i have a virus, nortans is calling it a 'dialer' and nothing seems to get rid of it. theirs loads of little signs of worlds with crosses through them on the thing where the clock is!! can anyone please tell me some software that i can download for free and where i can get it?
2007-01-18 03:05:41 · 8 answers · asked by fred f 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
download "spybot: search and destroy." it been rated #1 on various sites. this program does not install any additional spywares. check out download.com for more reviews.
http://www.spybot.info/en/mirrors/index.html
2007-01-18 03:10:45 · answer #1 · answered by DigitalDNA 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well If It's a dialer then u can use the free a2 anti dialer its good and can detect and remove the dialers. Its just around 3MB.
http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/free/
2007-01-18 03:19:44 · answer #2 · answered by Madhava N 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
norton has detail removal instruction for dialer trojan
http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2001-010916-4630-99
this articles explains how to carry out the individual steps given in the above link in detail
http://viruscleaner.blogspot.com/2006/12/general-steps.html
2007-01-18 03:30:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a 30 day trail and it will remove it i promise,I had it to and this is one of the best
2007-01-18 03:08:59 · answer #4 · answered by tr2thhrt 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use a program called Avast.It will get rid of it.
2007-01-18 04:01:57 · answer #5 · answered by Jo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
norton anti virus shud get rid of it, this is free through yahoo.
best of luck
2007-01-18 03:14:19 · answer #6 · answered by Karen P 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you tried all these free virus removers http://www.basicspywaretips.com/freevirusremovaltool.html
2007-01-18 03:10:06 · answer #7 · answered by Mark 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
are you on dial up? if not, it doesn't really matter
2007-01-18 03:09:30 · answer #8 · answered by rykkers 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋