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re: Trojan Horse removal Sunday, December 2, 2007 at 7:58 pm Posted by mewtwo064 (106 messages posted) Try avast! antivirus, install it and schedule a boot time scan once you've updated the virus definitions. This will tell it to scan your computer before windows is completely loaded, it should get rid of your pesky Trojan since it didn't have a chance to load into memory. It's a freeware program (have to register for a 14 month key but it's free.) It's all i've been using since my subscription with Norton ran out. I've been nothing but pleased with it. But disable the sounds in it in the options menu unless you like having the living crap scared out of you every time it updates/finds suspicious programs Give it a try and lemme know how it goes. On Sunday, December 2, 2007 at 7:42 pm, Anthony wrote: >My computer recently got a trojan horse on it and I can't seem to get it removed. > I've tried Spybot seach and destroy and my anti-virus (avg anti-virus) and hijackthis. > TagASaurus keeps comeing up in spybot. I'm still getting pop-up ads. namisearch.com >comes up some times. What programs can I use to get rid of any trojan horses that >are on my computer? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Trojan Horse removal Sunday, December 2, 2007 at 8:04 pm Posted by mewtwo064 (106 messages posted) PS. You could also try Clamwin, it doesn't have real time virus monitoring like avast does, but if avast cant find it give it a try. http://sourceforge.net/projects/clamwin On Sunday, December 2, 2007 at 7:58 pm, mewtwo064 wrote: >Try avast! antivirus, install it and schedule a boot time scan once you've updated >the virus definitions. This will tell it to scan your computer before windows is >completely loaded, it should get rid of your pesky Trojan since it didn't have a >chance to load into memory. > >It's a freeware program (have to register for a 14 month key but it's free.) It's >all i've been using since my subscription with Norton ran out. I've been nothing >but pleased with it. But disable the sounds in it in the options menu unless you >like having the living crap scared out of you every time it updates/finds suspicious >programs > >Give it a try and lemme know how it goes. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Trojan Horse removal Sunday, December 2, 2007 at 8:17 pm Posted by Ms. Eagle (32561 messages posted) According to what I find doing a search, this infection will take several apps and a number of steps to clean up. You need to register and post on a malware support forum for expert advice. They specialize in this sort of thing. First, follow the preliminary cleaning steps on any one of these forums. SpywareInfo Forum FAQ WhatTheTech.com MalWare Removal Forums Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts File [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Trojan Horse removal Monday, December 3, 2007 at 3:21 pm Posted by Anthony (23 messages posted) I think I finally got rid of all the trojan horses and viruses on my system. The anti-virus program that was mentioned in a reply didn't catch everything, but a program called Spyware Doctor did. Spyware Doctor found almost 300 stuff I needed to deleted. On Sunday, December 2, 2007 at 8:17 pm, Ms. Eagle wrote: > >According to what I find doing a search, this infection will take several apps and >a number of steps to clean up. > >You need to register and post on a malware support forum for expert advice. They >specialize in this sort of thing. First, follow the preliminary cleaning steps on >any one of these forums. >color="006699"> >SpywareInfo Forum FAQ > >color="006699"> >WhatTheTech.com > >MalWare Removal Forums > > > >color="006699">Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts File [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Trojan Horse removal Tuesday, December 4, 2007 at 12:46 pm Posted by Ms. Eagle (32561 messages posted) Spyware Doctor may have cleaned up most of the infection, but examples I came across indicates this will take various apps and a number of steps to completely clean your system. Even the best anti-malware can't get it all, most of the time anymore. Of course, every cases is different. I'd still go through one of those cleaning rituals, even though everything seems normal. Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts File [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum