whenever i run yahoo anti-spy it tells me i have a TrojanDownloader.win32?

Question

i remove it but when i run anti -spy again in a few hours it is back. how can i remove this pesky thing?

Answer 1

Goto www.ewido and run the free version it will get rid of it.
Here are some free scans you can use
Spybots search and Destroy http://www.download.com/3000-8022-10122137.html?tag=pao
adaware se> http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE-Personal-Edition/3000-8022_4-10399602.html?tag=lst-0-1
http://www.webroot.com/land/freescan.php
a-squared Free> http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/free/
http://housecall.antivirus.com/housecall/start_frame.asp
http://housecall65.trendmicro.com/
X -Cleaner Micro Edition scan http://www.spywareguide.com/onlinescan.php
http://www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner
http://www.windowsecurity.com/trojanscan/
http://www.bitdefender.com/scan8/ie.html
http://www.pandasoftware.com/products/activescan/com/activescan_principal.htm

http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
Spywareguard too.
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareguard.html
http://www.ewido.net/en/onlinescan/

Answer 2

I recommend starting the computer in Safe Mode and then running anti-virus and anti-spyware software.

Anti-Virus - download, install, update AVG Anti-Virus - it's free and can be found here - http://www.vermontpcsolutions.com/tools_anti_virus.html

Spyware Removal - download, install, upate SpyBot Search & Destroy and AdAware - both can be found here - http://www.vermontpcsolutions.com/tools_spyware.html

Here are the steps:

1) Turn off system restore - see how here - http://www.vermontpcsolutions.com/disabling_system_restore.html

2) Make sure all virus/anti-spy software is up-to-date

3) boot into Safe Mode - see how here - http://www.vermontpcsolutions.com/how_to_start_in_safe_mode.html

4) run AVG, SpyBot and AdAware - full system scan - while in Safe Mode

5) remove the malware, then reboot

6) turn system restore back on

7) if the Trojan comes back you might need to edit your startup menu using MSCONFIG - to learn how to do this go here - http://www.vermontpcsolutions.com/how_to_use_msconfig.html

Good Luck!

Answer 3

Go into Trend Micro's website and run a "Housecall", it will search for all sorts of nasties, spyware trojan viruses etc. then delete them . It is free.
AVG found something on my system, but said it could not remove it. Housecall did.

Answer 4

yahoo anti-spy allthough a good scanner for cookies ect,is not a good all round scanner,ewido(http://www.ewido.net/en/),spybot(http://www.safer-networking.org/),and
adaware(http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/)are all decent scanners and will all remove the trojan
spybot will probally be your best bet as it protects your p.c as well as cleaning it,a feature that sets that program out from the rest,a must

Answer 5

If you remove this Trojan, then you find it comes back, then the Trojan must be in system restore - turn off system restore - run virus program - restart computer - turn system restore back on.

Answer 6

go call cristiano ronaldo you d-u-m-b-a-s-s
and stop being so jealous of him
ohh and no offence but shes ugly alright and you have bad taste..no wonder u dont find cristiano sexy ahahahaha..ohh you must be a middle aged fat man whose sooooo hideous that you cant step out of your house lol

Answer 7

try Norton anti virus package

Answer 8

Delete TrojanDownloader.win32 (make sure no-one on the computer Has it)

Answer 9

thanks for the information it's helped me on a problem that my son has