Parite

Everynow and again AVG tells me ive got Parite on my system and says to run AVG. I did this and it detected no virii. It keeps telling me that ive got it on my system.
It must be somesort of Virus or worm? Is it a bad one and how do I get rid of it?

Cheers. :m:

 

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It's possible that you might have Parite inside a windows Restore folder, most of the antivirus websites nowadays tell you how to turn it the Restore because of the fact that it locks out any file alterations once Restore has made a backup of your files. (Microsoft managed to program something that would of worked fine if malicious intent wasn't a preportion of the net literate.)

http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32pariteb.html
It seems it's quite an old virus too. Try to identify what file AVG keeps pulling.

 

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Yes, its inside a windows restore folder. So how hard would it be to fix this problem?

Cheers :m:

 

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Ok, so the window popped up. This is what it said:

AVG Resident Shield
Virus
Virus Found Win32/Parite

is found in file
F:\System Volume Information\_restore{3F7F8F55-6576-4C69-A6D7-DCB25322921D}\RP205\A0118417.exe

To remove this Virus, please run AVG for Windows.

So we know where it has been detected, so is it a case of just deleting that file?

Cheers :m:

 

hmmm the M$ Windows restore feature seems to do more harm than good to me

I'd switch off System Restore making sure too back up any essential files first

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(right click My Computer go Properties then the System Restore tab and check the box marked turn off system restore then hit ok. i think it a pop up asks if you are sure about this and maybe something about a restart, just hit yes). Then run AVG control center and have it find and remove the virus and then restart the computer to check if everything is ok
Think that would work anyway
:m:

 

What Ste_Harris, mention will work. Most anti-virus sites go through a walkthru of how to turn Restore off and back on after a scan because it's the only way around it.
What the Restore folder is suppose to do is copy critical files, so alterations that are errored can be written over by an old backup copy, problem there is when the viruses find their way into the backup since you can't get rid of them.

I personally don't bother with restore, you might feel this kind of wreckless, but the fact is if your going to get something that is malicious enough to take your system down, it's more likely to do it because you can't delete out of a Restore folder while it's active than not having a folder that it can hide in.

Still it should be the end to your problem.

 

Ok, ive turned off System Resotre like you said, I then restarted the computer and searched for virii. However, it did not find anything.
Is this whats supposed to happen or is it supposed to detect the system restore point and clean it?

When you turn off System Restore, does it delete the saved restored points thus eliminating the virus?

Cheers :m:

Edit:
Ive went to symantec's site and it says that System Restore when turned off deletes all previous system restore points. So this obviously means that Parite has been deleted, this is why AVG couldnt find it. So I better turn it back on and create a new restore point to be on the safe side.

Cheers for the help!