Trojan horse/Virus on comp! Please, Help.

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Don't know how it got on it. It's from my account, but my bro does have access to my account on the comp.

I can't remember the name...but I know it's a trojan horse and it suppose to be a low-threat and is easy to remove. Windows Malicous Removal Tool (Aug 2007 Update) only can partially remove it.

What should I do? Look for more anti-virus software to dl?

Thanks.
 
What virus scanner slash firewall are you using?
 
Don't know how it got on it. It's from my account, but my bro does have access to my account on the comp.

I can't remember the name...but I know it's a trojan horse and it suppose to be a low-threat and is easy to remove. Windows Malicous Removal Tool (Aug 2007 Update) only can partially remove it.

What should I do? Look for more anti-virus software to dl?

Thanks.

PHEW!!!good thing my grandpa knows how to fix computers,and don't need to deal wwith this crap
 
It's called JS/Joke-Shake. It's seems to be from freewebs and is suppose to be spyware, but comes up detected as a virus. Not too worried now, but ain't going to freewebs again. Going to pick up Norton later today.

Been using McAfee btw.
 
Norton uses up your computer's resources like crazy. :csad:
 
Go download Ad-Aware and Avast Antivirus. These should remove them no problem, but it not do a google search on the trojans name and there should be plenty of sites that will explain how to get rid of it.
 
i recommend spybot search and destroy.
then go to your RUN box and type msconfig and go to startup and look to see if any programs look suspicious.
 
i recommend spybot search and destroy.
then go to your RUN box and type msconfig and go to startup and look to see if any programs look suspicious.

Running that right now...will try some other things before doing the Run box thing.
 
Update!

Ok, the virus is different now. Now it's called Win32/Zlob.gen!J

Guess I somehow got rid of the other one and got this one.

Windows Malcious Removal Aug 2007 update could only partly get rid of it. Bitdefender and F-Secure have no free software downloads that will take care of the problem.

Infection, Damage, and Transmission rating are low, and the recover is easy. Yet, this is still a pain to get rid of. Help.
 
ad aware was great, but i love spybot search and destroy

great program and it's free
 
Black_Dust -- Downloaded it and had to buy it...as the free version detects stuff, yet won't remove it. Doing the scan again after buying it online...hopefully ti works.

Avast Antivirus doesn't do crap. Unless I'm getting it confused with something else.
 
:yay: computer is fixed! Well, should be. Spyhunter fixed it. I know for sure tomorrow morning when I run Windows Malicous Removal though.

Finally, I am relaxed.
 
download SpyBot: Search and Destory for further protection.
 
Windows Malicous Removal Tool is bs and easy to get by. (Seeing how a Trojan can easily be a live connection with a hacker) You have two options but seeing as how you don't remember when you got it you're gonna have to go with option two. Buy an antivirus, open it in a way that you can reseal it. Install it and return it.
 
Windows Malicous Removal Tool is bs and easy to get by. (Seeing how a Trojan can easily be a live connection with a hacker) You have two options but seeing as how you don't remember when you got it you're gonna have to go with option two. Buy an antivirus, open it in a way that you can reseal it. Install it and return it.

The problem has been taken care of, I think. Got Spyhunter earlier today..took care of everything unless it's bs.

Right now...

I have Norton Anti virus 2007 edition
Spyhunter
Spybot: Search and Destroy
Windows Malicous Removal Tool

I did have Ad-aware 2007...but it isn't needed, so I removed it.
 
you don't need all of those :dry: Norton is fine.

Norton does jack. Spybot finds more spyware than Norton, at least in my case. Even Windows Malcious finds more stuff than Norton.

:huh: and now...Spyhunter is gone? Shortcut is gone, but it still is on the comp. :huh:
 
you don't need all of those :dry: Norton is fine.

No, Just having Norton on your pc is asking for problems you need all that spyware software as well as!


enterthemadness face it your pc is possessed!
 
Another thing you could do if you have a virus is find the name it's file name (it should have one once it's downloaded itself onto your computer) and look for it through Windows explorer. Type in the virus's name and click "search". It may take a while, but if your computer can locate it, you may be able to delete it manually.

Also, if the virus returns, check if any new programs have recently been downloaded. Even a program like Limewire or Kazaa can conitinually give you viruses. It's best to simply remove them from your computer if they're giving you problems.
 

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