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Trojan Question wipeout64@hotmail.com 04-27-2007
Posted by David H. Lipman on April 27, 2007, 4:57 pm
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| If a trojan has been attached to a necessary Windows OS file, will
| trojan cleaning software clean this type of trojan or is the only way
| to get rid of these type is to format your hard drive? Thanks

Trojans do not attach "...to a necessary Windows OS file".
Trojans are files are just bad software.

It is viruses that can "infect" a file by modyfying or appending code "...to a
necessary
Windows OS file". Trojans are not viruses are do not self replicate. Trojans
require a
user to manually install them. This could be via Social Engineering or through
a malicious
web site or a malicious web site using exploitation methods.


Formating is a last ditch draconian acgtion and should only be attempted after a
Cost
Benefit Analysis (CBA) is performed. Such an analysis should be based upon the;
type of
infection, the quantity of infectors and the user's skill level. If one has
instituted a
backup and failsafe plan, formatting is a prudent action.

--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm



Posted by =?Utf-8?B?TWlsbyAoIE1TUFNTKQ== on May 1, 2007, 3:02 pm
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alright well I can site an example the name is trojan vundo / virtumonde
please research on that one for future reference
--
Milo
MSPSS - ESCA



Posted by Malke on May 1, 2007, 3:52 pm
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Milo ( MSPSS) wrote:
> alright well I can site an example the name is trojan vundo / virtumonde
> please research on that one for future reference

On what are you commenting? Please quote some of the previous post for
clarity.


Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

Posted by =?Utf-8?B?TWlsbyAoIE1TUFNTKQ== on May 1, 2007, 4:14 pm
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that would be the one just above my 2nd post for Mr. Lipman - Im in the
impression that it does serve as an automatic qoute since its below the
cascade pattern of response.
--
Milo
MSPSS - ESCA


"Malke" wrote:

> Milo ( MSPSS) wrote:
> > alright well I can site an example the name is trojan vundo / virtumonde
> > please research on that one for future reference
>
> On what are you commenting? Please quote some of the previous post for
> clarity.
>
>
> Malke
> --
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic!"
> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
>

Posted by Malke on May 1, 2007, 5:17 pm
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Milo ( MSPSS) wrote:
> that would be the one just above my 2nd post for Mr. Lipman - Im in the
> impression that it does serve as an automatic qoute since its below the
> cascade pattern of response.

Since you are using the web interface to Usenet groups, you may not
realize that this is really a newsgroup and not a web forum. You will
get far more out of this resource if you learn to use a newsreader.
There are many good newsreaders for Windows, but you can use Outlook
Express since you already have it. Here are some links to information
about newsgroups:

About Usenet:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet
http://groups.google.com/support/bin/static.py?page=basics.html - Basics
of Usenet
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Usenet - a brief
explanation of newsgroups

How to Post:
http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
http://aumha.org/nntp.htm - list of MS newsgroups
microsoft.public.test.here - MS test group
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/munad.htm - how to munge email address
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossposting - multiposting vs. crossposting


Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

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