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Trojan Help!
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marbar2k
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I was using my laptop yesterday on my girlfriend telewest broadband, all of a sudden AVG flashed up and said it had been afected with a trojan, within 5 mins it had 4 trojans on the machine. I healed them but now every hour a trojan pops up.
What is the best program to get rid of these?
What is the best program to get rid of these?
Treat everyday as your last one on earth! and one day you will be right.
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note down the actual virus name/code. May look weird like
W32.Sobog/b
(It wont be that but it may look something similar)
Once you know what it is go to google and search for the name then "Remove". You should get links with how to delete it
Other option is use https://www.free-av.com INSTEAD of AVG. That actually removes the viruses rather than do nothing as AVG seems to do a lot....
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Also try downloading and running AdAware by a company called lavasoft.com -- a free program, removes lots of malicious things and some (but not all) trojans.[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"The internet is a great way to get on the net."
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ive got adaware on already and its all up2 date. should i run in safe mode? is there no specific trojan remover software?Treat everyday as your last one on earth! and one day you will be right.0
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Browntoa wrote:
i will give it a try later, is it better than the likes of spybot & adaware?Treat everyday as your last one on earth! and one day you will be right.0 -
I've only just started using it in the last week and it seems to catch everything spybot does and some things that spybot misses."She is quite the oddball. Did you notice how she didn't even get excited when she saw this original ZX-81?"
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There is a trojan remover called - 'Trojan Remover', available from http://www.majorgeeks.com/Trojan_Remover_d903.html It's shareware but fully functional for 30 days so install, run it & then uninstall.0
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i would personal make sure my virus software was upto date make sure there no new updates maek sure ad ware upto date start my computer then do a full virus scan and ad ware scan this should get rid of itHi, we’ve had to remove your signature. If you’re not sure why please read the forum rules or email the forum team if you’re still unsure - MSE ForumTeam0
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Do you have the firewall turned on, and has this laptop been patched with windows update?Ever get the feeling you are wasting your time? :rolleyes:0
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