Eng Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 Last night i found a trojan horse on my computer it contained severn files and i dont know what gto do.. Ive qaurentined it so but im not sure that will help can anyone give me any advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blix1978 Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 do you know how this virus came about? were you downloading programs from sites like limewire or kazaa? most of the people that I have met on the net have got trojans from downloading junk from sites. 1. http://housecall.trendmicro.com/ ~ this site is a good free online scan that will help you get rid of those nasty viruses. alot of viruses can be stopped (if you dl alot of junk) by simply deleting your tempory internet files. also go to tools in your menu and select internet options > delete cookies > delete files check the delete all off line files (for xp users) clear history and hit ok. I also like to use ad-aware since viruses seem to creep up in the most particular places. which I found that program at http://www.majorgeeks.com which is a good site that has pretty much anything that can keep your computer happy. If you have norton anti virus... seems that norton can delete and/or quarntien the virus but for some reason it still leaves that nasty lil hash mark in the registry which nortons web site will tell you how to remove the left overs. I would like to know what trojan it is. I'm an IT student and I get my kicks helping other people out on their stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercifull Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 Sticky: FAQ - Index (Check here BEFORE posting a new Topic!!!) Scan with your anti virus again in safemode just to be safe. Then scan Ad-aware and with Spybot S&D. after you have cleared up any spyware nasties post a HijackThis log and give as many details about the trojan that has been detected as possible. Name, location etc. You have currently given us NO USEFUL information at all in order to help you. Mercifull <3 Suzi "We don't want players to be able to buy their way to success in RuneScape. If we let players start doing this, it devalues RuneScape for others. We feel your status in real-life shouldn't affect your ability to be successful in RuneScape" Jagex 01/04/01 - 02/03/12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eng Posted September 23, 2005 Author Share Posted September 23, 2005 im currently at work when i get home ill try and clean it up meantime any info on getting rid of trojans would be appriciated... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercifull Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 im currently at work when i get home ill try and clean it up meantime any info on getting rid of trojans would be appriciated... All very much depends on what it is. Doing the wrong thing could result in irrepair. Mercifull <3 Suzi "We don't want players to be able to buy their way to success in RuneScape. If we let players start doing this, it devalues RuneScape for others. We feel your status in real-life shouldn't affect your ability to be successful in RuneScape" Jagex 01/04/01 - 02/03/12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eng Posted September 23, 2005 Author Share Posted September 23, 2005 this may be a stupid question, but could i just leave it (i mean are all trojans harmfull)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blix1978 Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 if all else fails ghost your harddrive or use your back up disc but its 5:40 am here and I'm about to crash. oh you can also go to a restore point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercifull Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 A trojan can give the virus writer full access to your pc if left alone Mercifull <3 Suzi "We don't want players to be able to buy their way to success in RuneScape. If we let players start doing this, it devalues RuneScape for others. We feel your status in real-life shouldn't affect your ability to be successful in RuneScape" Jagex 01/04/01 - 02/03/12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eng Posted September 23, 2005 Author Share Posted September 23, 2005 A trojan can give the virus writer full access to your pc if left alone kk thanks for the help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blix1978 Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 think of a trojan horse like a family tree where there's 1 there's 2 then 4 then ... then you need a new hard drive because its done been fried. leaves more access to worms, bombs and a bunch of stuff that you don't want. my friend did that once. He left a trojan and then his hard drive crashed and we got it up and running scanned it and found over 140 trojans 10 worms and right after I saw him throw that hard drive into the trash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eng Posted September 23, 2005 Author Share Posted September 23, 2005 Sticky: FAQ - Index (Check here BEFORE posting a new Topic!!!) Scan with your anti virus again in safemode just to be safe. Then scan Ad-aware and with Spybot S&D. after you have cleared up any spyware nasties post a HijackThis log and give as many details about the trojan that has been detected as possible. Name, location etc. You have currently given us NO USEFUL information at all in order to help you. so is this the best way to get rid of it....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted September 24, 2005 Share Posted September 24, 2005 Sticky: FAQ - Index (Check here BEFORE posting a new Topic!!!) Scan with your anti virus again in safemode just to be safe. Then scan Ad-aware and with Spybot S&D. after you have cleared up any spyware nasties post a HijackThis log and give as many details about the trojan that has been detected as possible. Name, location etc. You have currently given us NO USEFUL information at all in order to help you. so is this the best way to get rid of it....... Just do it anyways. Chances are you can get rid of it by using these programs, but if you don't you still have good protection progs. And you still haven't provided any information. Have you been using any filesharing programs like mentioned? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xyrec Posted September 26, 2005 Share Posted September 26, 2005 think of a trojan horse like a family tree where there's 1 there's 2 then 4 then ... then you need a new hard drive because its done been fried. leaves more access to worms, bombs and a bunch of stuff that you don't want. my friend did that once. He left a trojan and then his hard drive crashed and we got it up and running scanned it and found over 140 trojans 10 worms and right after I saw him throw that hard drive into the trash. Throw it away instead of formatting it and reinstalling the os? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercifull Posted September 26, 2005 Share Posted September 26, 2005 Are you actually going to provide us with the information we need or not? Mercifull <3 Suzi "We don't want players to be able to buy their way to success in RuneScape. If we let players start doing this, it devalues RuneScape for others. We feel your status in real-life shouldn't affect your ability to be successful in RuneScape" Jagex 01/04/01 - 02/03/12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eng Posted September 27, 2005 Author Share Posted September 27, 2005 what information is it that you need? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercifull Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 what information is it that you need? Did you read any of what i wrote in my first post? :shock: :shock: *blinks* Mercifull <3 Suzi "We don't want players to be able to buy their way to success in RuneScape. If we let players start doing this, it devalues RuneScape for others. We feel your status in real-life shouldn't affect your ability to be successful in RuneScape" Jagex 01/04/01 - 02/03/12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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