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How do you remove Trojan Virus? My McAfee program can't seem to getrid of it.



 
 
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Old May 15th 09, 07:27 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.security,microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics,alt.computer.security,alt.comp.anti-virus
Frank
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Default How do you remove Trojan Virus? My McAfee program can't seemto get rid of it.

David H. Lipman wrote:
From: "Frank"

| The Sun Tribe wrote:
I keep getting re-directed when I used search engines. I think I have
trojan virus. Is that what the trojan virus does? Screws up searches
on google and yahoo?


I ran McAfee several times, and each time it detected and removed
NTOSKRNL-HOOK (Trojan). And, my searches on google and yahoo are back
to normal again. But, few days later, I start getting redirected to
funny sites when I do searches again. So, I re-run the McAfee scan and
it says it detected and removed the Trojan hook again. How can I get
rid of it permanently?


Is the SPYHUNTER download software on this site worth it and
effective? : http://www.wiki-security.com/wiki/ov...egory/Trojans/


Thanks in advance.



| I imagine virus can be different but one got past my McAfee and when I
| restored computer to previous date but McAfee would not work and I had
| to remove it. Rather than reinstall I thought I'd try free Avast

http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html


| and it found and removed the Trojan virus. Been about 6 trouble free
| weeks now. The virus had reverted my computer to about the day I had
| bought it and none of my files were there including new programs I had
| installed. It was frightening but fortunately Vista restored to a
| previous date and all was OK.


| McAfee is free from Comcast isp but for me has always been a PITA as a
| resource hog.

Either it is a trojan or a virus. Its one or the other (unless you have a case of a
trojan infected with a virus).

Saying "trojan virus" ike like saying my car is is a Ford Chrysler.


Can't remember exactly what Avast said, but word "Trojan" was there.
The way the govmint is mucking up the auto industry, I expect to see a
Ford Chrysler one day
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Old May 15th 09, 08:18 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.security,microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics,alt.computer.security,alt.comp.anti-virus
Buffalo[_2_]
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Default How do you remove Trojan Virus? My McAfee program can't seem to get rid of it.



Frank wrote:
Can't remember exactly what Avast said, but word "Trojan" was there.
The way the govmint is mucking up the auto industry, I expect to see a
Ford Chrysler one day


Yes, it will be called a Chryord .
Buffalo


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Old May 15th 09, 08:23 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.security,microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics,alt.computer.security,alt.comp.anti-virus
FromTheRafters[_2_]
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Default How do you remove Trojan Virus? My McAfee program can't seem to get rid of it.

"Frank" wrote in message
...
David H. Lipman wrote:


Either it is a trojan or a virus. Its one or the other (unless you
have a case of a trojan infected with a virus).

Saying "trojan virus" ike like saying my car is is a Ford Chrysler.


Can't remember exactly what Avast said, but word "Trojan" was there.


That wouldn't surprise me - but that doesn't make it correct. )

A generally acceptable (but also not entirely correct) hierarchical view
is that it is a trojan, unless it recursively self-replicates, in which
case it is a worm, unless it attaches it's replicant to code, in which
case it is a virus. In actuality the terms are not mutually exclusive.
Each virally infected file for instance can be considered a trojan.
Worms often first present themselves to the victim as a trojan as part
of their lifecycle. Some experts view all replicating code as "virus"
and place "worm" as a subtype of virus - trojans don't recursively
self-replicate. So it is a trojan unless it recursively self-replicates,
in which case it is a virus or worm (which is a type of virus). I think
David subscribes to this view.


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Old May 15th 09, 09:16 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.security,microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics,alt.computer.security,alt.comp.anti-virus
David H. Lipman
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Default How do you remove Trojan Virus? My McAfee program can't seem to get rid of it.

From: "FromTheRafters"

| "Frank" wrote in message
| ...
David H. Lipman wrote:


Either it is a trojan or a virus. Its one or the other (unless you
have a case of a trojan infected with a virus).


Saying "trojan virus" ike like saying my car is is a Ford Chrysler.



Can't remember exactly what Avast said, but word "Trojan" was there.


| That wouldn't surprise me - but that doesn't make it correct. )

| A generally acceptable (but also not entirely correct) hierarchical view
| is that it is a trojan, unless it recursively self-replicates, in which
| case it is a worm, unless it attaches it's replicant to code, in which
| case it is a virus. In actuality the terms are not mutually exclusive.
| Each virally infected file for instance can be considered a trojan.
| Worms often first present themselves to the victim as a trojan as part
| of their lifecycle. Some experts view all replicating code as "virus"
| and place "worm" as a subtype of virus - trojans don't recursively
| self-replicate. So it is a trojan unless it recursively self-replicates,
| in which case it is a virus or worm (which is a type of virus). I think
| David subscribes to this view.


What he said :-)

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Dave
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Old May 16th 09, 12:01 AM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.security,microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics,alt.computer.security,alt.comp.anti-virus
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Default How do you remove Trojan Virus? My McAfee program can't seemto get rid of it.

Buffalo wrote:
Frank wrote:
Can't remember exactly what Avast said, but word "Trojan" was there.
The way the govmint is mucking up the auto industry, I expect to see a
Ford Chrysler one day


Yes, it will be called a Chryord .
Buffalo



For-Cry-inoutloud.

wolf k.
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Old May 29th 09, 04:47 AM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.security,microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics,alt.computer.security,alt.comp.anti-virus
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Default How do you remove Trojan Virus? My McAfee program can't seem toget rid of it.

On May 9, 4:38*am, The Sun Tribe wrote:
I keep getting re-directed when I used search engines. I think I have
trojan virus. Is that what the trojan virus does? Screws up searches
on google and yahoo?

I ran McAfee several times, and each time it detected and removed
NTOSKRNL-HOOK (Trojan). And, my searches on google and yahoo are back
to normal again. But, few days later, I start getting redirected to
funny sites when I do searches again. So, I re-run the McAfee scan and
it says it detected and removed the Trojan hook again. How can I get
rid of it permanently?

Is the SPYHUNTER download software on this site worth it and
effective? :http://www.wiki-security.com/wiki/ov...egory/Trojans/

Thanks in advance.


If you actually are compromised with a virus (different than simply
catching a virus within a file) the only way to be sure is a wipe and
reinstall.
 




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