Scotia Systems Blog » malwarebytes http://www.scotiasystems.com/blog Web Design, SEO and IT Tips Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:26:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Malwarebyteshttp://www.scotiasystems.com/blog/it-hints-and-tips/malwarebytes/ http://www.scotiasystems.com/blog/it-hints-and-tips/malwarebytes/#comments Sat, 13 Jun 2009 22:14:51 +0000 admin http://www.scotiasystems.com/blog/?p=63 Have a problem with spyware?   PC running slow?   I’ve found malwarebytes to be the easiest way to clear some of the worst infections.

The software is free to download and use:

www.malwarebytes.org

It’s not 100% reliable to remove an infection – but I’ve had it find things that other leading vendors couldn’t.   Definately worth a try if you’re stuck with a PC that is “acting strange”!

]]> http://www.scotiasystems.com/blog/it-hints-and-tips/malwarebytes/feed/ 0 Malware uacinit.dll trojan – removal (unable to delete?)http://www.scotiasystems.com/blog/it-hints-and-tips/malware-uacinitdll-removal/ http://www.scotiasystems.com/blog/it-hints-and-tips/malware-uacinitdll-removal/#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:29:25 +0000 admin http://www.scotiasystems.com/blog/?p=49 Just been working on a PC which was pretty badly infected.   Malwarebytes managed to clear most of the infection – but after a reboot – kept reporting that c:\windows\system32\uacinit.dll was an infected trojan.   It doesn’t matter how many times I tried to remove uacinit.dll, it kept reappearing after a reboot.

Looking through several blog posts on the subject – most were giving pages of in depth instuctions needed to remove it.   However one suggested simply booting of the XP cd, going into the recovery console and deleting it.

Well, it appears to have worked!   Several reboots and several scans – the PC appears clean!

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