Can't get mbam to update (xp antispware 2010 problem)

[RedStarSQD]

My dad's computer is now infected with XP Antispyware 2010 (av.exe process)

running any exe file causes the malware to run.

have mbam already on system ...

He also had paid version of zone alarm with real time protection turned on ..to no avail. i guess. (this is not disabled by the malware)

ok. so as per instructions on this forum... i renamed mbam.exe to mbam.com. It runs. I did quick scan and it found only a couple related issues..like firewall turned off. It did not find the malware.

i clicked on update..and it downloads a 4 meg file. It then says will close and install the update. But it does not install the updates as indicated in the removal instructions (makes no mention of this problem).

Soooo..... how do i get mbam to update so it will recognize this malware and remove it?

TIA

[RedStarSQD]

ok so i applied a exe registry fix..this allowed mbam to update. it detected and seems to have successfully removed the antispyware 10 malware. woo

but he is using ie8 and zonelab so a bit disconcerting it all failed him (well if it was a malicious website vs a trojan (says did not download anything).

sooo good job you guys. woo

!!

[RedStarSQD]

ok so i applied a exe registry fix..this allowed mbam to update. it detected and seems to have successfully removed the antispyware 10 malware. woo

but he is using ie8 and zonelab so a bit disconcerting it all failed him (well if it was a malicious website vs a trojan (says did not download anything).

sooo good job you guys. woo

!!

[RedStarSQD]

final entry: infection was thru a poorly crafted social engineering email ...that pointed to an url with an .exe file.

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