[BC] Anti-virus/registry fix recommendations...

[David Kaye]

--- On Sat, 6/23/12, Glen Kippel <glen.kippel at gmail.com> wrote:

> OK, to follow up ... I manually cleaned MSE out of the
> registry and reinstalled it, so it's working fine.  I
> found that the website windows.microsoft.com gave me a clean
> install.  Some of the other sites you find when you
> search for "Microsoft Security Essentials" are trying to
> sell you something else.  And it looks like PC Utility
> Kit, Speed Max PC and Speedy PC Pro are essentially the same
> beast, as the GUI looks the same -- just a different
> title.  

There's even some malware that creates random titles for itself so that you can't search Google to find out what it is.  It'll often take the Windows version name and sometimes the computer manufacturer name and combine them into something like "Dell Windows XP Security Suite" or "HP Vista Anti-Virus" etc.  

And yes, when it comes to getting the the right tools it's necessary to go to the right site.  I will only go to the Microsoft website to get Security Essentials, and only to bleepingcomputer.com to get ComboFix.  

--dk