ESET experiences

[DJofSD]

I made a mistake over the weekend and ended up with TornTv on my system which after the fact I find is considered malware.

I believe I have it and some other pieces of software removed from my system. However, to be a little bit safer, I am running the ESET Online Scanner to see if it picks up anything more -- for TornTv or anything else. At the moment it is 20% complete and a clean bill of health.

I'm curious to know what are the experiences others might have had with ESET -- good, bad or indifferent.

TIA

[headhawg]

I used to use Nod32 by Eset. That was version 4, I believe, and I was quite happy with it. I remember having some problems when they went to v5 so I switched. I am not sure what version they are on now as I no longer use it.

[DJofSD]

OK, HH, that's good to know.

Sounds similar to my experiences with AVG -- had it, then grew to dislike it and switched.

[Longshot6977]

TornTv is not really a virus. But to remove it, try this link.

http://forum.precisesecurity.com/computer-security/torn-tv-virus-removal

Also, while the free online scanner ESET is good, it is optimized for IE. You should also try a few others(not simultaneously) since one scanner may not catch/clean all malware. Here are a few links to some other free online scanners:

http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
http://www.pandasecurity.com/homeusers/solutions/activescan/
http://www.microsoft.com/security/scanner/en-id/default.aspx
http://www.bitdefender.com/scanner/online/free.html

If you suspect that something is still wrong or just want to go back to the way things were before TornTv was installed, you can always run Window's built in System Restore app and go back in time to just before you installed it. For more restore points, click the box that says Show More Restore Points. You do have restore points, right? If not, you should make it a habit to do so at least once/week when your system is running fine. Hope this helps.:)

[DJofSD]

I appreciate the additional information.

ESET did find some tracking cookies and deleted them. It did not find anything else let alone TornTV.

At the moment, I believe I have a system clean of the TornTV and other installed products that came along with it.

There was one hit I read when looking for information online to help rid my system of the malware. It references a "deep dive" capability to find items which were a part of the MS restore point(s) and to remove targets from those restore points. Alas, I failed to note which product had that feature.

I will very likely let paranoia reign by doing the following: find one more scanner and use it for a final scan/clean up; create a new restore point; delete all older restore points; visit my back up server and delete all back ups from around this last weekend; cross my fingers.

I'll then try to finish up a little utility I started last year to help identify changes to my system. The biggest hurdle will be to adapt one of Mark R's sysinternal tools to help track changes to the registry. If I can finish my utility and incorporate a way to process the data generated by the sysinternal utility, I will feel very confident about knowing what's what on my system.

[HUSKER55]

I have AVG and I always use a restore point which saves me a lot of grief when I screw up,[ sadly...it is daily ].

I have learned another trick. install a storage disk in your f drive. The guy that fixes my computer said that unless I make a major screw up, trouble like that should not happen to me and my data is safe.

He also told me cd's are cheap so I should also keep data on them. Better safe than sorry. [ 50 for $12 ] [that is what is known as a clue that I am cheap] :D

the AVG also has a shredder program that erases that kind of problems, all of my deletes go into some "section" which AVG erases with [0 &1] five times, I think. it is the DOD standard.

Hope this helps!
GL