I recently migrated to Norton Security Suite offered by my internet service. So far I love it. It appears to replace all the features and functions of McAfee, Spybot, and Ad-Aware and has detected items that the other 3 never did.
My issue that keeps coming up is with Tidserv. I've done a TON of research on Tidserv and have learned that it's a really nasty trojan that buries itself in sectors typically not searched by malware/virus programs. I found directions on how to remove it, and followed them explicitly, but did not have any of the registry keys traditionally associated with this Trojan.
I've yet to experience the BSoD or any other shannanegons typically associated with this beast, but every 20 minutes or so I get a pop-up from Security Suite saying that is has blocked an attempt and each time it comes up with HTTPS Tidserv Request. The file paths associated are either \DEVICE\HARDDISK\VOLUME3\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\SVCHOST.EXE OR \DEVICE\HARDDISK\VOLUME3\PROGRAM FILES\MOZILLA\FIREFOX\FIREFOX.EXE
I have performed full scans of my computer 3 times now (which takes FOREVER considering that I have 3 drives and nearly 2.5TB of information across the 3 drives) and Security Suite comes up with nothing.
What am I missing? Considering the attempt keeps getting blocked and I have no BSoD or pop-up ads or page redirects, what is my true level of infestation? I'm very concerned about making sure this little pest doesn't reproduce and cause all kinds of nightmares with my computer, but I'm stumped as to how to find/eradicate this varmint. Thoughts and suggestions are appreciated.
Thank you,
Gebs04