computer advice
I don't think you'd need to reformat. I had problems with norton not getting rid of all my viruses so I switched to Mcafee Viruscan enterprise. Also got rid of adaware and got AVG Anti-spyware instead. Both of these programs cleaned up my comp well.
I'd go:
1. Disc cleanup, to get rid of all your temp, and temp internet files.
2. Start -> run -> msconfig (if you're on XP) and enable safemode.
3. Check all startup processes and make sure there's nothing fishy. (don't do this if you don't know what you're doing)
4. Restart in safe mode
5. Scan entire computer thoroughly with viruscan enterprise and AVG.
6. Delete everything detected.
7. Restart, done.
I had a trojan that wouldn't get rid of itself. Norton would detect it and delete it. Then an hour later the same trojan was detected over and over again. I decided to switch and scan/cleanup my computer completely and all is good now.
-GSP S2K
I'd go:
1. Disc cleanup, to get rid of all your temp, and temp internet files.
2. Start -> run -> msconfig (if you're on XP) and enable safemode.
3. Check all startup processes and make sure there's nothing fishy. (don't do this if you don't know what you're doing)
4. Restart in safe mode
5. Scan entire computer thoroughly with viruscan enterprise and AVG.
6. Delete everything detected.
7. Restart, done.
I had a trojan that wouldn't get rid of itself. Norton would detect it and delete it. Then an hour later the same trojan was detected over and over again. I decided to switch and scan/cleanup my computer completely and all is good now.
-GSP S2K
update: so far i've used norton and mcaffee. norton detects but cant delete, same with mcaffee. adaware doesnt get all of it. spybot s&d detects, deletes, but doesnt get all of it.
Originally Posted by shotiable,Oct 12 2007, 11:40 PM
half of my wants to reformat right now. but i dont have a backup CD for my microsoft office. i'd lose word and powerpoint. on top of that i dont have a back up for my comcast modem software and my linksys router. god... i hate my sister for using my computer...
norton AV didnt wipe it out. it just sent it to the company for analysis
norton AV didnt wipe it out. it just sent it to the company for analysis
Originally Posted by 00S2K01S4,Oct 13 2007, 11:20 AM
Go to http://www.symantec.com/security_response/...-112210-3747-99 and download the removal tool. Follow instructions on the page. GL.
Reformatting just for a trojan is a little overkill guys. It's not that hard to remove them.
i did the symantec program to remove the trojan.vundo. it failed while running in normal mode and was unable to detect trojan.vundo in safe mode. oooooh boy...... what a hell of a mess


