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trojan horses
hmm need some help here folks .my comp has been infected by a trojen horse,how could this happen …my laptop is about 16×16…and as everyone knows these horses are massive. hmmm amazing .Joking aside this is a nightmare . Ive got avg running (free addition ) which seems to detect it but can do very little to get rid of it . I find the anti virus/ anti spyware market a confusing . In the avg file it actually says the spyware is outdated but i cant seem to update……perhaps i have to pay for that which i dont have a problem with i just needa bit of guidence
ps hope your all well not been on for a while
Regards Brian
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Lose the freebies Brian.
Pay £20 a year for ZoneLabs Antivirus & firewall. represents very good value for not quite the best – but a VERY good anti-virus / trojan solution.
Used it at home for the last 5 years and for 20+ work PC’s.So far – it’s only ‘users’ that defy my will (AKA company policy) and surf dodgy sites – then install fake ‘cleaners’ that have got through the protection.
If you want I can sort you out with something at the weekend…we need to go for a pint / pie & catch up anyway!
Dave
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Dear Dave "the IT Man " that would be good lunch next week ?
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Hi Brian,
Hope you get your trojan horse sorted – its a nightmare when something like that happens. I’ve always used norton internet security, earlier versions did slow your computer but 2009 seems ok so far.Dave, I downloaded Ccleaner the other day and it did seem to find a load of crap on my system – is this one of the fake cleaners or is it OK to use.
Cheers John
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Should be OK for lunch one day next week.
Monday & Tuesday are ‘full’…but Wednesday is a possibility (could be up in Stonehaven though…) if you’re not up to much you could always come for a jaunt & lunch. Will be on me this time!
Bring the offending piece of hardware if you wish. Trojans are usually nasty little buggers to get rid of…if you have stuff worth saving…do it now!
Dave
Will Email you a link for the software. (Internet security suite)
Change the currency to US dollars as it works out less than GB pounds!! And remember to UN-TICK all of the extras. Should be $49.95. (£32 instead of £40))…well worth it for the peace of mind.
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quote John Gregson:Hi Brian,
Hope you get your trojan horse sorted – its a nightmare when something like that happens. I’ve always used norton internet security, earlier versions did slow your computer but 2009 seems ok so far.Dave, I downloaded Ccleaner the other day and it did seem to find a load of crap on my system – is this one of the fake cleaners or is it OK to use.
Cheers John
Ccleaner is a ‘real’ one…but like most ‘detect & remove’ a bit ‘bolting the door after the horse has run off’. Much better to stop them getting on in the first place! They mostly detect ‘tracking cookies’ and a load of Alexa stuff…nothing much to worry about if you delete / clear the internet history / cache regularly.
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Try Avast:
http://www.avast.com/
also:
http://www.malwarebytes.org/
And that CCleaner thing is great.
I used to use AVG but now I prever Avast.
Love….Jill
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And stop looking at t!tty sites. -
Hi Dave,
Cheers for that – thought I might have downloaded a fake one.It does seem to work quite well, there were quite a lot of cookies/files even though i do a disc clean up, clear the temp Internet files, history and cookies regularly. The funny thing was after installing norton09 Ccleaner found a load of old or unused files in the registry off norton08 which was supposed to have been removed by the 09 version. Strange 😕
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quote John Gregson:Hi Brian,
Hope you get your trojan horse sorted – its a nightmare when something like that happens. I’ve always used norton internet security, earlier versions did slow your computer but 2009 seems ok so far.Dave, I downloaded Ccleaner the other day and it did seem to find a load of crap on my system – is this one of the fake cleaners or is it OK to use.
Cheers John
cheers John …ive been using that cleaner for a couple of years John never had any probs
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quote Jillbeans:…PS
And stop looking at t!tty sites.Yeh Jill…that one you posted up is just perverted! 😉
http://blog.creativethink.com/weblog/im … cons_2.jpg
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Just an added thought Ladies & Gents ….i was buying music from a company called 7 digital but lately real problems signing in …i contacted companyand they said no probs from thee end…same thing from amazon …could that be a virus problem ? and connected
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Hahahhaa
Dave.
Posting that malwarebytes link reminded me to run a scan. So far, one infected file.
Probably from that breastfeeding site.
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quote Brian Little:Just an added thought Ladies & Gents ….i was buying music from a company called 7 digital but lately real problems signing in …i contacted companyand they said no probs from thee end…same thing from amazon …could that be a virus problem ? and connectedYou’re not fooling anyone Brian – Jills right – stop looking at the Tittie sites 😕
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quote Phill:quote Brian Little:Just an added thought Ladies & Gents ….i was buying music from a company called 7 digital but lately real problems signing in …i contacted companyand they said no probs from thee end…same thing from amazon …could that be a virus problem ? and connected
You’re not fooling anyone Brian – Jills right – stop looking at the Tittie sites 😕
but eh eh but yeh but no but 😀 😀
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Just did a quick scan after reading your post Jill and got the same as you – 1 low risk tracking cookie – buggar.
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