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I have "Trojan.DNSChanger.HD" & "Adware.PSGuard" on my PC, which was picked up by Eweido. However, Eweido doesn't seem to be able to quaranteen or delete them. A-squared free picked up the PSGuard but didn't fix it, & didn't seem to detect the DNSChanger.
Any suggestion as to whether the paid version of a-squared, or another application might sort this out?
The DNSChanger is classed as high risk, so I want to get rid of it as soon as possible.
Thanks for your help.
Robin.
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robin cuthbertson wrote:I have "Trojan.DNSChanger.HD" & "Adware.PSGuard" on my PC, which was picked up by Eweido. However, Eweido doesn't seem to be able to quaranteen or delete them. A-squared free picked up the PSGuard but didn't fix it, & didn't seem to detect the DNSChanger.
Any suggestion as to whether the paid version of a-squared, or another application might sort this out?
The DNSChanger is classed as high risk, so I want to get rid of it as soon as possible.
Thanks for your help.
Robin.
I am just wondering, if you have updated all the files and signatures for a-squared Free. As I understand it , one does not need the paid version to get updates for the malware database and a-2Free should work just as well as the paid version - only without on-line malware IDS guard.
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The paid for version of A2 is geared towards preventing you from becoming infected in the first place. Used correctly the A2 Guard can intercept the installation of trojans by monitoring for suspicious 'malware-like' behaviour and giving you the chance to prevent this. However once an infection has entrenched itself things become more difficult.
Actually, I beleive that both Trojan.DNSChanger.HD and Adware.PSGuard are members of the SmitFraud family, in which case your best chance for removal using a regular scanner is to D/L and install the free version of SuperAntiSpyware from here:-
http://www.superantispyware.com/
Do update the definitions before scanning and boot into safe mode to scan:-
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/tutorial61.html
Failing that you would need to use more specialist tools.
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