Has a trojan virus infected my computer?

bargain_babe

I changed over to the infamous talk talk package in August and a day after downloading the disk my computer crashed. I thought it was that and had to reboot from factory settings.

I kept all the original stuff in a folder, games and stuff, but found i could only open in wordpad, which wasn't any good so just left it. Folder has now gone off my desktop.

I had the free trial of the TT security online, which expired yesterday, it ran full screenings and found nothing wrong. I changed over to the free AVG yesterday which ran a full screening and found 17 trogan horse viruses in something called e games. It deleted them but I'm now really worried about the effect it may have had. Could someone now have all my details and stuff? These viruses were in that folder of original items from Aug, before the crash.

I am sorry for going on, but I'm not very technically minded and will just worry.

Should I download anything else to protect my Computer from now on.

Thank you all for your help.

N9eav

You need a firewall program. This stops any viruses and trojans entering.

I pay for mine, but I don't know if there are any free ones anywhere... Try this perhaps
http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/company/products/znalm/freeDownload.jsp

Dumyat

avg is very good. you will find it needs updates almost daily but thats no bad thing.
we also run a program called ad-aware, or spybot every few days. (both free)
there is also a program called c cleaner (free) which I also use from time to time.
since we started running all these we have had no problems with viruses or spyware.
we also have a firewall in place which came with the ISP software.

bargain_babe

Thanks for your help. I have windows Xp built in firewall. will that do?
Where do I download C cleaner from please?

Dumyat

http://www.ccleaner.com/ it clears out any files and cookies from history or cache that you might have downloaded.

http://www.lavasoftusa.com/products/ad-aware_se_personal.php

edna_clouds

Windows firewall is not very good.. Have a look at the 46 best freeware utilities for download links and reviews...

Browntoa

download kerio firewall, its free

http://www.download.com/Kerio-Personal-Firewall/3000-10435_4-10487067.html

AVG is fine so stick with that

pennineman

You might want to get the best antivirus there is.

NOD32 - £23 a year and is not a big bloated package like many others.

I've been using it for years now. Very worth it.

Look here.

For firewall, I'd also recommend ZoneAlarm.

Dr.Babz

pennineman wrote:

You might want to get the best antivirus there is.

NOD32 ...

I tried NOD32 and it missed some viruses on my pc (I was running tests at the time).
My preference is Kaspersky.

As for a firewall, Browntoa talks a lot of sense ...
+Kerio firewall
Firewall rankings/table

N9eav

I also use Kaspersky. That's the one I find worth paying for. They have a great free customer service help as well