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Thread ID: 51643 2004-11-26 03:24:00 Damned TROJAN! Kansas (6448) Press F1
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296566 2004-11-29 09:04:00 > I am going to hazard a guess here and make the
> assumption you are a novice PC user. As such (and
> please do not be offended by my assumptions) you
> sound like you really need help from a professional
> to sort this as the particular "nasty" can be very
> tricky.
>
> It may be there is a simple fix to this particular
> infection that has come out since I struggled with it
> so it might be fixable easily by someone whose job is
> to "fix" PCs now.
>
> What I am talking about doing is relatively
> straightforward with enough knowledge and experience
> but I am assuming from your request you do not have
> sufficient experience yet to attempt a clean
> reinstall of the operating system.
>
> You really should give it another couple of days here
> to see if one of the members has successfully dealt
> with this variant as well and can explain simply what
> to do.
>
> However failing that it would be best for yourself I
> would say to take it to a professional and have them
> reinstall a clean version of windows.
>
> What you also need to do is ask that person to
> install the following BEFORE you take the PC online
> again. They are Zonealarm free edition, Adaware,
> Spybot search and destroy, an antivirus of choice
> (good free one AVG antivirus), BHODemon and every
> security update for your particular version of
> Windows. Then you can take it online safely for
> longer than 5 minutes. :D

Thanks again John :)

I have since downloaded AVG and ran in safemode after a clean up with Ccleaner (downloaded last night) - my heart skipped a beat when it detected and deleted an .exe file that was plaguing Norton over the last couple of days, which was also failing to delete on Norton. I held my breathe - right up until it deleted it.

After completely shutting down the system - restarting and resetting system restore - I ventured back into the net to 'test the water', and was disappointed to get yet another trojan pop up from Norton and then followed the Korgo worm warning.

I think - YES - time to reinstall. Whilst all the recommendations for possible links with free downloads etc to help - do sound good, but also scary - I fear what I could be downloading even more now.

THANK YOU TO ALL WHO GAVE ME ADVICE - I HAVE VERY MUCH APPRECIATED YOUR ASSISTANCE :) It's time to face the music (my Sister) - the earbashing will hurt more! I'm a very careful 'surfer' but this experience has certainly awoken me to the vulnerability one faces in today's techonological world!!!!

THANK YOU ALL AGAIN :) 		Kansas (6448)
296567 2004-11-29 09:41:00 Read this and follow the method .
While not perfect, this is what professionals use .

. michaelhorowitz . com/removespyware . html" target="_blank">www . michaelhorowitz . com





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- Anonymous 		Merlin (503)
296568 2004-11-29 12:50:00 Thank you Merlin for your post :)

I'm still here folks :D hoping the trojans and spybots will 'magically' vanish - and stop tormenting my life - the little demons! ]:)

I'm still searching and reading and scanning and restoring and . . . . . blah . . . . blah . . . . blah . . . . . . :_|

Just noticed some files that I had uninstalled some days ago, thought it was a little odd that they popped up as being deleted by Ccleaner . Have since completed a search for those files and deleted them .

You will see from my other post that I have downloaded AVG, and have Norton Antivirus on board too . . . . is it ok to download extra virus detectors etc . . . ? How are they affected? Do I have to disable one to run the other and such? I'm abit concerned about all these links to download, could I be overkilling the system - that is of course aside from the 'bugs' probably doing their own 'damage' to the system anyway .

Cheers :) 		Kansas (6448)
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