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Posted by Malke on August 4, 2007, 10:47 pm
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B.W. wrote:
> Thanks Malke for all that info but as you have guessed correctly that is all
> a bit much for a non tech person like me. May I just tell what I had
> already done.
>
> I was made aware of this Trojan in my weekly scan with the free version of
> Avast, it was moved to the virus vault. I then updated and ran Spybot which
> found a similar named item I don't remember the exact name, (and I cant find
> a log in Spybot) it may be what was in the Avast vault? I removed it.
> I then ran Defender manually, (which incidentally I thought was already
> running automatically on my machine, doesn't it do this), it found nothing,
> I ran Spybot again it found nothing. I ran Avast AV it found nothing.
>
> I then removed System Restore Points.
>
> I had not deleted those temp folders as I didn't know what I could take out
> or not.
>
> I still don't know what this particular Trojan does to the machine. I have
> a desktop connected to this laptop to share the internet connection is there
> a chance this would be infected? AVG says it's clean at the moment.
>
> Do you think I need to take this laptop to a tech still?
If your machine is clean, there is no point in taking it to a tech. You
can remove anything in a Temp file. If a file is in use, Windows won't
let you delete it.
There is always a chance that other Windows machines on a Local Area
Network can be infected if one of the computers gets a network-aware
worm. If your desktop is adequately protected with a current version
antivirus (not earlier than 2006 and with an active subscription) then
most probably the desktop is also clean. Run a few antivirus/antispyware
scans to be sure.
Malke
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