I got a Trojan :(

So yeah, it seems I have picked up some sort of Trojan Horse? My virus scanner said "..had detected a virus. Cannot fix" and it's called download.trojan O_O So I put it in safe mode and am running a virus check..it's taking forever (Luckily I have 2 computers..so I'm using my desktop while it's doing that) anyway. I've been having so much trouble with spywear and such :( I've run spyware removes a lot and I still have it. I'm thinking of reformating my harddrive or whatever you call it -cries- This happen to anyone before?

Gosh, I keep getting my virus protection telling me that a trojan tried to nfect my computer. The best investment I've ever made was in Norton's Internet Security with a Firewall. The price has come down considerably and it has saved my computer many times! Good luck in removing/patching/quarrentine the virus.

catnapper,
I never realize what was comming and going from my
pc till I got a firewall.

I don't understand why people think it fun to ruin someones
PC with virus's and other stuff. :(

slleipnir, sorry about your PC.

Several weeks ago I was having a problem with something (virus, trojan horse, I'm not really sure) which would hijack my browser and then I'd get a screen that was borderline pornographic. This was my computer at work! I resorted to paper over the monitor a couple of times because I sit where students, faculty and administration can see my monitor at virtually any time! We ran Adaware several times, Spybot a couple of times and they weren't catching it. One of the interns in Tech Support finally came over and ran something else which finally clobbered whatever it was. I will try to find out from that student what he ran and let you know. I'm sorry. This stuff is such a pain.

I GOT THAT VIRUS LAST NIGHT!!! I ran my AVG anti virus and it got rid of it.

Wipes Spittle off Screen and pulls mind out of the gutter.

Sounds like you need some *protection*. :D

2kitties, I was right there with you!

Well..I have Nortan Anti Virus (I ran a scan, and nothing came up) I also have a firewall......

My dad is a security freak. I don't think anyone could hack into his comp :rolleyes:

Anyway, he helped me out today..we couldn't find IT. but I found lots of ways to find/get rid of spyware and stuff..I'd feel better if it was gone for sure though..

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Anyway, he helped me out today..we couldn't find IT. but I found lots of ways to find/get rid of spyware and stuff..I'd feel better if it was gone for sure though..

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Format the harddrive, and it'll be gone for sure.........hopefully. I've had to do that before. Now I'm paranoid, and I guess its a good thing, because my computer hasn't gotten a virus in a long time. I've made rules..........no clicking on unknown emails, not clicking on ads, no going to kaaza, no downloading software from unknown sources, etc. Precautions really work. ;) Wish you luck in fixing it up, and be sure to intall virus protection software on it!

Grr I also have a terrible problem with spyware! I've tried so much stuff but I'm having a hard time getting rid of them :( ... any good tips?

Did you get your computer fixed yet?

OR you can get a MAC!
lol- had ta say it, sorry.
But I always laugh at Chris when he's sitting over at his desk moaning about viruses. I sit here at my MAC and giggle.

These things download them self. download.trojan has to do with FTP. Not exactly sure, but I guess it goes from there. I do a lot of website work and use FTP programs. So I'm not sure if it got on my site some how...

as for getting rid of spyware - try to use adaware or spybot. Or reformate your harddrive....which I'm not willing to do right now, but believe me, it's crossed my mind :X All the stuff my dad showed me tonight I think will stop most of that spy stuff.

I'm not sure if my comp is fixed. It works fine, but I never deleted any trojan file. So maybe it never got on my comp I duno yet O_O

-hisses at MACs- ;) lol

I'm sorry :(

I had a trojan a little over a month ago :( It sucked... really bad. I have a firewall now and I guess that's supposedly supposed to help defend against spyware (I'm really rather ignorant when it comes to computers :rolleyes: )