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164173 2003-07-31 07:13:00 Norton AV tells me my PC has this bloody trojan. In simple terms how do I get rid of it short of taking it to the shop. The only thing iI understand from the symantic site is to disable system restore. Where would this come from. I haven't downloaded any .exe files or the like veterannz (960)
164174 2003-07-31 07:35:00 Could have come in anywhere. Do you use a "firewall" ? here (www.pchell.com) is a site that gives you instructions on how to clean it out.
These can also come "packed" with another program. So you install that new spell-checking program and in the background, the trojan is being unpacked as well.
Pheonix (280)
164175 2003-07-31 07:41:00 Also forgot to mention ,that it will be saved in the restore files as well, so it can then resurrect itself.
First turn of restore, then restart, then clean, then turn restore back on.
This is something everyone should do with winME and XP, with detection of a virus or trojan, if your antivirus program keeps picking it up on each scan, or can't seem to clean it.
Pheonix (280)
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