hi all, I've found in my register a file as follows Intermute/cwshredder I've read somwhere it might be a Trojan . Is it true ? How can I get rid of this infection By the way...is TDS3 supposed to identify and remove it MANY THANKS FOR KIND CO-OPERATION Tony
Well, no it isn't, but here's where the confusion comes in. There is a spyware infection type that overall is referred to as "Cool Web Search". But, CWShredder is a tool that is specifically designed to find and remove Cool Web Search infections. Here is the official CWShredder webpage: http://www.intermute.com/spysubtract/cwshredder_download.html The CWShredder tool is frequently recommended by security forums and technical support groups or personnel for cleaning such infections off systems. If you've ever followed cleaning instructions from a forum or off a webpage for this type of infection, or had someone else work on your PC to assist with such a problem, then it is likely that that is where the copy of CWShredder came from. Now when you say this... How / where did you find this? What tool pointed it out to you and exactly what was the reference? I'm just wondering what caused you to think it was a problem in the first place?
For the TDS question: TDS never removes any item by itself, you are in the driver's seat to decide what to do with an alert. Upate TDS and run a full system scan with all options and see what it finds, post the alerts inhere so we can help you with that.
OK everything is clear. I have installed this program sometime ago..I just forgot I did and thought it was a kind of trojan.... Apologees for the wrong alarm ! Cheers Tony