YarnMaster
My old laptop is falling to pieces--the hinge is broken and epoxy & super glue would not hold it.
Being a pensioner, I am broke, but last night I borrowed money to purchase a second hand HP mini laptop for $100. It came with Windows 7 and a Free Trojan Virus.
I tried deleting the virus, but that did not work-- I deleted all old down loads, one which had the name something like Gotcha.
Then I tried taking it back to the earliest recovery point, but that did not work.
Tried reloading windows that did not work,
So what do I try next.
TopicToaster
SubscriberFormat the disk and reload windows from known virus-free media (preferably media that has the latest service packs etc).
If you are running a modem directly from the PC, then make sure you have the firewall turned on before you connect the modem or you are likely to cop something off the internet pretty quickly.
Steve
YarnMaster
this has a built in windows backup. Would that be infected.
SysAdmin (Owner)
better ways out of it than formating
what anti virus software is on it now?
first three things to do
1) download tdsskiller from kaspersky and run it
2) fsbl from F-Secure - How To - Remove threats - Free Tools - Blacklight
3) malwarebytes install and do full scan
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Swaggie
The other option is:
Go the the Eset page and do a computer scan in line using NOD32
after that go to the Malwarebytes and download the free version of it.
I would not format the HDD
Fossicker
Malbytes and Superantispyware. These two come to mind. What trojan is it exactly?Originally Posted by incisor
ForumSage
SupporterGet a copy of Ubuntu or some other Linux distro and install that. It's free. It works. What more do you want?
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SysAdmin (Owner)
Neither superantispyware nor nod will do what tdss and fsbl do and will not directly sort the newer variants of tdss trojans
Depending on the issue you may need to run combofix as well
2007 Discovery 3 SE7 TDV6 2.7
2012 SZ Territory TX 2.7 TDCi
"Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it." -- a warning from Adolf Hitler
"If you don't have a sense of humour, you probably don't have any sense at all!" -- a wise observation by someone else
'If everyone colludes in believing that war is the norm, nobody will recognize the imperative of peace." -- Anne Deveson
“What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.” - Pericles
"We can ignore reality, but we cannot ignore the consequences of ignoring reality.” – Ayn Rand
"The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts." Marcus Aurelius
YarnMaster
that was to be my plan of last resort, as in your post in the "Does God exist" thread--
THANKS.
YarnMaster
thanks guys for your replies. I am not sure why, but i did have a down load of "Snow Leopard" on it, which I understand is the Forbidden Fruit operating system. This Laptop is an HP, not the Forbidden Fruit.
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