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Can’t Access The Internet After Removing A Rogue?

The latest generation of Rogue Anti-Virus changes your internet connection settings, specifically the proxy settings.  On an infected PC all traffic is routed through a local proxy on your pc (which is malware based).  Currently these settings are usually:

127.0.0.1:5555

The 127.0.0.1 is your PC and the 5555 is an open port on your pc listening for instructions (and possibly capturing traffic).  Why do the rogues do this?  To intercept ALL internet activity initiated by you (no matter if you’re using IE, FireFox or Chrome).

Once you remove the rogue the proxy settings stay in place and that means you can’t get to the internet.  Fixing this is really easy.

  1. Open Internet Explorer
  2. Click Tools
  3. Internet Options
  4. Connections
  5. Click Lan Settings
  6. Uncheck the first proxy server setting
  7. Click OK twice.

You should be able to get on the internet with any browser now.

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A new config from Matthew

Ok guy’s Matthew submitted a config….wadda’ think:

Normally I have Nod32 v4 installed alongside prevx and comodo firewall but today I’m trying out PC Tools Internet Security 2009 alongside Prevx. Brilliant as it is, PC Tools is still quite a hog so I’ll probably go back to Nod and comodo soon.

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Twitter Updates for 2009-06-11

  • Testing the new PC Tools Internet Security. #
  • I love avira’s free av but they are getting way too spammy with all their popups now. I’m looming for a new free av solution. #
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PC Tools Free Antivirus Review Results – Don’t bother…

While PC Tools Internet Security and Spyware Doctor with Antivirus are truly 2 awesome anti-malware applications their free antivirus is not.

It’s now clear to me that the power of PC Tools comes from the fantastic detection and removal technology of Spyware Doctor. I downloaded the latest version of the Free antivirus from pctools.com and put it to task on my latest infected pc.

PC Tools Free Antivirus detected and removed over 40 viruses, but left everything else behind and was continuously corrupted (see screen shot below). In my test I had to re-install PC Tools Free Antivirus 2 times…on the 3rd time I halted the review.

(the image below was taken after a full scan, removal and reboot.)

If you’re looking for some good free antivirus then choose Avira AntiVir.

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PC Tools Internet Security 2009 Review

I reviewed PC Tools Internet Security 2009 and as expected…it ROCKED!!! Take a look:

YouTube.com/mrizos

If you’re interested in giving PC Tools Internet Security a shot please click the link below:


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Future Reviews and Requests – Add Yours Now!

This Week:

AVG Internet Security

PC Tools Internet Security

Future:

Dr. Web

Twister AV

Comodo Internet Security

Mcafee Internet Security 2009

Trend Micro Internet Security 2009

Sophos Antivirus

Norman Antivirus

Ad-aware Pro

Drive Sentry

Agnitum Outpost Pro Security Suite

F-Prot

Spybot Search and Destroy

Rising Antivirus

Notes:

Please remember that I only review product detection and removal abilities.  If you want me to review something please add it as a comment.

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Upcoming Reviews

I’m working on 2 reviews right now:

PC Tools Internet Security – lots of requests for this one. Expect this review by Friday.
AVG Internet Security – is it any better than AVG Free? Expect this review by Sunday.

I’m a little behind on the reviews because I was out of town on business.

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