theres a virus that infects AIM. it opens a run window thing and does something. but i get messages like
johndeerebaby(2:06:03 PM): would it be ok if I add this picture of us to myspace and facebook? http://www.necdaf.org.uk/images/gallery/files.php?picture014
how would i get rid of this? i thitnk its a trojan horse.
2006-08-08 07:12:08 · 20 answers · asked by AyoShun 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
A hammer should work great.
2006-08-08 07:16:12 · answer #1 · answered by Monkeygirlwi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a trojan virus...not horse. teehee. well you cant get the virus if you dont click on the link. if you do click it and it starts to spread (i.e. every person on your buddy list will suddenly have an open im box with that same message in it) you need to shut down your computer immediately (just hit the power source) to stop it from spreadin to anyone else. your going to have to go buy an antivirus program to quarantine and delete the virus. then you may want to look into reformating your computer just to be safe.
2006-08-08 07:17:03 · answer #2 · answered by afichick 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Once the virus is in, that's it, I believe. Probably have to get a new hard drive.
I would never open anything sent as a file.
I got a virus like that once. Yahoo took care of mine.
2006-08-08 07:17:31 · answer #3 · answered by Tegghiaio Aldobrandi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yo man, don't post links to a virus site, it's just not cool. People may click on it and then get ******.
As for your problem try using symantec antivurus or something similar.
2006-08-08 07:17:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't be exactly sure how you would get rid of this but you can try downloading Avg antivirus software. It works really well.
There is a whole spyware/adware/virus section at download.com and you could try some of their downloads out and see if they fix it. I hope you get rid of it.
2006-08-08 07:17:45 · answer #5 · answered by basketball25 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that is a trojan horse and ive seen it on msn also. i likely just went to the directory it was in and manually deleted it. thats usually how i get rid of them and it works just fine.
2006-08-08 07:16:25 · answer #6 · answered by pevehead 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why did you post a virus to Yahoo?
2006-08-08 07:15:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try spybot
Or go to www.majorgeeks.com they have lots of virus removal programmes- free ones as well
2006-08-08 07:17:34 · answer #8 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This will clean all viruses on AIM. Good Luck
2006-08-08 07:18:20 · answer #9 · answered by Devil Dog 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What will happen if i click that link you gave??
Just install a good antivirus such as mc cafee or kaspesky & they'll get rid of them
2006-08-08 07:16:50 · answer #10 · answered by Yagami 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
run these two programs it should help remove it.
AVG anti-virus (the best anti-virus out) - http://free.grisoft.com/doc/5390/lng/us/...
Spybot Search and Destroy (gets rid of all spyware) - http://www.safer-networking.org/en/downl...
Ccleaner (cleans old files and corrects registry problems) - http://www.ccleaner.com/download/...
2006-08-08 07:16:44 · answer #11 · answered by Jeff L 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋