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Trojan Cleaner – Not Guns But Important

November 25th, 2008 by Syd

Yeah, I was being a bad boy – I was trying to find a keygen for a piece of software that is no longer sold, supported or available from any source, Sound Forge 6. This is a helpful audio utility, and I had misplaced my installation disk. Regardless, I went searching for a keygen – a piece of software that generates serial numbers – and I paid the price. I downloaded one “keygen” that turned out to be a Trojan, and suddenly, my brand new Core Duo Quad was infected with a nasty damned Trojan program. My anti-virus program, BitDefender, kept the Trojan from completely installing itself, but it couldn’t remove it.

I searched and searched and searched. Finally, I found Malwarebytes Anti-Malware. This program is shareware. It works completely in the freeware form. I downloaded the free version of Anti-Malware, ran it, and it successfully cleaned the Trojan off of my computer.

Folks, this thing worked so well, and cleaned up my computer so well, that I paid the $24.95 to register the program just from simple appreciation for what these folks are doing. I didn’t have to. The freeware version did the job, and I could have slinked away into the darkness with all the goodies without paying a dime. Having suffered Trojan infections before, I know how difficult it is to remove some of these things, and to be honest, $24.95 is more than fair for getting one of these things out of your hair. I would have paid more.

So, if your computer is acting weird, you browser directing you to sites you don’t want to go to, your anti-virus programs going crazy, check out Malwarebytes. These folks deserve our support.

5 Responses to “Trojan Cleaner – Not Guns But Important”

  1. on 26 Nov 2008 at 8:23 pm1 Xavier

    Any particular name for this trojan Syd?

    I feel your pain……..

    I just cranked up Opera, but the thing is so dadgummed slow that i may decide against it.

  2. on 26 Nov 2008 at 9:12 pm2 Syd

    Originally it showed up Win32.Worm.Autorun.MQ

    but Anti-Malware also showed infection with Trojan.DNSChanger.H

    I solved the slow problem. I bought a Core Duo Quad. It screams.

  3. on 27 Nov 2008 at 8:39 am3 Hyunchback

    Does that company have any other products?

    My country’s economy is running in uber-pathetic mode and my government keeps taking me to places I don’t want to go.

    I tried installing McCainPalin08 but something prevented the install.

    Now everything on TV seems like Clinton was staffing the Administration.

    Is there a software fix or should I, like so many other, go out and purchase a hardware fix?

  4. on 27 Nov 2008 at 9:04 am4 AlanDP

    I downloaded it and ran a scan. I didn’t expect it to find anything, and it didn’t, but I’ll always try a recommendation like this on the off chance that my usual security/maintenance has missed something.

    Also, I don’t think you were being bad. If the program is no longer produced, offered or supported and you need a crack, I don’t see anything wrong with that. Especially if it’s a program you paid for in the past and just lost your key. Did you ever find a safe keygen?

  5. on 27 Nov 2008 at 9:23 am5 Syd

    Yes, I did. But it was at a high price. I was unable to work for half a day with getting my machine cleaned up. I got a variant of the CWS Trojan a couple of years ago and nothing would clean it out. I ended up having to reformat the hard drive and re-install my whole system. That’s a real PITA. Hence, I was particularly appreciative to Malwarebytes because it did such a good job. I have run several other scanners on the machine to makes sure that the nastiness is gone and it appears to be.

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