Trojan Horse

[Grace]

When I go to a certain website, I get a Norton popup telling me it has
detected a Trojan horse and that it cannot be fixed. it seems to go away
when I leave the site and return when I revisit. Does it make sense that
the problem is with the website and it is not really on my computer, or is
just in a temp file?

How should I deal with this?

Grace

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Don't visit the website again.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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| When I go to a certain website, I get a Norton popup telling me it has
| detected a Trojan horse and that it cannot be fixed. it seems to go away
| when I leave the site and return when I revisit. Does it make sense that
| the problem is with the website and it is not really on my computer, or is
| just in a temp file?
|
| How should I deal with this?
|
| Grace

 

[Grace]

This sounds a lot like the doctor's response when you say "It hurts when I
do this". H/she replies "well, don't do that!".

Is there any need to do a virus scan?

G

 

[Jym]

Don't hesitate ! The Stinger work real well in locating and removing
trojans.
Jym http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Download Ad-Aware 6.0 and scan your PC for the presence of spyware:
http://download.com.com/3000-2144-10045910.html?part=69274&subj=dlpage&tag=button

Symantec Security Check
http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/default.asp?langid=ie&venid=sym

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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| This sounds a lot like the doctor's response when you say "It hurts when I
| do this". H/she replies "well, don't do that!".
|
| Is there any need to do a virus scan?
|
| G

 

[Grace]

Thanks. The security check says I'm good. I use ad-aware already,
Perhaps, I'll use that tonight and do an AV scan, too.