hi there i just scanned my system with avg7 and i found some virus's. they were sucsefuly healed accept for one. the trojan is a dialer (trojan horse Downloader.istbar.V) im pretty sure that my father d/l it from a pornographic site. its status is infected, embedded object. please help

gambino, Does your AVG7 give you the name(s) of the infected file(s)and the location(s)? Tufenuf

yes the path is C:\Documents and Settings\Gambino\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Contents.IE5\W9U38PEB\MaConnect[1].cab:\MaConnect.dll thx gambino

gambino, Open Internet Explorer/Tools/Internet Options/General tab. In the Teporary Internet Files section click the "Delete Files" button and when the pop-up window appears put a checkmark in the "delete all offline content" box and click OK. This will get rid of it. Run a virus scan again and it should come up clean. Tufenuf

Tufenuf i tried what your suggestion but no luck, i followed your steps and i did not work. i cant think of anything else to do. im not sure if the dialer is affecting my comp in anyway but thx for the help gambino

gambino, Follow the Manual Removal Instructions at the links below which should get rid of it. MaConnect Removal Instructions Online-Dialer Removal Instructions I'd try the first link and if that doesn't get rid of it try the second link. Tufenuf

Have you tried running Spybot Search & Destroy or Lavasoft's AdAware? They may also do the trick... Tank863 What the heck is: Tankweb.net