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.

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.

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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.

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...

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.

this may be a stupid question, but could i just leave it (i mean are all trojans harmfull)?

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

A trojan can give the virus writer full access to your pc if left alone

A trojan can give the virus writer full access to your pc if left alone

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

kk thanks for the help.

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.

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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.......

 

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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?

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?

Are you actually going to provide us with the information we need or not?

what information is it that you need?

what information is it that you need?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Did you read any of what i wrote in my first post? :shock: :shock: *blinks*