Help me pleeeeaaaase! Trojan horse infection

[D_Jared Padalicki]

Hahaha, you said i would regret having you back, were you somehow behind this mister? I bet you spent your time away hacking into lpsg to get my I.P. address....if i get a stalker in the next few weeks i'll know its you.....and i'll have to start leaving my curtains and doors open when i'm in vulnerable stages of undress! :tongue::biggrin1:

In a few weeks! Micthy Mitchy Mitchy! I'm already stalking you for months! But I'm just good in it
Btw your livingroom needs to be cleaned up! :tongue:

Good luck with the trojan :smile:

 

[798686]

I use AVG too but this virus was way too much for AVG to handle, although it found the trojans it was unable to remove them or even quarantine them. I am pleased to have Avast as an extra for the things AVG can't sort.

Good luck Mitch - sounds like a 'mare. :redface:

Do you have the full version of AVG, and it still can't cope? *panics*

 

[StormyB]

Anyway the good news is that Avast, despite taking an hour to complete at boot-up found 5 trojan horses only 2 of which i knew about and the problem is now resolved.

Thanks StormyB for the suggestion. :smile::smile::smile:

You're Welcome mitchy

I live in Texas, no horse is a problem for us cowboys :wink:

 

[mitchymo]

In a few weeks! Micthy Mitchy Mitchy! I'm already stalking you for months! But I'm just good in it
Btw your livingroom needs to be cleaned up! :tongue:

Haha, you must be stalking my doppleganger, my living room is always tidy!

Good luck Mitch - sounds like a 'mare. :redface:

Do you have the full version of AVG, and it still can't cope? *panics*

Awww, you can relax...it's just the free version i'm using so the full version may handle it different.

 

[HellsKitchenmanNYC]

Good news Mitchy. When I had a problem it took me two days to fix. And for the smug Mac users...you watch as more and more people buy them people WILL be writing viruses for them. It's not that they, Macs CAN'T get a virus, they can it's that no one has really spent time writing viruses b/c so few people had them till the last few years, THEY WILL BE COMING FOR YOU TOOO! Buaaaahhhhhhhhh!

 

[D_Relentless Original]

don't what virus scan ur using ..AVG works great for me...been a lifesaver
goodluck M
J

Good luck Mitch - sounds like a 'mare. :redface:

Do you have the full version of AVG, and it still can't cope? *panics*

Can you still use Avast with AVG?

 

[Mr. Snakey]

It took me to yahoo's home page every time i clicked a link to any site at all, even when trying to download malware software from cnet it would start the download and then become corrupted somehow which had never happened before with cnet downloads, i always use the site for free software.

Anyway the good news is that Avast, despite taking an hour to complete at boot-up found 5 trojan horses only 2 of which i knew about and the problem is now resolved.

Thanks StormyB for the suggestion. :smile::smile::smile:

Avast is very good. What you had was a DNS changer virus. It disables your security and attacks your browser. It will also disable your ability to use (or download) most virus programs. It can also disable your ability to even connect to the internet. It can even change your IP address. That's the why i asked if you (given example) did a search for L.P.S.G. and clicked on the link and it redirected you to another page. This virus was created to attack Macs. However a windows user can get it too. In my opinion it's the worst virus out there right now. Nothing to play with. You have Avast. Keep it. Update it and use it. Download Malwarebytes. Update that and use it. I'm glad everything worked out for you.

 

[mitchymo]

Avast is very good. What you had was a DNS changer virus. It disables your security and attacks your browser. It will also disable your ability to use (or download) most virus programs. It can also disable your ability to even connect to the internet. It can even change your IP address. That's the why i asked if you (given example) did a search for L.P.S.G. and clicked on the link and it redirected you to another page. This virus was created to attack Macs. However a windows user can get it too. In my opinion it's the worst virus out there right now. Nothing to play with. You have Avast. Keep it. Update it and use it. Download Malwarebytes. Update that and use it. I'm glad everything worked out for you.

About an hour ago while accessing a link from here to google videos my AVG detected the trojan back again...after i deleted with Avast and am now concerned that somehow it is going to keep coming back each time i delete it...is that possible?

 

[StormyB]

About an hour ago while accessing a link from here to google videos my AVG detected the trojan back again...after i deleted with Avast and am now concerned that somehow it is going to keep coming back each time i delete it...is that possible?

Use the "Startup control program" it could be starting up with your computer. Remember to boot your comp. in Safe Mode, then open the Startup control panel and find the unusual looking program. I had a really annoying trojan once, and I used the startup control panel, the virus was hiding in my System33 folder under the name "A, B, C, ect" I just deleted all of those, then it's main file that was producing the "A, B, C" files was called "???????" or something like that. I just made sure it wasn't anything important "and even if it happens to be, you can always restore it later" just delete it then restart your comp. in normal mode and do regular activity, if the pop-ups continue then that means you didn't get the file. Don't be afraid of your computer, that's how viruses get you. Let me know if this works :smile:

 

[Mr. Snakey]

About an hour ago while accessing a link from here to google videos my AVG detected the trojan back again...after i deleted with Avast and am now concerned that somehow it is going to keep coming back each time i delete it...is that possible?

It can come back. This is true. In my opinion you can never get rid of a virus on your computer. However you can treat it like a cold and keep the symptoms down. Download MalwareBytes. Another great free program is Dr. Web cure it. Get it. It's amazing. My advice? Do not click on any link anywhere on the internet and assume it's safe, because it may not be.

 

[TheRob]

I am having problems to, I will look into the Avast

 

[TheRob]

also once I DL avast can I run it while avg is running

 

[Meniscus]

Currently I'm using Avast for anti-virus protection. Prior to that I used ZoneAlarm for a year, and prior to that I used Kaspersky's for a year.

I honestly don't remember if ZA or K ever found a virus during a routine scan. I do know that they prevented me from downloading infected files in the first place and that they wouldn't let me go to Web pages they determined to be unsafe.

One downside to the free version of Avast is that you can't schedule automatic scans, you have to initiate scans manually. I'll admit that I'm probably not scanning as often as I should. I ran a scan last night and found 5 infected files. That's a bit troubling.

After seeing Mitchy's post, I decided to get Malwarebytes and to run Eset's free online scan as suggested by msmooooth. Malwarebytes didn't find anything, but I haven't yet run a full scan, only a quick scan. Eset found another virus, win32/induc.a, which seems to have hit in just the past couple of days.

I updated all my anti-virus and spyware programs and have been running scans. Nothing else has popped up yet. But it's weird that I should find so many infected files in a 2-day period when I never really had problems with viruses or spyware before now. I think over the next few days I'll run more frequent updates & scans just to see if anything else pops up. I may also try another free online virus scan, since Eset's online scanner found something the other programs missed.

 

[TheRob]

actually I kind of like the idea of manually starting the scans

this sucks, I am so tired and I can't go to sleep cus I gotta let this scan finish so I can see what the hell can be done about the virus's oh I hate hackers

 

[D_Jared Padalicki]

Haha, you must be stalking my doppleganger, my living room is always tidy!

If you call that tidy

 

[798686]

Avast sounds good in case of emergency *makes mental note*.

 

[mitchymo]

A great big thank you to everyone who offered advice, i am officially in love with Avast and Malwarebytes, they are both great antivirus software.

All systems go! :biggrin1:

 

[TheRob]

ok I ran avg and got rid of several threats and deleted the program that supposedly was giving me the popups warning me of virus's and trojans yet I am still gettting the popups

one is from windows antivirus pro, I never dl'd this so I shouldn't have it right

 

[mitchymo]

ok I ran avg and got rid of several threats and deleted the program that supposedly was giving me the popups warning me of virus's and trojans yet I am still gettting the popups

one is from windows antivirus pro, I never dl'd this so I shouldn't have it right

Hey TheRob, i have had a very similiar virus several months ago, it warned me that i needed to update my AVG and provided a link on one of the pop-ups (they were different each time but with the same core message) and after downloading the update as the pop-ups seemed genuine with avg logos etc i ended up with a virus. I got rid of it with AVG tho.....i recommend 'Malwarebytes' or 'Avast' now i've tried them :smile:
You can use them whilst AVG is running.

 

[StormyB]

ok I ran avg and got rid of several threats and deleted the program that supposedly was giving me the popups warning me of virus's and trojans yet I am still gettting the popups

one is from windows antivirus pro, I never dl'd this so I shouldn't have it right

Hmm, your problem is that program itself. As I said, sometimes the "antivirus programs" are actually spyware in disguise. You need to hit "CTRL + ALT + DEL" and check all the programs that are running. If the program is sending the adds it'self, it may be opened in the panel, just simply [ Right click it - Properties - Open file location- and uninstall it] Or go to [ Control Panel "in your start up menu" - Programs "if using vista like me, you will need to hit Control panel home and it will be there" - Uninstall a program] But yeah, if that doesn't fix it, use that "Startup control panel program" I mentioned in previous posts and that should do it.