Virus question

[Starseeker]

I seem to have caught kxvo..., and it's been suggested that it's a password stealer. Should I change all my passwords?

Btw, it's really nasty to get rid of, both adaware and spybot missed it. Any other good anti-spyware that's free?

 

[TheRatKing]

I think that AVG has a free edition.

 

[Rev. Layle]

I think that AVG has a free edition.

yup, but hard to find via google, oddly enough (last time i searched)

so just go to http://free.grisoft.com/ to get the free version of AVG

 

[Buxbaum666]

I think that AVG has a free edition.

yup, but hard to find via google, oddly enough (last time i searched)

Huh? First google result for "AVG" pointed me to http://free.avg.com/ .

 

[FeelTheRads]

How about getting the trial of Nod32? It's fully functional for 30 days or so and it's not crap like... say AVG.

 

[Roflcore]

Btw, it's really nasty to get rid of, both adaware and spybot missed it. Any other good anti-spyware that's free?

Honestly? Forget about "getting rid of" and format your harddrive/set up your system. If it steals passwords it is a high risk to trust your anti-spyware programs that they take care of it. If they miss something you just loose all your accounts.

Oh and, yes personally I think AVG is not very good. Lots of false detects but misses real threats. Currently I am using Bitdefender 10, which is also free and does it job okay.

 

[Buxbaum666]

I'm using Linux. Best spyware-killer there is.

 

[jamesmcm]

I'm using Linux. Best spyware-killer there is.

Yeah! GNU/Linux ftw!

It's a shame Black Isle didn't create GNU/Linux versions of Fallout. And I was really annoyed at Bethesda for requiring Windows Live For Gaming as Oblivion and Morrowind run flawlessly in WINE for me but now I have to dual-boot Vista for FO3.

 

[Rev. Layle]

yup, but hard to find via google, oddly enough (last time i searched)

Huh? First google result for "AVG" pointed me to http://free.avg.com/ .

great! at least it is easy to find. last time i downloaded, google gave me nothing. granted, this was 6 months

 

[Roflcore]

I'm using Linux. Best spyware-killer there is.

Well if the numbers in Linux users keep increasing, sooner or later you will have problems with spyware too..

 

[Leon]

Well if the numbers in Linux users keep increasing, sooner or later you will have problems with spyware too..

That's a big maybe, and depends on the definition of "problem". The security model used by Linux and other UNIX-like operating systems is inherently more secure than Windows' (lol easy admin/root privileges). The reason I say "maybe" is that an operating system is only as secure as the user/idiot-at-the-keyboard, but having a more secure foundation goes a long way in preventing rampant issues.

None of this really matters, though - only 5 people in the world use Linux anyways.