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Re: Norton Anti Virus is defenseLESS against banbot ! NAV IS TOTALLY USELESS !!

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On Thu, 6 Nov 2008 00:34:07 -0800 (PST), Penang

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>I have Norton Anti Virus installed in my PC, however, I just found out

>that it is utterly useless.

 

Congratulations. You just discovered what security experts have known

for many years. This applies to all AV products though, not just

Norton.

>My PC has been infected with banbot, but NAV can't even find it, let

>alone remove it !

 

Of course not. What makes you believe that malware would let

anti-malware get in its way?

>It isn't that Symantec doesn't know about banbot, they have 2 webpage

>devoted to it --

>

>www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2007-091318-2239-99&tabid=2

>

>and

>

>www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2007-091318-2239-99&tabid=3

>

>and yet

>

>Can anyone please tell me if there's any utility that can help me

>getting rid of banbot?

 

Utility??? - As you say, you have been infected. So now you must

revert to a known clean state - which ultimately means flatten and

rebuild.

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