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The information is saved to a file on the Desktop named mbst-grab-results.zip and can be added as an email attachment or uploaded to a forum post to assist with troubleshooting the issue at hand. As part of this process, Farbar Recovery Scan Tool (FRST) is run to perform a complete diagnosis. Gather Logs: Collects troubleshooting information from the computer.The Advanced menu page contains four categories:
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Place a checkmark next to Accept License Agreement and click Next You may be prompted by User Account Control (UAC) to allow changes to be made to your computer. SUPERAntispyware Hi-Jack (Home Page Protection), Norton Home Page Protection, Browser Sentinel, Spy Sweeper, WinPatrol, etc) that monitors attempted changes to your browser settings, then SpywareGuard will not be of much use.Double-click mb-support-X.X.X.XXXX.exe to run the program If you are using another security program (i.e. As such, it is still useful to some extent if you don't have another security tool which provides similar protection. Even through its an older program, with out-of-date signatures (last updated 1/22/04), the heuristics still work at detecting attempted changes to Internet Explorer's Home Page. SpywareGuard uses this same approach for detecting spyware. Heuristics allows setting up a defined set of rules so if it looks like a virus, and acts like a virus it can be detected, even if the virus has never been seen before. Heuristics are used since there are some families of viruses that continually change their appearance and it is not possible to detect every variant.
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Normally, for an Anti-Virus product to detect a virus, the virus must have been seen before, analyzed and detection added to the signature update files. This is because its detection abilities use a heuristic (rule-based) engine engine. I have been using the Update utility provided.SpywareGuard's strongest protection is its Browser Hijacking Protection which does not require constant definition updates (See Why is the most recent database update for SpywareGuard dated 2004?). However, I haven't gotten a single instance since I installed it seven months ago. That's why many anti-virus vendors provide clean-up utilities on their web sites to remove remnants left behind after uninstalling or for a failed uninstall.Īlso: from all the very thorough explanations of SpywareGuard's heuristic methods, I understand that it doesn't need frequent updating. If is not uncommon for some anti-virus programs to not completely uninstall itself using the usual method of Add/Remove Programs or Programs and Features in Vista/Windows 7.
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So then: uninstall via Add/Remove, reboot, uninstall using specific avast! Uninstall utility, reboot, then reinstall (& reboot I suppose)? (Why both uninstall methods, do they complement each other?)Anti-virus software components insert themselves deep into the operating systems core and create files/folders/registry entries in various locations. Just want to be sure that's reasonable is it?Įdited by pantherapardus4, 21 September 2012 - 04:02 AM. I have been using the Update utility provided.
So then: uninstall via Add/Remove, reboot, uninstall using specific avast! Uninstall utility, reboot, then reinstall (& reboot I suppose)? (Why both uninstall methods, do they complement each other?)Īlso: from all the very thorough explanations of SpywareGuard's heuristic methods, I understand that it doesn't need frequent updating. Uninstall avast, reboot your computer, run the avast! Uninstall Utility, reboot again, then reinstall with the latest version you downloaded to your desktop. In fact, I got pretty anxious about using avast!, from all the stories in their support forum, but that's probably going to happen in any forum that tackles problems, eh? Anyway, this is an extraordinary forum!ĭisconnect from the Internet. There was a lot of confusing stuff in the avast! forums, which is why I brought my question here, btw.
The fix I tried before was called AvastUpdateFix.
Thanks for the advice it sounds like the most logical thing to do. (my earlier post seems to have disappeared, so here it is again) But aren't they getting updated automatically? It says the latest update was received today. I looked up the virus definitions version and the program version, both of which seem out of date. Summary Screen: SECURED Your system is fully protected. I tried a fix listed in the Avast forum, but the program said my computer was not affected by it. When I try to update, I get the famous “Updating…Step 1 / 2 Initializing, please wait…” hanging screen. When I first get online, I get a screen in the bottom right corner saying that my virus definitions are out of date.
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(Using Windows 7, Firefox, Avast (free), Comodo Firewall (free), Spyware Blaster (maybe Spyware Guard, maybe Windows Defender, not sure, am asking about those in separate threads)