Trojan Horse(s)

ksh123

Hi
I keep picking up Trojan horses. The first sign is when pc keeps crashing, I run a system test and AVG picks up the horse and chucks it out. But I've had 2 in the last 7 days and they are a pain!
The most likely suspects seem to eBay or the dating sites my daughter looks at.
I use AVG, zone alarm, Ad-aware and spyware blaster - but the little blighters keep charging under the radar.
Any ideas how I can shut the stable door?
thanks

Browntoa

try reading this

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=133269

are you running AVG etc in safe mode ??

Captain_Spyware

If the machine has been crashing there's a good chance AVG isn't dealing with the problem.

Can you tell us the filename and path of the detection?

ie: C:\Windows\System32\badfile.exe

rogerramjet

or stop visitng dodgy warez/!!!!!! sites

another thing, trojans are sometimes not classified as virus's, there is also a possibility that the trojans are new and the anti-virus software doesn't recognise them. Basically any anti-virus software will miss a virus/trojan if it is new and not been detected

scoot1on1

Disable system restore then run a virus scan then re-enable sytem restore this will delete all the old system restore points, where sometimes the nastys hide.

j-baby-scotland

rogerramjet wrote:

or stop visitng dodgy warez/!!!!!! sites

By the sounds of it this poster doesn't have teenage kids... not the younger realms of teens!

Bit moralistic isn't he/she?

When I was hit with a trojan, (was it my over 16 year old teen's !!!!!! or mine?), I invested in this : http://www.xsoftspy.com/

Worked where other free anti-virus stuff, ad-aware, Spybot etc., didn't.

ksh123

thanks for your replies folks (funny, I didn't get any email notification of replies??)
I will try a few things you have suggested and get back to you......

ksh123

Hi
well I followed your advice starting with Browntoa's link. It seemed my Windows updates etc had been disabled somehow so I set that right and the problem seemed to disappear. Good oh.
thanks everyone.
got another ? now, will post it seperately tho....:)

ksh123

I forgot to say however that, on logging on to eBay today I got about about 5 Zone Alarm messages saying that the firewall had blocked some intrusions so I guess there really is something attached to eBay??

newcastle532

http://uk.trendmicro-europe.com/ go for free virus scan it will tell you what virus are on our computer

pchelpman

ksh123 wrote:

I forgot to say however that, on logging on to eBay today I got about about 5 Zone Alarm messages saying that the firewall had blocked some intrusions so I guess there really is something attached to eBay??

Not really. There are constant attempts to access your computer. Those ZA warnings are just that ... letting you know ZA is doing its job and stopping outsiders from getting through. Not necessarily from eBay. Like me you will get those warnings all the time unless you configure ZA not to pop up the little box each time it stops something.

My settings ...



I don't see those pop up boxes any more.