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My friend said he have a virus name win32.CTX on his notebook so i research it?

and can not find much i hear that it it resembling a fiddle virus it something used it panda alive scan should he verbs roughly this virus or it a false alarm virus


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W32.CTX is a virus associated beside the W32.Cholera worm, according to http://www.symantec.com/security_respons...

You can dig out Symantec website for virus here: http://www.symantec.com/enterprise/secur...
see knit below and download one of the spyware
progs they record to remove. planned ones are adjectives free.

hope this help.
Panda's crap...seize rid of it. It's most plausible a solid virus and more will be on at hand.

One of the first things to do when you suspect malware is DISABLE System Restore.
If enabled, this allows malware to put away contained by the computer and re-install itself.
So, to disable it, RIGHT-click on "My Computer." Select "Properties" later lower than the 'System Restore' tab, check 'Turn sour system restore' IF not already checked.
The subsequent most practical things that would comfort you are to use ONLINE scanners from websites to remove any malware on your PC.
The current best online scanners I prefer are from Kaspersky antivirus and Bitdefender antivirus. Together, these 2 scanners will find ALL the fruitless stuff on your PC because they own the BEST detection rate.
First, use Kaspersky's. (FYI: ALL these scan require you to agree to a EULA and install an activex control which is needed to carry out the scan, so agree to them adjectives.)

*NOTE: Some scanners ONLY work next to IE or may not fully remove malware

http://www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner... (KAV)

Then scan beside:
http://www.bitdefender.com/scan8/ie.html...


There are MANY other flawless online scanners which you may choose to also use (which will nick longer but ensure safety):

http://onecare.live.com/site/en-us/defau... (Windows Live Onecare)

http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/ax/... (A-squared scanner)

http://www.ewido.net/en/onlinescan/... (ewido)

http://www.ca.com/us/securityadvisor/pes... (Spyware scan)

http://www.ca.com/us/securityadvisor/vir... (Virus scan)

http://www.pandasecurity.com/homeusers/s... (Panda Antivirus)

http://www.housecall.trendmicro.com/... (TrendMicro)

http://www.eset.com/onlinescan/... (Nod32)

http://support.f-secure.com/enu/home/ols... (F-secure)


After using these, it's ESSENTIAL to install at tiniest 3 antispywares. Do NOT use more than 1 antiVIRUS as they conflict.

The best things in life span are FREE, and great free software can be found @:

Superantispyware.com (Superantispyware FREE version)
lavasoft.com (Ad-aware)
emsisoft.com (A-squared FREE)
safer-networking.org (Spybot S&D)
javacoolsoftware.com (SpywareBlaster, EULAlyzer, & MRU-Blaster)
microsoft.com (Windows Defender)
grisoft.com (AVG AV)
Avast.com (Avast AV)
avira.com (Avira AV)
activevirusshield.com (AOL Virus Shield, which is essentially Kaspersky for free)
siteadvisor.com (Tells you how protected websites are)
phoenixlabs.org (Peerguardian blocks malware, senate, and anti-p2p org's)
zonealarm.com (Top Notch Firewall)
comodo.com (Another Top Notch firewall)
iobit.com (Advanced Windows Care)
Eusing.com (Registry cleaner)
ccleaner.com (Junk wallet cleaner)



Now if you can afford it, the best software to BUY are:

Spy Sweeper
Security Task Manager
Norton Internet Security (Uses CPU but it's nice if you can afford to use those resources up)
Kaspersky (BEST! =D )
Bitdefender
F-secure (Same as Kaspersky)
Linkscanner (Blocks exploits in valid time)
Advanced Uninstaller

If within's ever ONE wallet you suspect is infected, you can move about to a couple of sites that enjoy single directory scanners which use MULTIPLE engines to scan a folder.
They are virusscan.jotti.org and virustotal.com

If you're PC is squeaky verbs, re-enable system restore because it IS obedient to own but we needed to shut it sour to rub away the malware.
Just RIGHT-click on "My Computer." Select "Properties" consequently below the 'System Restore' tab, UN-check "Turn bad system restore."


*Another entry to consider is using another browser besides Internet Explorer. IE have greatly of warranty holes,
making it smaller quantity past the worst than other browsers. I prefer Firefox from mozilla.org.
It's lately as trouble-free to use and have abundantly of organized little add-ons you can toy around beside. By itself, it is also safer from exploits than IE.*


As other, things will ebb and flow for you. I hope the best for everybody. As other, others may disagree but near's just one style to find things out---try it! As long
as you own an UPDATED Antivirus, Antispyware, & firewall, things will travel smoothly. And browse responsibly. As a side write down, please email me any/all websites you get the infection from or if any are popping up or hijack your page so I can relief further collateral software's measures.
Sometimes you may gain a NEW and Unknown malware and I can submit it to be blacklisted to companies.
Thx. Hope I be competent to relief and fix anything needed. If I own, please consider returning & going away a nice comment and
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