axel.dav

[cdbma]

I had to do a partial restore on my mom's computer using the restore partition on her HP deskside. I now have a system that appears to be infected with the "axel.dav" virus. First, I must come clean - I can't be sure it was there before the restore, as I am debugging from 400 miles away via phone. However, I'm reading that this virus hides in restore partitions, but I can find little more on how best to deal with it. I used HijackThis to clean up msconfig, etc. and deleted over 2900 rogue files on the system.

My question: does Malwarebytes deal with this malware? Will Malwarebytes clean a restore partition as required? Should I be running a AV scan instead?

Thanks.

[noknojon]

Hello cdbma ,Welcome to Malwarebytes Forum -

If you have removed almost 3000 "rogue files" , most likely infections , then the chances are that there is an infection or more still left -

Also you Need to install an Antivirus and run scans with it - I use Microsoft Security Essentials as listed below -

Please forward this to them and get them to follow as many directions as they can -

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EXTRA - Yes it will clean a restore and this infection may be removed, but I would put it to our experts - avle.dav is a file that can be infected -

Also I am diagnosing this from Australia now - The Internet is great - Hope they can get on line soon -