speedyink VIP Member Dec 22, 2004 #1 Every 5 hours or so my anti-virus software brings up that I have this virus called the "sillyp2pworm". How can I get rid of this for good?
Every 5 hours or so my anti-virus software brings up that I have this virus called the "sillyp2pworm". How can I get rid of this for good?
SFR Truth fears no questions Dec 22, 2004 #3 I found P2P-Worm.Silly.a; P2P-Worm.Silly.b this is where I got it from .. it is just a list no info though: http://www.antiviraldp.com/virus_list/list_8.htm also found W32.SillyP2P from Norton's virus list My question is: What anti-virus software are you using?.. Last edited: Dec 22, 2004
I found P2P-Worm.Silly.a; P2P-Worm.Silly.b this is where I got it from .. it is just a list no info though: http://www.antiviraldp.com/virus_list/list_8.htm also found W32.SillyP2P from Norton's virus list My question is: What anti-virus software are you using?..
double-dragon New Member Dec 22, 2004 #4 download and run SpyBot and Lavasoft's Adware SE, that might help.
SFR Truth fears no questions Dec 23, 2004 #5 double-dragon said: download and run SpyBot and Lavasoft's Adware SE, that might help. Click to expand... Those are malware/spyware/adware removal programs. What you need to adequately get rid of a trojan or worm is an anti-virus program.
double-dragon said: download and run SpyBot and Lavasoft's Adware SE, that might help. Click to expand... Those are malware/spyware/adware removal programs. What you need to adequately get rid of a trojan or worm is an anti-virus program.
speedyink VIP Member Dec 24, 2004 #6 Its the W32.SillyP2P virus i'm getting. I'm using Avast! anti-virus. It has slowed down in the past couple of days, but it still comes back sometimes.
Its the W32.SillyP2P virus i'm getting. I'm using Avast! anti-virus. It has slowed down in the past couple of days, but it still comes back sometimes.
Praetor Administrator Staff member Dec 24, 2004 #7 Well fir starters, updating and running the antivirus should be the first thing you do, if that doesnt clean out the virus then you need to start looking into aither methods
Well fir starters, updating and running the antivirus should be the first thing you do, if that doesnt clean out the virus then you need to start looking into aither methods