Symantec does have a free online scanner like Kaspersky called Symantec Security Check.
http://security.symantec.c
Whenever you delete certain files of certain viruses, they can be partially broken and may be capable of partial repair. The label "Trojan.Downloader" means that the virus downloads components off the Internet to build an infection on the affected machine.
Kaspersky's Online Scanner is definitely not meant as a "scare" tool by any regard - Kaspersky is considered a premiere and professional AV solution right alongside known veterans such as Symantec. Every AV is never 100% effective, and various AVs catch things which other AVs do not. Pretty much every major AV company offers their own kind of online scanner, and every single one is - in essence - a potential sales tool as it detects legitimate infections (and offers you to clean them out if you buy their solution).
NIS 2009 is by no means a bad product. While there are many naysayers of Norton/Symantec, this stigma was primarily attached to their older products from a few years ago due to its bloatiness (it has leaned considerably recently). But, again, Norton does not catch everything - no AV does.
Deleting infected files is not enough with modern day viruses. These days they hook and attach right down to the driver and OS level, which means that simply deleting infected files will not remove an infection.
If you do not wish to spend additional money on a scanner/remover, there are excellent free on-demand scanners out there which are great and removing infections, such as Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware (MBAM). Now, I am not saying you should replace NIS 2009 - MBAM is great for dealing with those one-off infections which pre-existing AVs aren't able to get rid of. Install and update MBAM, and then run a thorough scan in Safe Mode (make sure you do it in Safe Mode as this assists in removal due to the inherent restrictions tying the hands of infections).
http://www.malwarebytes.or
By the way I should inform you that Sophos is primarily designed for corporate use - it can be unwieldy, and unfortunately its rate of false-positive detections (falsely detecting viruses) is quite high.
I should note in terms of Norton that 2009 is not Symantec's latest engine - 2010 is now out. However if you do wish to use another security suite akin to NIS, Kaspersky Internet Security 2010 is solid.
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by: D-FensPosted on 2009-09-08 at 15:05:20ID: 25286562
I wouldn't worry about the legitimacy of Sophos (http://www.sophos.com/) its perfectly safe, so rest assured it wont do any damage to your system.
I also highly doubt that Kapersky will just find a trojan just to make you buy their product, especially as you've said that you've run it on another machine with it detecting anything
Norton Internet Security may not have that particular trojan in its dictionary as new viruses are distributed every day, and its extremely hard for anti virus companies to keep their definitions up-to-date.
Try the Sophos solution and let us know how you get on, hope this information has been of some use to you :)