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Looking for Symantec tools

  • 1.  Looking for Symantec tools

    Posted Nov 10, 2009 02:39 AM
    Hi, does Symantec have a counterpart for the program "Noob Killer by Leerz".
    I've seen administrators and technicians use it to restore changes that viruses has made to the desktop like the folders being hidden, cannot run msconfig, among other things.


  • 2.  RE: Looking for Symantec tools
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    Posted Nov 10, 2009 03:17 AM
     The only such thing that Symantec has is Unhookexec.inf
    http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2004-050614-0532-99

    However there are many 3rd party handy tools ..

    www-secure.symantec.com/connect/downloads/simple-utility-reset-folder-options-show-all-hidden-enable-registry-editing-enable-task-ma


  • 3.  RE: Looking for Symantec tools

    Posted Nov 10, 2009 03:37 AM
    you can try my download for some of the common problems...


  • 4.  RE: Looking for Symantec tools

    Posted Nov 11, 2009 03:08 AM
    Look for the Microsoft utility or unhooexec.inf as suggested by Vikram.
    U can use SEP Tool to analyse the issue.


  • 5.  RE: Looking for Symantec tools

    Posted Nov 11, 2009 06:41 AM
    I've seen all the links you all have posted. I'm just wondering if Symantec has anything else.
    The techs here also has a batch file of restoring the registry and removing well known virus from the C:\
    I don't know where they got it.


  • 6.  RE: Looking for Symantec tools

    Posted Nov 11, 2009 07:00 AM
     Its all available on the Internet...However Symantec doesn't have any such tool..
    The most Famous of these tools are HijakThis which Trend bought it few years back.


  • 7.  RE: Looking for Symantec tools

    Posted Nov 11, 2009 07:33 AM
    I just thought it would be a great idea for Symantec to develop their own tool. This would be useful for installing on a new machine. At least just check if the necessary registry values and files are in proper order. Given the experience of having to wait for an installation to finish only to see it rollback like some malwares do.

    Maybe the support tool will do for now. :D


  • 8.  RE: Looking for Symantec tools

    Posted Nov 11, 2009 07:40 AM
     https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/idea/malicious-software-removal-toolkit

    https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/idea/malicious-software-removal-tool

    Its already there in Idea's section..



  • 9.  RE: Looking for Symantec tools

    Posted Nov 11, 2009 08:50 AM
    Every so often I run across a virus that won't let me execute anything on the PC. No task manager and certainly no AV / Malware removal tools. And if I find the malicious files and try to remove them, I always get "access denied" Usually safe mode does the trick but this is almost impossible when I'm doing this remotely and there is no local IT support. I found a cleanup tool that consists of the cleanup.bat and cleanup.reg. I'm just curious on what reg keys the malware hijacks to cause this and if i can manually remove. I suppose all malware works in different ways but it has to be hijacking most of the same keys?


  • 10.  RE: Looking for Symantec tools

    Posted Nov 12, 2009 12:55 AM
    Just follow the links posted above and Google the software I mentioned. That's among the tools worth using.