Trojen Horuse Virus

baby_mike · 29-07-2008

I was on youtube when AVG poped up and said it detected a Trojen. I clicked heal and it said that force removeal could damge my pc or even crash it.

What do I do?

Fire2box · 29-07-2008

I'd force remove it rather then let it stay and do whatever its mission is. Of course I would back up anything I want to keep first in case of the worst thing happening, your hard drive being destroyed.

jasonthebeast · 29-07-2008

agreed

Baby Lily · 29-07-2008

Press Ctrl Alt Delete and open the task manager, go to processes. Usually malware can't be deleted when it's running, you just need to find the file name in there and kill the process.

I use Avast! Antivirus, I would call it the best. What I really like about Avast is that it detects and stops viruses before they get in your comp instead of letting you know later that you have a virus, good job, Avast.

You may also want to get the following security tools

TrendSecure | TrendMicro HijackThis Overview

Malwarebytes.org

Edit: I've had trojans before, trust me, it's not pretty, I think I may have had a discontinued RAT (Remote Access Trojan), I Believe it was called Beast Trojan.

baby_mike · 29-07-2008

I got it off my computer. I went into AVG and ran a full computer scan. It found over 50 tracking cookies, and not 1 but 3 Trojan virus. Once it finished its scan I clicked heal and it said that force removeal of such virus could crash my pc. I risked it and so far nothing is wrong with my pc.

Thanks for the help.

Valerye · 29-07-2008

Wipe your hard drive regularly XD and that won't happen back everything up and Wipe it.

And I've gotten over 300 trojens on my desktop XD

dogboy · 29-07-2008

I've had a Trojan horse before as well as some other uglies. I wound up re-formatting the hard drive. I still keep running Norton. I've thought about switching, but I've had good luck with the latest version. They problem with it is that it slows down the computer, because it's always running in the back round. But that's what keeps the viruses off in the first place.

Valerye · 29-07-2008

I don't use anything anymore. I jsut wipe my HDD every 6 months .

Fire2box · 29-07-2008

I still virus scan but I never pick any crap up since I make sure the stuff I download is pretty legit. I think I said this before but I only had about 3 viruses on this computer ever. All the other ones were PC games that the system thought was malware.

baby_mike · 30-07-2008

Well I just finished wipeing my HD.

I had all my music, pics, and ect. on my slave drive. So I still got all that. Now my computer is lighting fast.

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baby_mike Regular Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: The woods Age: 17 Posts: 433 Threads: 84 Blog Entries: 3 Reputation: 1	Trojen Horuse Virus I was on youtube when AVG poped up and said it detected a Trojen. I clicked heal and it said that force removeal could damge my pc or even crash it. What do I do?

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29-07-2008	#2 (permalink)
Fire2box Meh Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: California,USA Age: 21 Posts: 1,591 Threads: 19 Gallery Uploads: 7 Wiki Edits: 2 Blog Entries: 4	I'd force remove it rather then let it stay and do whatever its mission is. Of course I would back up anything I want to keep first in case of the worst thing happening, your hard drive being destroyed.

29-07-2008	#3 (permalink)
jasonthebeast Regular Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: USA Age: 16 Posts: 136 Threads: 14 Reputation: 1	agreed

29-07-2008	#4 (permalink)
Baby Lily Lurker Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: GA, USA, with mommy Age: 17 Posts: 156 Threads: 20 Blog Entries: 3 Reputation: 1	Press Ctrl Alt Delete and open the task manager, go to processes. Usually malware can't be deleted when it's running, you just need to find the file name in there and kill the process. I use Avast! Antivirus, I would call it the best. What I really like about Avast is that it detects and stops viruses before they get in your comp instead of letting you know later that you have a virus, good job, Avast. You may also want to get the following security tools TrendSecure \| TrendMicro HijackThis Overview Malwarebytes.org Edit: I've had trojans before, trust me, it's not pretty, I think I may have had a discontinued RAT (Remote Access Trojan), I Believe it was called Beast Trojan.

29-07-2008	#5 (permalink)
baby_mike Regular Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: The woods Age: 17 Posts: 433 Threads: 84 Blog Entries: 3 Reputation: 1	I got it off my computer. I went into AVG and ran a full computer scan. It found over 50 tracking cookies, and not 1 but 3 Trojan virus. Once it finished its scan I clicked heal and it said that force removeal of such virus could crash my pc. I risked it and so far nothing is wrong with my pc. Thanks for the help.

29-07-2008	#6 (permalink)
Valerye Regular Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Lafayette, Louisiana A little to the left of The high way. D: Age: 16 Posts: 805 Threads: 24 Gallery Uploads: 48 Wiki Edits: 14 Blog Entries: 24 Reputation: 3	Wipe your hard drive regularly XD and that won't happen back everything up and Wipe it. And I've gotten over 300 trojens on my desktop XD

29-07-2008	#7 (permalink)
dogboy VIP Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Virginia, USA Posts: 866 Threads: 3	I've had a Trojan horse before as well as some other uglies. I wound up re-formatting the hard drive. I still keep running Norton. I've thought about switching, but I've had good luck with the latest version. They problem with it is that it slows down the computer, because it's always running in the back round. But that's what keeps the viruses off in the first place.

29-07-2008	#8 (permalink)
Valerye Regular Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Lafayette, Louisiana A little to the left of The high way. D: Age: 16 Posts: 805 Threads: 24 Gallery Uploads: 48 Wiki Edits: 14 Blog Entries: 24 Reputation: 3	I don't use anything anymore. I jsut wipe my HDD every 6 months .

29-07-2008	#9 (permalink)
Fire2box Meh Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: California,USA Age: 21 Posts: 1,591 Threads: 19 Gallery Uploads: 7 Wiki Edits: 2 Blog Entries: 4	I still virus scan but I never pick any crap up since I make sure the stuff I download is pretty legit. I think I said this before but I only had about 3 viruses on this computer ever. All the other ones were PC games that the system thought was malware.

30-07-2008	#10 (permalink)
baby_mike Regular Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: The woods Age: 17 Posts: 433 Threads: 84 Blog Entries: 3 Reputation: 1	Well I just finished wipeing my HD. I had all my music, pics, and ect. on my slave drive. So I still got all that. Now my computer is lighting fast.