Security Tool Virus question

[Rebel Ninja]

So I ended up with "Security Tool" on my PC somehow ( I would know better than to manually download an unknown program). So I restarted my PC in safe mode and used system restore. When It had finished the restoration I noticed "Security Tool" was gone and a search of my computer lead me to find no traces of it. After that I ran spy doctor and cleared all viruses it found.


So is there anything else I should do and is it likely that "system restore" would of gotten rid or the program and it's effects?

Thank You

[Damocles]

My father runs into similar problems. Whenever one of those fake antivirus programs pops up, I reboot in safe mode then run Malwarebyte's Anti-Malware, Combofix (good stuff here), then Hijackthis to confirm. I never mess around with System Restore.

[Specineff]

Probably it's gone all right. Try the programs Damocles described above in safe mode. It never hurts to double-check.

[Udderdude]

To prevent getting owned in the future, follow these steps:

Never use IE unless absolutely nessecary
Install Firefox with Adblock Plus, Noscript and Flashblock
Install Microsoft Security Essentials, it's free and works well enough (http://www.microsoft.com/Security_Essentials/)
Install Spyboy S&D and run it's Immunize function, can't hurt to scan with it as well (http://www.safer-networking.org/en/home/index.html)
Install Malwarebyes Antimalware and scan with it (http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php)

Also don't run Combofix unless it's a last resort, it can mess up and leave your system in an unuseable state unless you really know what you're doing

[Rebel Ninja]

Thanks everyone for all your help . Just after I posted this I did download "malwarebytes" and I managed to get rid of one or two infections.