Please help Mr Braindead

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 5:48 am

Part of the trojan actually infect the keyboard itself. Unplug the keyboard and throw it out the window (if on the second floor) or against a sturdy wall (if not). The impact will loosen the trojan's hold and, in rare cases, make you feel better. Now, don't plug the keyboard back in until you get someone knowledgeable to look at it.

The extreme resolution is to use your recovery disc, assuming you have one. My computer was running very slow, so I backed up my documents and used the recovery disc to reformat everything. Yes everything. The next day was downloading upgrades, but it's okay now.

Peg · Post by **Peg** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 5:52 am

Which trojan horse do you have exactly?

Bez · Post by **Bez** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 5:53 am

Happened to me last summer. I downloaded something to get rid of the Trojan horse (which didn't work), so I saved all my documents, photos etc and did a complete system restore.....very scary....This took me a whole day and I had to reload all my add-on software afterwards, but it seemed to do the trick although I did lose some files. I have since been ultra careful with things I open / download and made sure that I have decent protection.

It worked for me Arnold....but it took a lot of courage. My 'Puty' was almost un-usable so I really didn't have any options. This virus attacked my ability to log on to the internet and kept destroying all my dial up programmes. I never regretted doing it, SAVE IMPORTANT STUFF on to Discs or floppies BUT DON'T FORGET TO SCAN FIRST FOR THE VIRUS.

GOOD LUCK !

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 6:08 am

Only Trojan Horse I know about was in Troy..................

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 6:28 am

Well, Snooze and I will make sure we call first before crashing in on you, Arnold.

I am surprised about what Mover said, I don't get any sneaky things from being at FG, or else my Norton system is so good I never have to know.

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 6:38 am

I think he was just using joining FG as a time reference. Right, mover?

Keep us updated, Arnold.

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 6:45 am

Make mine chocolate chip, please.

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 6:51 am

SnoozeControl wrote: LOL

Hey, I was being serious for once!I guess that was inevitable, as well.

Peg · Post by **Peg** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 7:04 am

After searching all my favorite help sites, the best I can come up with is a program called ewido. A 14 day free trial is available at http://www.download.com

It seems to have helped others with the same problem.

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 7:07 am

moverguy wrote: Cookies, you can disable them, or only accept them from specific places. And for the Norton / Virus(Netsky) thing. Well, can't really tell how or wehere they are coming from, but I KNOW it's not from the forum server
On my Norton you can tell exactly where they are coming from, and ping them back as a warning not to try it again.

SOJOURNER · Post by **SOJOURNER** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 11:27 am

SnoozeControl wrote: I thought some cookies were inevitable.

COOKIES!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bez · Post by **Bez** » Fri Dec 30, 2005 4:39 am

ArnoldLayne wrote: Floppy, what can I say you are a genius indeed.This gave me the info to delete it manually but I decided to subscribe , just to see what else was lurking. I tried spybot search and destroy but that didnt even scratch the surface and kept telling me Spyaxe was gone. This however whipped its sorry arse, I could hear it whimpering.

I am forever in your debt, you lovely woman you

Would this help Cobert with his problems ?

http://www.forumgarden.com/forums/showt ... hp?t=11520

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Fri Dec 30, 2005 8:12 am

ArnoldLayne wrote: Floppy, what can I say you are a genius indeed.This gave me the info to delete it manually but I decided to subscribe , just to see what else was lurking. I tried spybot search and destroy but that didnt even scratch the surface and kept telling me Spyaxe was gone. This however whipped its sorry arse, I could hear it whimpering.

I am forever in your debt, you lovely woman youAin't she the awesomestest? :-4

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Sat Dec 31, 2005 4:34 pm

Arnold, Its now a pop up... If your have deleted the program and restarted its in your Internet Explorer tool bar.. Go through each setting and remove all stupid tools bar.. or lock it.

There is a pop up blocker turn it on, and it should go away.. clear all your cookies, and internet temp files, and history.. then restart your PC. It a popup trying to get you to buy software nothing else.. you will have to clean, clean, clean your PC.. go to START, ALL PROGRAMS, ACCESSORIES, THEN SYSTEM TOOLS,, SELECT DISK CLEAN UP...

It has set registry keys on your computer you can get a free trial copy of REGISTRY MECHANIC and it will clean your PC's registry.. I use it every day.. along with NORTON SYSTEM WORKS, IT WILL CLEAN ANY FOOTPRINTS LEFT BY TROJANS, WORM AND THE LIKE...!!

If you can't find pop up stopper on your internet explorer there is a free one that does the trick it is call POPUP STOPPER..

Another good free program is ZONE ALARM.. if you have a always on connection give this software a look.. free and does the trick.

You may have to repeat the process many times to get rid of the demon... Never click on any popup they are designed to suck you in and this is what happens..

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Sun Jan 01, 2006 10:20 am

excellent !!! I hate that crap that get on your PC..

markc · Post by **markc** » Sun Apr 16, 2006 5:22 am

Hi there,

New to posting here but I had a similar problem earlier this month. Whilst a full restore will solve it you might try this first:

In explorer, tools>Internet options>programs>manage add-ons..

In the drop down chose the "currently active/ currently installed. If there is one there that looks suspicious, disable it.

HTH

Mark

OpenMind · Post by **OpenMind** » Sun Apr 16, 2006 7:24 am

Glad you've got your problem sorted Arnold.

I use F-Secure Internet Security on both my PCs. This includes a firewall, anti-virus, anti-spyware, anti-spam, parental control, etc. An extra feature that comes with it is a untility that checks for changes in the directory. This is an area that's always best left to the pros as you can render your PC dead if you're not careful. It's called a rootkit checker. Hackers can change the root of a directory and leave you high and dry.

On my main PC, I also use Norton Ghost. This is more than a restore facility. It will keep an exact image of what is on your drives. Providing you keep it up to date whenever you make a change, you can put your computer back exactly as it was.

However, some viruses can stick themselves to your hard drive and survive a reformat. Hence, a drive imaging utility like Norton's is useful as you can get a new drive, replace the old one, and restore all as before minus one pesky bug.

Just to be extra careful, in case my HD breaks down, I keep my important files on two hard drives. I use a caddy in one of the larger bays which means I can slide one out and slide the other one in.

Some food for thought.