I've just tried Clamwin scanning main hard drive. I didn't expect to find anything and have AVG installed. I have spyware which i run on a manual basis. Haven't had a virus for 5 yrs but i only use webmail (as opposed to email client) to rule out the main risk of catching a virus (IMHO).
Well this is what it found.
C:\PROGRAM FILES\MYWEBSEARCH\BAR\1.BIN\MWSOEMON.EXE:
I don't know if this is spyware that wasn't detected or a virus.
Grateful for feedback.
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MWSOEMON.EXE is not a trojan or virus, it is considered spyware because it "may" report usage information back to MyWebSearch.
You must have at some point installed their WebSearchBar.
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I think i did at one stage but then got rid of it. Dropped IE in favout of FireFox portable. I wondered? - i didn't think it was a trojan or virus but wondered if it was a cookie. But how good is ClamWin - it found it when it was overlooked by AVG (but perhaps that's not saying much.