Wednesday, December 22, 2010
McAfee isn't stopping "HDD Rescue" trojan
Twice in the last few days, my computer has caught the "HDD Rescue" trojan. This is a serious one, which nearly paralyzes all normal operations while flashing nasty-looking error messages. Seems to have been caught from two different innocent websites.
I've been using and paying for McAfee for several years, with good enough results until this.
"Stopzilla" does catch and remove HDD Rescue. Worked both times.
It's fairly expensive but I don't mind paying for something that really works. I do object to paying for McAfee, which doesn't work!
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Update March 2011: I removed and quit paying for McAfee shortly after the above. Stopzilla continues to function perfectly, and it has much less overhead. McAfee added 3 minutes to every startup and shutdown, and forced the computer to a halt for 5 or 6 minutes every day with updates, most of which required a reboot to take effect. Stopzilla doesn't do any of that crap. It updates about twice a week, quietly and quickly, and adds only 30 seconds to startup and shutdown. ¶ 4:42 PM
I've been using and paying for McAfee for several years, with good enough results until this.
"Stopzilla" does catch and remove HDD Rescue. Worked both times.
It's fairly expensive but I don't mind paying for something that really works. I do object to paying for McAfee, which doesn't work!
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Update March 2011: I removed and quit paying for McAfee shortly after the above. Stopzilla continues to function perfectly, and it has much less overhead. McAfee added 3 minutes to every startup and shutdown, and forced the computer to a halt for 5 or 6 minutes every day with updates, most of which required a reboot to take effect. Stopzilla doesn't do any of that crap. It updates about twice a week, quietly and quickly, and adds only 30 seconds to startup and shutdown. ¶ 4:42 PM
