But have you followed the detailed removal instructions such as these
from Symantec for the B variant?
<http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2007-022116-1047-99&tabid=3>
Chuck Norcutt
khen lim wrote:
> Thanks for that piece of info, Chuck, but believe me, I have already gone
> through them quite a while back. The problem with Avast is that it merely
> detects the faux vbs file and sounds the alert to delete it, which of course
> I would. This would repeat itself everyday until one fine day, it just would
> repeat it continuously (non-stop).
> The thing with VBS-Solow is that the trigger file is set deep inside and
> what Avast is alerting all the time are the files that the virus keeps
> creating and randomly naming. Therefore each of these faux vbs files has a
> different name with the identical vbs extension.
>
> Thankfully viruses today don't really carry destructive payloads unlike the
> earlier days of Windows 3.x/95/98. These days, viruses carry a far more
> important agenda - stealing info and then selling them for money. Short of
> costing lives, this is almost as bad as Sierra Leone's (or Zimbabwe's) blood
> diamonds.
>
> K.
>
>
>
>
> 2009/8/17 Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>> Interesting. But I have experienced none of that with Avast. But then
>> I've never heard of the VBS-Solow virus. I gave up on Symantec years
>> ago but I think they're still the best source of virus info. See:
>> <
>> http://www.symantec.com/security_response/threatexplorer/azlisting.jsp?azid=V
>> and scroll down to VBS.Solow
>>
>> Symantec identifies 6 different flavors of the worm VBS.Solow (B, C, D,
>> E, F, G) All are considered low threat and not widely spread. All are
>> classed as easily contained and easily removed. All have technical
>> details and complete removal instructions. Click on the appropriate links.
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>>
>> khen lim wrote:
>>> The antivirus market has gone a little insane lately. Now that market
>>> attention is no longer hogged by Norton and McAfee, there are some
>> newcomers
>>> that have come in from the cold. I think discussions on antivirus in this
>>> list aren't new; so you'll expect to hear pretty much the same
>>> recommendations on AVG, Avast and now there's also Avira. Never heard of
>> it?
>>> Count me in! We had an IT trade fair this weekend and it was virtually a
>>> Kaspersky versus Avira war going on there and both offer very cheap
>>> solutions for security including Internet protection. Of course that's a
>>> broad definition and coverage!
>>> My opinion on all these is that one day, product A will be king. Another
>>> day, product B will be better. The next day no one would have heard of
>>> product C but it is the best.
>>>
>>> I used to use AVG like Chuck but turned over to Avast. Got disillusioned
>>> with Avast because it couldn't detect and deal with the annoying
>> VBS-Solow
>>> virus. I tried to find out as much as I could about this virus. I tried
>> some
>>> ideas out but they never really worked. Other ideas were too cryptic and
>> I'm
>>> not to game about going into the Registry and muck about.
>>>
>>> With Avast, it was like pulling out the weed but the root's still in the
>>> ground. And so everyday, Avast will continue to raise alert and then I
>> find
>>> myself spending virtually forever deleting so-called malicious files.
>> This
>>> can go on forever...until I decide to cripple it so that I can then do
>> work
>>> in peace. In the end, I got fed up with the whole thing and
>> recommissioned
>>> my whole ThinkPad. And then bought a 3-user licensed Avira pack from
>> those
>>> pesky salespeople (in very short skirts and Japanese anime costumes) at
>> the
>>> trade fair.
>>>
>>> Just my two cents worth anyway.
>>>
>>>
>>> K.
>>>
>>> 2009/8/16 Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>
>>>> I got tired of AVG's resource hungriness. I moved to Avast and am
>>>> happy. But it is very different. It works by analyzing only what's
>>>> used and on-the-fly, not by batch interrogation of the entire disk...
>>>> although it can do that too.
>>>>
>>>> Chuck Norcutt
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Don Holbrook wrote:
>>>>> Am finally moving up to XP. Could use latest advice on AVG, Avast,
>>>>> or something else? Tired of Norton & McAfee.
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