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callous taoboy

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Thu Feb-17-05 12:28 PM
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Need help with Trojan virus-

Not sure how I got it, but it is a "Trojan Dropper," a pretty low-level virus. Norton caught it and supposedly deleted it, but the next time I tried to update at microsoft (using IE) it came back. I usually use Mozilla, and it hasn't been a problem with Mozilla.

It immediately starts trying to call up web sites: one a site called "Sex n Poker" and the other one called All spyware.org.

How could Norton supposedly delete it and then it immediately is there again? Is my IE program infected, and how do I get rid of my IE program completely?

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Padraig18

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Thu Feb-17-05 12:30 PM
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1. Norton is worse than worthless.

Edited on Thu Feb-17-05 01:08 PM by Padraig18

Norton lulls people into believing that they're safe, which is worse than NOT believing that you're safe. Get AVG ( http://www.grisoft.com ) and use it (it's free), and then delete Norton.

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callous taoboy

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Thu Feb-17-05 01:07 PM
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4. Couldn't get this site to come up.???

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Padraig18

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Thu Feb-17-05 01:08 PM
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5. Try now.

I forgot to put '.com' after 'grisoft'.

:)

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callous taoboy

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Thu Feb-17-05 01:31 PM
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7. Thanks. Any idea where I may have

picked this virus up? And I'm pissed that Norton didn't catch it as it was coming in!

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LibertyorDeath

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Thu Feb-17-05 12:43 PM
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2. What Padraig18 said plus

Edited on Thu Feb-17-05 12:44 PM by LibertyorDeath

turn off system restore if your using WinXP or god forbid WinME

Run AVG & once you test clean turn System Restore back on.

Symantec puts Tons of $ into pushing Norton Anti-virus but it's performance is just so so.

AVG 7.0 free edition from Grisoft is much better.

Also go to Control Panel - Folder Options and un-hide your hidden folders before you scan.

Good Luck !

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Peachhead22

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Thu Feb-17-05 12:45 PM
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3. System restore?

Do you have System Restore turned on, and did you turn it off while Norton repaired things? If not, try turning off System Restore, running Norton again and letting Norton repair whatever it finds.

Some trojans can hide in System Restore, then re-infect you once you think you've gotten rid of it.

PS-Do not get rid of IE completely. You need it to download stuff from Microsoft sites. Although you might want to download and try using Mozilla Firefox as your main browser. It isn't succeptable to all the stuff that IE is. I have both IE and Firefox on my machine, with Firefox as my default browser. I love it.

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callous taoboy

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Thu Feb-17-05 01:19 PM
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6. I don't think I had system restore

turned off before scanning. Thanks for the help.

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