gen.variant.kazy.62273

[Davida]

Hello,

I recently installed your software into my system. It removed several threats and reported all threats were removed.

I wanted to do an additional check and went to BIT-DEFENDER....

I did a QUICK scan of my system to satisfy myself before I purchased your product.

But then was mildly shocked to see that Bit-Defender had located another threat called:

gen.variant.kazy.62273

Now I remain confused......

Does your anti-virus software not remove all threats or does a person have to get many virus protection software?

Thank you

[exile360]

Greetings and welcome

No, Malwarebytes Anti-Malware is not a replacement for antivirus software. Please refer to the following article from our Knowledgebase which explains in greater detail:

Does Malwarebytes replace antivirus software?

[Davida]

Thank you for your prompt reply.

Appreciate it.

I do have AVG installed on my system but it did NOT detect this supposed keylogger. Now I am more confused as ever as to what to do. Remove AVG and install some other virus removal software? Keep it? I tried to download AD-AWARE but could not because it conflicted with AVG and asked me to remove it prior to completing the install. I tried various other anti-virus software and their quick scan didn't even detect This corruption.

kaspersky, panda and avasti quick scans did not detect this infection.....But BIT-DEFENDER DID....very odd.

Sorry for bothering you with my problem. I checked my windows registry and found no instance of this infection running.

I have a DELL vostro running XP

[exile360]

You're very welcome, I'm glad I was able to help.

With regards to what BitDefender discovered, it's possible that it was an FP (False Positive) or that it was simply able to detect a threat that the other software was unable to. That does not necessarily mean that it is time to change your antivirus, especially if it has kept you safe for a long time as the fact of the matter is, no single security product will likely ever be able to detect 100% of the active threats on the internet at any given time. There are just far too many and they emerge too frequently, meaning AV vendors must constantly play catch-up to track down samples of the new threats and then add detection for them.

That is actually one of the primary reasons that Malwarebytes Anti-Malware was created, because we use advanced heuristics technology and have a dedicated Research team who, with a lot of help from volunteer helpers from throughout the online security community, gathers samples of new infections, allowing our Research team to analyze and add detection for these latest, nastiest threats.

If you would like a thorough second opinion to verify that your system is now clean of infection, then I would recommend you do the following and we will assist you in doing so at no cost to you (except for your time and patience of course):

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