I use CCleaner never had problems and she wanted to add this other cleaner that is very similar :D
Well, that's interesting.

Let's leave it to essexboy to suss this one out, and recommend the best way to go on this. 

As liubomirwm says, an active resident a/v program is almost always global in installation and not restricted to certain user accounts in operation, as you say is happening here.  What that means is that two resident active a/v programs would have the admin permissions and settings to cover the entire Windows operating system and installed programs down to the lowest core levels; neither is restricted in operation in any way.  An a/v program has access to everything.  So, they would and will clash at some time or other.  Potentially a very bad idea (running two of them at the same time) is at the basic core because of this.

A solution to your issue here is to restrict user rights to install whatever or get her another computer of her own.  The owner should be the admin and no one else.
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Re: need help with a url:mal
« Reply #29 on: June 17, 2014, 02:52:55 AM »
Good time for canned Speeches Essex (**Cough** PL #2!)? Lol!

Nah, I won't do that. However, I'd recommend you uninstall one of them.
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