Anyone ever heard of a virus called "Spy Sheriff?"

[TODD 2000 V6 CAMARO]

Anyway, I had it on my computer and it changed my wall paper and my internet home page and wouldn't let me change them back, along with some other annoying changes. I could not for the life of me figure out how to get rid of it. Finally I found a website at www.techguylive.com . It is a service where a tech support representative can take control of your computer and fix whatever is wrong for a flat fee of $25 for a one-time service, or $30/month. Anyway, it took the guy like close to 2 hours, while I watched, to get rid of the bug, but he got 'er done. I was very impressed and would recommend the site to anyone who is not so compter savvy, like me, and is having problems. It is much cheaper than taking the computer to a service place where they would probably charge you $25/hr or calling a by-the-minute phone tech support line. Anyway, I told the guy I would tell my friends, and now I have. Just bookmark the site if you think you might ever need it. They got rid of a virus that Norton had no clue what to do about. Very cool.

[Joe 1320]

next time, try Trend Micro's website. They have what is called PC housecall that scans and removes the stuff. you can also use their PCcillin to keep the computer virus free.

http://www.trendmicro.com/home/default.asp


http://sensitively.blogspot.com/



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[wolfdogs]

next time, try Trend Micro's website. They have what is called PC housecall that scans and removes the stuff. you can also use their PCcillin to keep the computer virus free.

http://www.trendmicro.com/home/default.asp


http://sensitively.blogspot.com/



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i had completely forgoten abot trend, i remember years ago you turned me on to it and i used it on my old computer with windows ME to rid it of junk....

good stuff.

[wolfdogs]

just ran the house clean on my computer, which is only a year old and ive had norton antivirus and internet security, spysweeper, adaware, and micro soft spyware detector, a wireless router firewall, xp firewall, and nortons firewall....and guess what? it found 2 java malicious programs running which it delted. as i sit typing this, my computer speed had increased.....

joe, your da man.!

[Joe 1320]

just ran the house clean on my computer, which is only a year old and ive had norton antivirus and internet security, spysweeper, adaware, and micro soft spyware detector, a wireless router firewall, xp firewall, and nortons firewall....and guess what? it found 2 java malicious programs running which it delted. as i sit typing this, my computer speed had increased.....

joe, your da man.!

(In the voice of Yoda)........ ahhhhh.....Told you, I did!

[Trash man]

now u tell me i just got done restoring my computer, lost alot of stuff

[Craig 94 TA GT]

I've always heard good things about PCcillin. However, I've had weird experiences with them and Windows server versions. At work, I have a test computer that runs Windows 2000 server...this used to be a physician's computer, which was full of spyware, viruses, etc. I ran a scan with PCcillin and it said 0 viruses were found. However, there was 3 viruses and 1 worm (and countless spyware) on the system. These viruses were preventing any file sharing over a network, and made start-up times horrible. Once I ran Norton, though, it found the viruses and worm, and killed them. The system now runs perfectly. The virus definition files were up to date on both Norton and PCcillin. I guess it's a problem with only server versions. But very odd theless.

[FRMLAV8]

I am actually working on a laptop right now that is infected with Spy Sherriff and who knows what else.

You are right it is a pain in the butt to remove. I think it will be quicker to just "Nuke and Pave" the system. Let him start fresh. Especially since the only thing on his PC is IE, Party Poker, and an Online Casino.

Randy

[fastTa]

I've always heard good things about PCcillin. However, I've had weird experiences with them and Windows server versions. At work, I have a test computer that runs Windows 2000 server...this used to be a physician's computer, which was full of spyware, viruses, etc. I ran a scan with PCcillin and it said 0 viruses were found. However, there was 3 viruses and 1 worm (and countless spyware) on the system. These viruses were preventing any file sharing over a network, and made start-up times horrible. Once I ran Norton, though, it found the viruses and worm, and killed them. The system now runs perfectly. The virus definition files were up to date on both Norton and PCcillin. I guess it's a problem with only server versions. But very odd theless.

I've seen that same problem with server's regarding Trend. I recently had a client whose MS Server 2003 machine took about 20 minutes to start! Housecall and PC'cillin have seemed to work very well however at detecting malware, spyware, and other viruses on my client's workstations and my home PC's. It has caught many things that Norton, my firewall, and MS AntiSpyware have not.

[Craig 94 TA GT]

Good to know, Kev. I don't deal too much with the I.T. aspect of our server machines, so I wasn't quite experienced with all the anti-viruses. Kinda makes me want to scan with Norton, McAfee, and Trend before I do some development on the server machines

[fastTa]

Good to know, Kev. I don't deal too much with the I.T. aspect of our server machines, so I wasn't quite experienced with all the anti-viruses. Kinda makes me want to scan with Norton, McAfee, and Trend before I do some development on the server machines

Hey, you Steve and I need to talk. With Steve and I's IT experience, and your developing skills, we could put together a nice little consulting gig!

[Craig 94 TA GT]

Hey, you Steve and I need to talk. With Steve and I's IT experience, and your developing skills, we could put together a nice little consulting gig!

Hey, that's a great idea Although I know many like to use C++, and I hate it. I know Steve does too Maybe you have good experiences with it?
With Unix/Linux, I'm a bit rusty, as well. I have more experience with the C# .NET and ASP .NET. Hopefully, people need Windows/Web applications more than Unix and such.