trojan horse virus

[Guest]

How can i get rid of this trojan horse virus, it is
driving me crazy?

 

[Mike Burgess]

Depends on which one you have .........
Have you scanned your machine with your AV lately?

Trend Micro, Inc. offers a free online virus scanning
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/housecall/start_corp.as

Panda ActiveScan Online Virus Scanner
http://www.pandasoftware.com/products/activescan/

AVG 6.0 [freeware] http://www.grisoft.com/
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Mike Burgess http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/
Blocking Spyware, Adware, Parasites, Hijackers, Trojans, with a HOSTS file
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm [updated 10-07-03]
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[siljaline]

How can i get rid of this trojan horse virus, it is
driving me crazy?

http://www.sarc.com/avcenter/venc/data/trojan.qhosts.html
http://www.sarc.com/avcenter/venc/data/trojan.qhosts.removal.tool.html


<snip>
Trojan Qhosts hijacks the HOSTS file, however unlike normal redirectors,
this one hides the HOSTS file in the "Windows\Help" folder.

See: http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
Download: either "RenHelpHostXP.bat" or RenHelpHostME.bat"
Follow up with the link provided instructions .......
</snip>

If no joy, run the *Beta* "Hijack This" utility which detects the HOSTS file that has been taken over.
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/beta/hijackthis.zip
Hijack This, How-to: http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

Additional info here - http://forums.spywareinfo.com/index.php?showtopic=12127

HTH and good luck
--

siljaline MS MVP IE/OE

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