That's the second good news in 2 days. Yesterday Conn09 got out of the woods & today you have. That now leaves only Steelers6 (System Dumps).

It is not important whether getting out of the woods was because of or inspite of someone. When a dottechie gets out of the woods all other dottechies are happy. Like Conn09 you too have left everyone with good learnings for the future

Ramesh

Thanks Guys for all your help. Keep it up.

@amnesia

@Locutus - reading a classic & also moderating a forum. Obviouly you have refined taste & rare talents too That's nice!

Thanks friends. They say if you give a person a fish you provide him a meal; but if you teach him how to fish you enable him to feed himself throughout his life. You've taught me how to fish. Thanks! I am setting out to fish for a rootkit protector for my comp

LOL everyone

Ramesh

1, Anvir dosen't find rootkits, never used Process Tamer, but I would say no.

2, I use Sophos Anti-Rootkit.

I've tried Panda Anti-Rootkit. Had a problem with it,  unistalled it, left some piece's behind.

Ramesh

On the second note, I've never had to deal with a rootkit, but here's some I've found:

http://download.cnet.com/Panda-Anti-Rootkit/3000-8022_4-10717196.html?tag=mncol - Panda Anti-Rootkit

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897445.aspx - RootkitRevealer

Both are from very big name companies.

1) Do Anvir & Process Tamer spot "visible" processes only or are also capable of spotting invisible (aka a rootkit) processes as well? I am optimistically hopeful because our very own doyen who reviewed it is with us. I say this with all the affection & respect I possess Ashraf  so don't go angry on me okay

2) Which is the best rootkit revealer & why?

So these are 2 seperate issues for which I seek help from our family

Ramesh

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897445.aspx

Good luck!

Regarding Rootkit - there is a Microsoft program called RootkitRevealer which can be found at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897445.aspx

Thanks Guys.

But i am really doubtfull how come my problem is gone by just installing the updated LAN drivers. I will try rebooting it again to see if it is really gone.

Throughout Sandeep's trouble I inferred that the "naughty Process" was a "visible" process. That is, it was not a trojan or a rootkit. How daft of me. What if the devil was actually invisible?

A rootkit/trojan process is a clever invisible devil of a process which hides itself even from a process manager itself!

I'd like someone to answer this if possible.

1) Does Anvir "visibilize" even an "invisible, rootkit, trojan process" or is it unable to do so?

2) If one wished to capture a rootkit trojan devil in Anvir can one do it this way - Physically count the number of processes in a 1, 2, 3, 4... basis & compare that with the summarized count which Anvir shows you in its icon in the system tray? The difference means you are suffering a rootkit process.

3) Does Anvir's physical process count always match the process count showed in the tray? Or can the tray count be higher - the difference being a pointer that there is a rootkit devil eating the cpu. That's dicey because the devil eating cpu cycles is an "invisible" devil rather than a "visible" devil!

4) Do Anvir & Process Tamer only catch/tame "visible" devils or "invisible" devils as well?

We fortunately have well-heeled stalwarts like Karen & also savvy stalwarts like Ashraf whose high standing in the industry owes itself not only to his intellect & honesty but also to I am sure excellent respect he commands from developers.

Therefore it would help dottechies if we get an answer to this question - does Anvir & Process Tamer catch/tame only visible devils or invisible devils too.

Sandeep - for posterity sake invisible devilry aka rootkit gets caused sometimes in the time gap between uninstalling one antivirus & installing another. Even a good antivirus catches a rootkit only if it enters AFTER that AV is installed AND NOT before that AV is installed.

Given that I shudder to think what invisible rootkit devils lurk in various computers.That's why there is a market for rootkit revealers even though there are good antivirus - it catches invisible devils even if your anti virus does not.

I don't have one yet, but plan to.Which rootkit revealer is best & why? 

Ramesh

Ramesh

Glad your problem is fixed though.