[pchelpers] Re: Trogan Virus
- From: "Cyril Halbach" <kr3y@xxxxxxxx>
- To: <pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 16:36:22 -0400
Looks like the Trojans / Viruses may have been replicating
themselves. Frankly at this point I still do not know the difference. I ran
ASQUARED and it took care of 6 of them. Then I ran AVG again and it found 26
more. The comments indicated it healed some and had to remove others.
Running SpyBot also got rid of a ton of AD stuff. Ran out of time for
further digging. I will now save all the rest of the information you sent
Scott and will have to see if this is the end of the story or if I need to
use it too.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott McNay" <Wizard@xxxxxxxx>
Saturday, June 26, 2004, 9:18:11 PM, you wrote:
CH> Now, my daughter's computer running Windows XP and Norton Anti Virus
CH> that has never been updated had 33 of these types of Virus. I installed
AVG
CH> and it apparently removed or "healed" all but 11 of them.
Are they trojans or viruses? By combining the names, you are
pretending that two entirely different things are the same. A trojan
is not a virus, and vice versa. Most antivirus programs take only
passing notice of trojans.........Since you don't know what other kinds of
junk is on her system, you should attack with other programs as well. Start
with AdAware and Spybot Search & Destroy (BOTH of them, not just one):
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