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Trojan Virus that won't go away
Name: Jason Date: December 7, 2003 at 12:37:42 Pacific OS: XP CPU/Ram: 512MB
Comment:
I have a virus that I noticed when I sign on to AIM that in my profile it keeps on changing to a download site to where I suppose the virus is, every time I delete it and sign off, it will appear the next time I sign on. I used AVG and System Suite but it can't find any virus's.....so I don't know what to do now.
Name: Brett Date: December 7, 2003 at 12:54:50 Pacific
Reply:
I highly recommend you downloading Ad-Aware (http://www.lavasoft.de/software/adaware/), as it almost always finds these types of viruses and adware. If it is the "I can't believe I found (screenname)'s picture!" virus, then adware will fix it as it did for me. Hope that helps.
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Response Number 2
Name: salgolf Date: December 7, 2003 at 13:34:38 Pacific
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Here are some links, a la Brett's rec.
Delete anything that looks suspicious. Some advise deleting everything because it's all reversible. Also get Spyblaster which keeps a list of bad stuff on your computer and blocks them from being installed (theoretically). Be sure your independent (not MS’s) firewall is enabled.
Name: sineprayer Date: December 7, 2003 at 15:21:02 Pacific
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norton has quarantined Astart.exe file, because of this trojan...and says it can not repair the file, and that my only option is to delete it without backup. is this file essential in operating my computer? What is the astart.exe file? is that merely the name of the trojan?
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Response Number 4
Name: Deepseeker Date: December 7, 2003 at 15:35:13 Pacific
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Yes, astart.exe is a trojan. Find more info on Google.
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Response Number 5
Name: flipside3121 Date: December 10, 2003 at 20:10:29 Pacific
Reply:
first of its not a trojan or a virus.... its just an annoying ass adware that some dumb company but on the net... go to this site and it will pop up a download ... just click open and a gray box will come up thats says "ok, removed" and its gone...
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