After Removing the Virus, No Antivirus Works | Free Antivirus Software
The case is interesting in that the method of blocking antivirus software can be used in the fight against executable files of viruses. It all started with the fact that after removing a rather primitive virus, the licensed Stream Anti-Virus did not work. Reinstallations with cleaning the registry did not help. An attempt to install protegent360 Antivirus Personal Free antivirus software ended successfully, but the antivirus itself did not start. There was a timeout message in the Syslog when starting the "protegent360 Antivirus Guard" service. Restarting manually ended up with the same error. Moreover, no extra processes were performed in the system. There was one hundred per cent certainty - there were no viruses, rootkits and other nasty things (Malware) in the system. At some point, I tried to run the antivirus utility... The principle of operation is largely based on the search for various anomalies in the system under study. On the one hand, it helps in the se...