Hi malware fighters,
As we see from preliminary anti-malware routines some anti-malware schools/camps have their victims use Super Anti Spyware :
http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/Must-Read-Before-Posting-Hijackthis-Log-t2852.htmlhttp://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=139313I know of others that have not taken it up in their list of advised anti-malware scanning programs, because they do not like the way the program is being presented (mild way of wording this).
Sometimes programs that had a bad record once, have to sit in the waiting room quite some time, because people do not trust them or something about them anymore.
I saw a similar change of mind on an anti-spyware forum considering Hitman Pro. They made a 180% turn on it. First everybody used it, special forum section, then it was dropped and people were warned against using it. It was just like in a certain religion, the subject went anathema overnight....
I am one of those who think it is of the utmost importance to establish what kind of malware(s) has to be tackled in the anti-malware routine, to find a description of a proven anti-malware routine for a similar case, better even a description of a manual cleansing routine or a special tool designed against this particular malware, else a combination of tools and measures.
After this has been established we can take other measures like scanning, running in safe mode, going back to full admin rights to run certain tools, blocking certain real time protection that interferes with the cleansing etc. Always to be followed at the end with an advise how the victim can prevent re-infection with a "How was I infected in the first place"-kind of story,
What are your views,
polonus
anti-malware fighter