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I have a following problem with my laptop.
This morning my anti-virus found 2 trojan horses. And I deleted them. However, later today it found that same trojan again and I deleted it again.
I notice that my windows update is not up to date so I downloaded all updates including new version of IE (I'm using Firefox BTW).
After all that was done, I did anti-virus scan for the specific folder where it founded those trojans before. There were no treats, however, it did found this.
Should I worry? Are these changes something that happen because of new IE or are they caused by trojan?
To be honest, I have no idea how I got those trojans. This is my school laptop which I'm using only for school work and I'm visiting same sites every day.
This morning my anti-virus found 2 trojan horses. And I deleted them. However, later today it found that same trojan again and I deleted it again.
I notice that my windows update is not up to date so I downloaded all updates including new version of IE (I'm using Firefox BTW).
After all that was done, I did anti-virus scan for the specific folder where it founded those trojans before. There were no treats, however, it did found this.
Should I worry? Are these changes something that happen because of new IE or are they caused by trojan?
To be honest, I have no idea how I got those trojans. This is my school laptop which I'm using only for school work and I'm visiting same sites every day.
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3 of them listed are drivers
one is an execution file
the last one I can't read
as far I can see ...nothing there to worry about
click the virus vault to see what the AVG picked up and quarantined.
Expect some problems with IE7
I couldn't get rid of it fast enough.
one is an execution file
the last one I can't read
as far I can see ...nothing there to worry about
click the virus vault to see what the AVG picked up and quarantined.
Expect some problems with IE7
I couldn't get rid of it fast enough.
Last edited by Mil1ion; Dec 12, 2007 at 11:35 PM.
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If Avg cleaned the trojans then they should be gone, but some of them can reinstall themselves during a restart..
The list of changed files could be related to the updates you did..
If it just happened within the last few days try searching for files by date and see what new files were installed..
For future reference you could have done a system restore back a few days to make sure the trojan gets removed..
I wouldn't recommend doing that now since you did the updates..
The list of changed files could be related to the updates you did..
If it just happened within the last few days try searching for files by date and see what new files were installed..
For future reference you could have done a system restore back a few days to make sure the trojan gets removed..
I wouldn't recommend doing that now since you did the updates..
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I tried to do system restore, but every time I try there is some kind of error. It doesn't say what kind of error, it just says that restore couldn't be done.
I recently bought USB hard drive and I think that is causing problems.
I recently bought USB hard drive and I think that is causing problems.
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I tried to do system restore, but every time I try there is some kind of error. It doesn't say what kind of error, it just says that restore couldn't be done.
I recently bought USB hard drive and I think that is causing problems.
I recently bought USB hard drive and I think that is causing problems.
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Actually I tried to restore before I did updates. Message I get is that it cannot restore because of that hard drive.
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yes, leave the hosts file, unless it is pointing EVERYTHING to 127.0.0.1.
If all else fails, unplug from the Internet. Use another comp until you get that one fixed.
If all else fails, unplug from the Internet. Use another comp until you get that one fixed.
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I have free version of AVG.
My problem is that I have some changes in system32 that AVG found, but they are not treats. My question is, are they caused by the trojan I had in the past or by 60+ mb of windows updates I did yesterday?
My problem is that I have some changes in system32 that AVG found, but they are not treats. My question is, are they caused by the trojan I had in the past or by 60+ mb of windows updates I did yesterday?
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