I have a trojan horse on my computer Help me get it off please!?

Question

Please help me !

Answer 1

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Answer 2

First and foremost,.. let me first say, your best bet is to do a clean format of your hard drive. (the reason why is because system restores can be effected by the trojan, installing and running a antivirus after infection can also be effected by the trojan, and lastly its hard as balls to do it by hand, and you will need someone with alittle(well alot) of computer knowlage to be successful)

The reason for this, is due to the fact that many modern day trojens also include rootkits (not that it would matter that much, due to how you phrased your question I am willing to bet you are not the best with technology)

(i will explain...) A trojan is a program that is appended to a piece of software so that when the host program is launched the virus is also executed (hence the name,...). A root kit is a method of subtraverting the windows kernal to such an extent as to even hide files from antivirus programs and even from the operating system itself, (this is due to how windows has a set up set of rings, and anything that is not a part of the operating system has less priority then the OS, for example windows is always going to be the dictator to any antivirus software/games/viruses/ect,... and a root kit 'infects' windows (usualy in the form of a driver) and then the root kit would be on the same rank as the os, and would have domance over all the other programs ect..)

h'okey,...
How to remove one of these bad boys...

depending on how smart the programer of the trojan is, that is where they would have hidden the 'automaticly launch code' (so the program/virus is run when your computer is turned on).

First and foremost check your startup folder (click start/programs/ and look in startup) if you have any programs in there, usualy it is safe to just delete(or better yet, just move them to a different folder) them, for they have not registered with the OS that they should be running with the startup.

if the virus is not hiding in there, then check your msconfig, click start, run, then type msconfig. Click on the startup tab, and make sure you un check the virus program.

third option is to go virus hunting (been there a great many times myself) in your reg keys... (variables your OS uses to display preferanced setting)... click on start, run, regedit,... then go searching threw key after key, folder after folder looking for your virus...


now if your hacker who 'programed' the virus (usualy they are kids using hacking utiltys, for example like BO (ps, much love cDc)) is clever, then they will set up in addition to the virus, a little program that will check if the virus has lanched with windows, and if it has not (due to key changes, or due to the file not being there) then it will make a copy of the original virus and place it in a different location/place a different virus/place many many many more viruses.

if this is the case, you will hafta go hunt for hooks... and thats really really not fun... you only need to miss one, to be right back where you started...




so, your best bet is probobly to just do a format,.. and run a distro of linux (security threw obscurity is usualy a good practice, when most all viruses are written for the mass majority of commonly used OS/programs)...


hope this helps... (ps i dont recomend windows built in 'system restore' funtion, that allows a user to fall back to a saved point locally on a computer,... for a great deal of viruses are not attacking that service and eather embeding themselvs in a saved position and or deleting the restored point all together...)


good luck

Answer 3

sorry never tried to get a horse off

Answer 4

Use system roll back, and roll back before you had the problem. Another restore your computer from a backup before the problem occurred. :)

Answer 5

i hope its not trjan downloader. i got it about 3 days ago and it messed things up so bad i had to throw my computer away! good luck!!!!