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 #11454  by ranget
 Sun Feb 05, 2012 11:05 pm
Hi guys just have a lot of newbie questions :

1- first what is the best way to check if a computer is infected
there are those sites Like bleepingcomputer and using tools etc .....
did anyone tried those tools and are they effective :/ what do you think

2- How Antivirus Programs quarantine a Virus is it just by changing the extension ? :?

3- what is your way for cleaning an infected computer ;)

Thanks in front

well there was more than those questions in my mind but when i started the topic those the ones i remembered
 #11457  by ranget
 Mon Feb 06, 2012 1:01 am
thanks for the post
i read those topics
i'm Looking for way to fight 0day malware and collect them
this guide is Good for detecting known Malware and spyware

i want to Know how to Fight against Unknown Malware as mentioned in the Guide " Get expert analysis "
here is the question How Good is the Expert Help ?? i know they use Tools Like OTL , DDS
and other Log analyzer

The question here is how effective those Log analyzer
i tried one unpacking a zipped Program that i got from Torrent " just to test how harmful are those "
after getting a pre Log and After Log they both matched each other no new item got installed or infected the system
anyway after using Ccleaner i found unused extension with the name of that Packed zip maker

which got me thinking are those tools Good for detecting 0day stuff or we will never know if a system is Clean
also wondered How do you Clean infected computer your style

I'm sorry if this seem to be very basic question
But i really Like to know where To begin in Researching Malware and Cleaning infected systems