yesterday my pc was under attack from the virus trojan.lowzones. i have norton anti-virus protection and the action taken was the file was automatically deleted according to the software report. my partner did a system restore and took the computer back 24hrs in time. everything seems fine BUT my recycle bin icon is showing that files are waiting to be deleted but when you open the window nothing is in there! the option to empty recycle bin is available and when clicked it say "ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO DELETE 'WINDOWS'?" Im frightened to say yes incase i delete windows which i obviously need and i am frightened to restore item incase it is a virus......... Does anyone understand what is going on???? PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!
2006-07-07 22:27:33 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
i think... there's no Threat now ... since Norton is good at Detecting and deleting infections.... and If it deleted virus and your partner did System Restore to earilier date.. ( time where your Pc had virus) then Still you don't need to worry... since System restore just backs up Applications or programs.. or Computer Itself HOWEVER DELETED FILES CANNIT BE RESTORED! SO THERE MUST BE NO THREATS...
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-- >> But still you may have other Virus.. in your Pc perform Full system Scan with norton, (note: norton is Good Av but Slows down your PC about 50%)... and if threats are Found you know what to do - delete them...
.... Clean up Your Recycle bin.. there's nothing to Worry... FIRST... WITH NORTON SCAN YOUR c:/DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS FOLDER... and C:/windows/ System32 Folder.... before performing Full system Scan since these are placeds where Virus attacks and are Hidden
2006-07-08 01:12:26 · answer #1 · answered by Umax 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Well THIS IS THE VIRUS. The virus is giving u a fake message. U can empty the recycle bin nothing will happen to ur windows.CUZ If ur windows system files were deleted u would hav never been able to start ur computer. So there is nothing to worry.
Neo
2006-07-08 05:47:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Please make sure that you followed the procedure listed on Symntec's web site for the trojan removal. The antivirus software itself might not ba able to completely remove the infection since there are some registry or manual settings that have to be reversed. Otherwise, the virus is not completely eliminated. Here is the link for this trojan removal process:
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/trojan.lowzones.html
It is recommended that you follow the above procedure first.
2006-07-08 05:34:08 · answer #3 · answered by shadow 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
show your computer to one good software engineer so that you could use your pc as soon as possible . But in the mean time don't delete that content in recycle bin
2006-07-08 05:33:02 · answer #4 · answered by nikhil 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oke,... sure looks like it. And the problem might have come with system restore,...which generally should be turned off...cos it just takes space.
If your system is online, then try panda active scan,,.... all right. It'll finish anything on your pc,..that is remotely virus-like.
if you have an offline pc,..., turn off system restore, and then re-virusscan it...
2006-07-08 07:10:33 · answer #5 · answered by msdniso2004 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Uninstall Norton and install Nod32.
Its better than Norton and should be able to clean ur pc of all viruses.
2006-07-08 05:33:16 · answer #6 · answered by rohit s 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
upgrade ur antivirus,,if still this thing happens then..do the following thing,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, if u have window xp insert ur window xp cd and select new instalation there will be option where u can delete ur existing window and make new fresh window,,,,,,,,,,,but doing this ur some installed software may get deleted 2 ,,,,
2006-07-08 05:49:35 · answer #7 · answered by Atul 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yea its a virus. norton sux. go to free.avg.com
its free and a damn good antivirus
that should do the trick
2006-07-08 05:32:06 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Restoring finished incorrect. restore ur system again.
2006-07-08 05:31:15 · answer #9 · answered by cancelhackers 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You got yourself a virus, missy.
2006-07-08 05:30:43 · answer #10 · answered by sidefriction 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋