Getting Trojan Free!

[cashman]

Originally Posted by susie123

Didn't Restless just write is when he meant isn't?

Thats the way i took it to be.

[Restless]

oops.

System restore can hide the virus in the new restore point making it even harder to remove....Some of them attach themselves to the system restore files. Some even make it impossible for to be able to system restore.

If system restore works for you, you are lucky with that particular virus.

System restore is good for drivers & settings and stuff like that but its better to just turn the thing off for a faster system

TIPS

1. always have your system fully updated
2. get a virus killer. Any of them(even the free ones) will help.
3. if your paranoid use sandboxie
4. do some research into what is good spyware/adware killer. Most programs are crap.
5. Use linux instead of windows

Most viruses come from dubious activity and/or user ignorance. If you are worrying about websites being dodgy. Use a link scanner for the URL first.

[cashman]

Now please explain fer numpties like me restless,What the hells a link scanner?

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by cashman

Now please explain fer numpties like me restless,What the hells a link scanner?

Think its something the canal people use to monitor their fire extinguisher cashy

[Restless]

AVG Free | AVG LinkScanner | Free Virus Scan | UK

Norton Safe Web, from Symantec
AVG LinkScanner Online

Try the second link with a dubious site.... hmm if you know one.

It checks the link and tells you if the site is safe from viruses and whatnot

Originally Posted by cashman

Now please explain fer numpties like me restless,What the hells a link scanner?

[cashman]

Cheers restless rarely go on out dubious i think, but have bookmarked it.

[davemac]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

I think(but could have got hold of the wrong end of the stick - if so, I am pretty sure someone with superior knowledge will tell me) that some viruses/trojans affect the Rootkit and so taking the computer back doesn't do anything to remove them, so your machine is still infected......or that is the info that I was once given when my old machine got tripped up with a trojan......it seems that the infection is right into the guts of the workings.

My old computer had to go into the computer hospital and have itself restored from scratch...OS wiped and OS installed from the original disk.
An expensive learning curve.

Originally Posted by Restless

oops.

System restore can hide the virus in the new restore point making it even harder to remove....Some of them attach themselves to the system restore files. Some even make it impossible for to be able to system restore.

If system restore works for you, you are lucky with that particular virus.

System restore is good for drivers & settings and stuff like that but its better to just turn the thing off for a faster system

TIPS

1. always have your system fully updated
2. get a virus killer. Any of them(even the free ones) will help.
3. if your paranoid use sandboxie
4. do some research into what is good spyware/adware killer. Most programs are crap.
5. Use linux instead of windows

Most viruses come from dubious activity and/or user ignorance. If you are worrying about websites being dodgy. Use a link scanner for the URL first.

Got it, thanks to both for the explanation, I now understand why my antivirus does a bootime scan. I use avast (free www.avast.com )

[Eric]

Geesh ... and I thought this was about how to get free condoms

[Margaret Pilkington]

Originally Posted by Eric

Geesh ... and I thought this was about how to get free condoms

Eric....getting free condoms is much easier that getting rid of a computer virus