PC Help: Malware Defender2009?????

[mxrider]

I'm getting notifications about MalwareDefender 2009 being detected by Symantic (Norton) Auto-Scan but it's not picking it up with the full Scan and it keeps replicating. Anybody have any info on this?

[Trikkur]

A lot of times 2x virus scanning programs (or similar programs such as adware, etc) will think that the other is a virus because of how the software runs. I've never heard of Malware Defender so I can't say this is the reason or not, but it's likely.

[given1982]

I searched google for malware defender 2009. Most of the links have to do with how to remove it, and most indicate that it is spyware.

[postoakpoker]

I'd suggest going with popular, mainstream spyware removal, such as spybot search & destroy

[mxrider]

Originally Posted by given1982

I searched google for malware defender 2009. Most of the links have to do with how to remove it, and most indicate that it is spyware.

I did the same and came up with the same results but I was hesitant to follow the advice because I didn't know what to trust. I think I have been able to isolate it and actually get it removed. Time will tell......

[postoakpoker]

there's a very good and comprehensive scan at Best Online Anti-Virus Scanner & Free Virus Scan - Kaspersky Lab. it picked up things that my other virus scanners/spyware scanners missed (the files had gone undetected since 2004). I would suggest running that overnight on your cpu and if it comes up clean rest a little easier. it's also a very highly rated retail virus scanner (I believe it beats Norton and McAfee).

[Trikkur]

Yea, I use Kaspersky for all my Virus scanning.

[mojo6911]

MalwareBytes is a great free scanner. Better than Spybot.