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  • Pichu_XP
    FFR Player
    • Jul 2006
    • 950
    #1

    Trojan Horses - Getting rid of them

    Alright, I was using my computer, watching anime and chatting and my AVG told me I had a Trojan Horse and that I should "heal" it. I did, restarted my computer, scanned for viruses (nothing at that time, and then continued with my life.

    Now today, the same pop-up came up and I didn't even download anything today. It seems as though the thing was spreading. So I got rid of it, and started scanning my computer.

    Then 15 minutes later (the scan is still going on), AVG told me that it had infected a file. This is definitely spreading. The problem is, I don't know how to stop it and get rid of it for good.

    Any advice as to how to get rid of this Trojan for good?

    My security programs are AVG Anti-Virus Free, AVG Anti-Spyware Free, Windows Firewall and Windows Defender.
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    • x So Sick x1
      FFR Player
      • Feb 2007
      • 142
      #2
      Re: Trojan Horses - Getting rid of them

      Trend Micro
      https://www.trend.com
      Global Enterprise AI Cybersecurity Platform


      Run the stuff on there, it's free and the best computer protection I'VE ever used.
      However I had a personal hacker on it at one point. It was fun, he would write to me in MS Word and stuff and I just talked to him and eventually got his "hacker codename" and searched it and got rid of him when he wasn't awake i suppose. Took about 24 hours of work to get him off of my computer, and what's weird is when the hacker was gone, there was a document on my desktop saying "Here's your computer back ". Very awkward and somewhar off topic, but related to the same junk.

      Just goes to show that your computer is never totally safe. Trend should do the trick though.



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        • flawofhumanity
          MMM WATCHA SAY
          • Apr 2004
          • 628
          #3
          Re: Trojan Horses - Getting rid of them

          Reformat your hard drive? Probably not what you want to do, but it would get rid of the trojan.
          Originally posted by pntballa18
          flaw cause he's well hung


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            • Pichu_XP
              FFR Player
              • Jul 2006
              • 950
              #4
              Re: Trojan Horses - Getting rid of them

              Originally posted by flawofhumanity
              Reformat your hard drive? Probably not what you want to do, but it would get rid of the trojan.
              Reformatting is a last resort and I don't think it's necessary for a problem this small.

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                • *
                  FFR Player
                  • Apr 2006
                  • 147
                  #5
                  Re: Trojan Horses - Getting rid of them

                  Originally posted by x So Sick x1
                  www.trend.com

                  Run the stuff on there, it's free and the best computer protection I'VE ever used.
                  However I had a personal hacker on it at one point. It was fun, he would write to me in MS Word and stuff and I just talked to him and eventually got his "hacker codename" and searched it and got rid of him when he wasn't awake i suppose. Took about 24 hours of work to get him off of my computer, and what's weird is when the hacker was gone, there was a document on my desktop saying "Here's your computer back ". Very awkward and somewhar off topic, but related to the same junk.

                  Just goes to show that your computer is never totally safe. Trend should do the trick though.
                  That's funny and incredible.
                  Sorry, I just had to say that =p

                  Originally posted by Pichu_XP
                  Reformatting is a last resort and I don't think it's necessary for a problem this small.
                  Well if it continues to spread, it won't be a SMALL problem anymore.
                  If it got through all of your security programs, assuming they work, you might be at serious risk. =X
                  Originally posted by OneHandNow
                  your original intent wasn't to troll dumb****

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                    • Eyoshi
                      Certified Calendarwhore
                      • Nov 2004
                      • 1044
                      #6
                      Re: Trojan Horses - Getting rid of them

                      Did you get the pop up while browsing? Check your browser add-ons for suspicious item names such as the ones that list as bunches of random letters.
                      Some BHOs remain undetected by virus scans, but you might be able to find and delete them manually.

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                        • Pichu_XP
                          FFR Player
                          • Jul 2006
                          • 950
                          #7
                          Re: Trojan Horses - Getting rid of them

                          Originally posted by Eyoshi
                          Did you get the pop up while browsing? Check your browser add-ons for suspicious item names such as the ones that list as bunches of random letters.
                          Some BHOs remain undetected by virus scans, but you might be able to find and delete them manually.
                          I'm pretty sure it was when I was focused on Firefox, but I don't think I was browsing. I did install some Firefox extensions that day. Also, how should I check my extensions? Inside "My Computer" or in the browser itself?

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                            • Eyoshi
                              Certified Calendarwhore
                              • Nov 2004
                              • 1044
                              #8
                              Re: Trojan Horses - Getting rid of them

                              I'd check in "My Computer", but Firefox isn't easily infected. o.o

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                                • Spazzbite
                                  FFR Simfile Author
                                  FFR Simfile Author
                                  • Jan 2003
                                  • 2181
                                  #9
                                  Re: Trojan Horses - Getting rid of them

                                  Man the arrows, they're not getting into the castle again with that damned horse!

                                  Anyway, in all seriousness, have you tried googling the name of the trojan? See how other people have dealt with this problem in the past.

                                  Originally posted by Quicker
                                  shades don't break unless you break them.

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                                    • OrganisM
                                      FFR Player
                                      • Oct 2006
                                      • 2644
                                      #10
                                      Re: Trojan Horses - Getting rid of them

                                      Use ProcessExplorer (free program) and find out what threads the trojan is using, shut them down, and then kill the trojan. If it's using Winlogon.exe which you can't shut down, just use a move on boot utility and it'll be gone on next startup. Not difficult. And doesn't require expensive and irritating programs.

                                      All anti-virus programs have done for me is cost me money and system performance. And when they actually did detect something, they could never remove it.

                                      Answer: Become 1337 and ditch these n00b programs.
                                      .

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                                      Every year roughly 125 people in America are turned into bees this way."

                                      Originally Posted by                                       MrRubix[link]:
                                      "Do you basically bukkake-paint your walls every time you jack it?"

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                                        • g4z33b0
                                          Banned
                                          • Mar 2006
                                          • 2618
                                          #11
                                          Re: Trojan Horses - Getting rid of them

                                          system restore.

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                                            • ELRayford
                                              Custom User Title
                                              • May 2004
                                              • 1547
                                              #12
                                              Re: Trojan Horses - Getting rid of them

                                              Originally posted by g4z33b0
                                              system restore.
                                              If that doesnt work do as said above and google the name of the virus also try the name of the virus followed by removal tool. Sometimes Symantec makes a d-loadable scanner and repair tool for trojans. If those do not help load setup from XP cd, DO NOT erase the partition but just install over it, leave file system intact. Then after you load xp and drivers back, your data will still be there but programs gone. Also d-load an anti virus install file before you do the reload os, so u can install AV and scan on a fresh install. We do this all the time at our shop and thats the best way if there is no removal tool available. If you want n extensive walkthrough just PM me

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                                                • Biff_tech
                                                  so the 17 ate the 12 eh.
                                                  • Oct 2004
                                                  • 826
                                                  #13
                                                  Re: Trojan Horses - Getting rid of them

                                                  ROFL AVG, See that's your problem your using AVG, AVG sucks it just does don't use it. On another note I think almost every base is covered. I highly recommend you back up the files you want and are sure aren't infected onto a Flash drive, Mp3 player etc. so you don't have to redownload them again.
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