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trojan horse dialer virus
Name: ijks Date: November 13, 2003 at 02:21:46 Pacific OS: packard bell CPU/Ram: 149
Comment:
hi all,can someone help me please,i did a virus check this morning on avg to find that i have a trojan horse dialer virus can someone please tell me how to get rid of it and also how to turn of my system restore has i cant find it to turn it off,the virus was found in c:/_restore/temp/a0442547.cpy also can anyone let me know if this came off the internet from something i was in or is it normal can it come from anywhere. if anyone can help me please let me know thank you julie
Name: john Date: November 13, 2003 at 03:00:08 Pacific
Reply:
Go to www.symantec.com and search the virus you have. follow their easy instructions on how to remove and how to disable system restore
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Response Number 2
Name: Tom41 Date: November 13, 2003 at 03:22:06 Pacific
Reply:
Hi Julie, Just disable system restore and reboot. Then re-enable system restore and reboot.. Here's how: http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/tsgeninfo.nsf/docid/2001012513122239?OpenDocument&src=sec_doc_nam
Once you have re-enabled system restore, create a restore point.. Here's how:
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