Nod32 V4 rootkit detection?

Discussion in 'ESET NOD32 Antivirus' started by Paul Bradley, Apr 17, 2012.

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  1. Paul Bradley

    Paul Bradley Registered Member

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    I just recently upgraded to version 4 and am having an issue. With version 3 when I plugged in a flash drive, or another hard drive, if it had a rootkit on it, NOD would immediately pop up warning me of it and remove it. Since version 4 I do not get this, and one hard drive I know has a rootkit it wouldnt even detect it. Is there something I need to turn on? If not, is there an option to manually update definitions with version 3? I had rather go back to that if possible. I liked the scan interface much better.
     
  2. Hagla007

    Hagla007 Registered Member

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    "I just recently upgraded to version 4". Why don't you test out version 5?
     
  3. Paul Bradley

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    I did. Didnt like 5 at all. Maybe I'm just used to 3. It was easy to use and very user friendly.
     
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    Cudni Global Moderator

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    No manual updates, I'm afraid. What rootkit was on the drive?
     
  5. Paul Bradley

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    Backdoor.Multi.ZAccess.gen
    Virus.Win32.ZAccess.h
    Rootkit.Boot.Pihar.b

    TDSSkiller and Combofix both detect these, but cant remove them for some reason. Trying not to have to format the drive.

    Combofix also pops up something about tcp/ip stack infection but dont remember the exact wording there.
     
  6. get_it

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    If you are certain that your hard drive has a rootkit on it and you are testing detection submit the file to ESET for analysis.

    Otherwise have you tried creating an ESET SysRescue bootable CD or USB flash drive and scanning with that?

    V5 might appear alien at first but it is very user friendly, simple to navigate and coming from V4 doesn't require much time to familiarise with, not to mention the latest product version superior to both V4 & V3.
     
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