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Aaron Cox
norton keeps catching "downloader" trojans and blocking them...but they keep popping up....

ran spybot/adaware/ now running a virus scan.... this sucks....

what do i do to get these trojans off my machine?
Lou W
Quit visiting some of those sites that you shouldn't be visiting IPB Image
Aaron Cox
QUOTE (Lou W @ Jan 14 2005, 01:47 PM)
Quit visiting some of those sites that you shouldn't be visiting IPB Image

uh yeah... IPB Image must be my roommate IPB Image

computer is hooked up to HUGE school network. i share lots of files etc..... didnt have this problem till yesterday when i downloaded itunes IPB Image

wtf is happening?
Joe Ricard
Me too. Blame it on the sand box.
TimT
You do have a firewall?
Aaron Cox
QUOTE (Joe Ricard @ Jan 14 2005, 01:59 PM)
Me too. Blame it on the sand box.

cant be...just pics and text. could be from some of the dumb links though!
Aaron Cox
QUOTE (TimT @ Jan 14 2005, 02:02 PM)
You do have a firewall?

i dont think so.... im not sure how to set it up either...

PS: did you get my PM?
jd74914
can't help you with the fix, but you should get zone labs alarm when you finally get it sorted out. (about 16 mos ago I got some viruses and ended up wiping my pc and reformating) I haven't had any problems on any computer I have run Zone Labs Alarm on.

I forgot: with the zone labs stuff you can deny stuff from accessing the internet, and it also blocks anythng that would otherwise auto download. Nothing seems to get by it.

(I don't have the professional version, but my dad has it at work, and if you get it you can get hackers ip addresses, email addresses, and even their Street addresses and phone numbers. Some guys I know have had fun with this. Note: I'm pretty sure zonelabs is the stuff you can track people with, it could be another program though. I do know that it works great though)
TimT
QUOTE
can't help you with the fix, but you should get zone labs alarm when you finally get it sorted ou


IPB Image

get zonealarm, its really easy to set up, it basically sets up itself..

got your message.. I just sent a pm
scotty b
I had one last year that constantly popped up " about blank" and would keep popping up new windows. Afetr trying about 6 different scaners, I was told to try ANTI VIR and it worked the first time. Only problem is when it is on your time really slows down. Oh yeah it made by a GERMAN company!!! Imagine that.
airsix
STOP USING THAT POS WEB-BROWSER FROM MICROSOFT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Get Mozilla, Firefox, Opera, or anything else non-InternetExlporer.

-Ben M.
mharrison
I agree..... Firefox is the bomb...

There is a download button on this page:
http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/

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Aaron Cox
i hear great things about mozilla... time to give it a try IPB Image

seems that the problem is gone after running norton/adaware/spybot
SirAndy
QUOTE (Aaron Cox @ Jan 14 2005, 12:45 PM)
what do i do to get these trojans off my machine?

reformat your harddrive and for future prevention, avoid those russian kiddy-porn sites ...

IPB Image Andy
Aaron Cox
QUOTE (SirAndy @ Jan 14 2005, 03:38 PM)
QUOTE (Aaron Cox @ Jan 14 2005, 12:45 PM)
what do i do to get these trojans off my machine?

reformat your harddrive and for future prevention, avoid those russian kiddy-porn sites ...

IPB Image Andy

hahahha not funny IPB Image IPB Image

anyway... could this have anything to do with being hooked up to a huge LAN without a firewall?
Part Pricer
QUOTE
anyway... could this have anything to do with being hooked up to a huge LAN without a firewall?


Yes.

Take Andy's advice. Reformat your hard drive and install a Linux distro. Try Fedora. It has Firefox and Open Office in the distribution. For IM, download GAIM. What else does a college student need?
Aaron Cox
QUOTE (Paul Heery @ Jan 14 2005, 03:42 PM)
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anyway... could this have anything to do with being hooked up to a huge LAN without a firewall?


Yes

yay.... IPB Image

its firewall time!
Part Pricer
I edited my reply. Look up.
Aaron Cox
thanks paul. now a proud mozilla user IPB Image
ws91420
XP SP 2 has firewall protection in it you may just have to set it up. Also Norton Internet security has a firewall with it.
airsix
QUOTE (Aaron Cox @ Jan 14 2005, 02:53 PM)
thanks paul. now a proud mozilla user IPB Image

Now look into all the cool extensions you can add.

Tools-->Extensions--->GetMoreExtensions (takes you to a mozilla website where you can lookup and install extensions you like on-the-fly)

I use:
CopyPlainText (copy from text from webpages and paste without funky html formatting)
Nuke Anything (click away banner ads and anoying objects you don't want to see or print)
Paste and Go (copy a URL, then in the go-bar you can "paste and go" to load in a single click)
ieView (Some websites SUCK and don't follow HTML rules. Lets you open a page in IE if needed)
Gmail Notifier (let's you know if your gmail account has new mail - open it with a click)
Allow Right Click (let's you "save image as" even when the webpage tries to block you)
Single Window (helps with tabbed browsing. Events opening a new window open a new tab instead)
Dictionary Search (right click on any text to look up a definition)

-Ben M.
Pnambic
QUOTE (SirAndy @ Jan 14 2005, 05:38 PM)
QUOTE (Aaron Cox @ Jan 14 2005, 12:45 PM)
what do i do to get these trojans off my machine?

reformat your harddrive and for future prevention, avoid those russian kiddy-porn sites ...

IPB Image Andy

For clarification.....is it just the Russian ones we should be watching out for...? IPB Image IPB Image



There's no way I would connect to a broadband network without at least a software firewall. I always suggest a hardware firewall if its for a person's primary connection (like at home or in a dorm)

My brother was on his school's network without either and brought his computer to me complaining that it was too slow. Adaware found more than 800 bad things on it. Spybot found 80 other items Adaware didn't find. Plus Norton said there were two trojans. It took me forever to clean that computer up. (He didn't want to wipe it due to it having a lot of school projects (commercial design/graphic arts) on it.)

I got him a $30 linksys router on sale and he's had ZERO problems since. Software firewalls work well too, but they do take system resources. You probably won't even notice though.
d7n7master
IPB Image Holy DooDoo's Batman!!! I followed the Firefox link & did the doo.
I'm now surfin' w/Mozilla Firefox & it's 'effin fast!!! IPB Image

Here's somethin' strange I just noticed about my computers mouse.
The trackballldoesn't work. WTF??? I haven't downloaded any of the firefox "extras" is there a cure???
BTW-
I've never actually seen Firefox. But she's gotta be YELLOW - FAST!!![B][SIZE=7][COLOR=yellow]
Aaron Cox
QUOTE (d7n7master @ Jan 14 2005, 08:01 PM)
Here's somethin' strange I just noticed about my computers mouse.
The trackballldoesn't work. WTF???

wierd! i noticed mine is way more "touchy" IPB Image
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