Not sure if the actual trojan has been removed. Well yesterday I decided to reformat my PC just to clean out some stuff since I haven't did it in a long while. As I was re-installing the programs I had before, my Anti-Virus kept on alerting me on change of registries, so I decided to run a virus scan with McAfee and ad-aware scan using Ad-Aware. Well my virus scan detected 5 items which were cookies and my Ad-Aware detected 3, one was Adware.BHO(generic), Dialer, and other Win32.Trojan.Startpage O.o I was like, "What the heck?!" So I removed it, but now I am not sure if it's still in my PC and not sure how dangerous the level for those 3 are, can anyone help me?
I am just confused how so fast I caught those things since my PC was newly reformatted.
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4 responses so far ↓
1 redhotsun51 // May 3, 2008
Big question here… were you using a valid copy of Windows?
2 Soccer Dave // May 3, 2008
I had simpler thing, replaced my old 80GB hard drive with a new brand 250GB one and as soon as I installed my anti-virus and connected to the net it found things, it might be finding things within the software you reinstalled.
3 Noe R // May 3, 2008
aboutcomputerantivirushoworbeteryetgetredofit pspeoplepcdintevever evergaveme thiproblemslike youhave if this is goin tocontenue i dot whant your sevice than you but no thanks
4 Mark T // May 3, 2008
My first bit of advise is not to spend a penny on a darn thing.
There are plenty of free sites out there that can help you clean your machine up.
Here are few links to look at.
My favorite is Trend Micro's House Call.
http://housecall.trendmicro.com
it rocks but I would also look at each of the below because they
will help you not get it again!!!
Spybot Search and Destroy
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html
Windows Defender
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx
Manual Spyware Removal Guide
http://www.spyware-removal.co.nr/
Major Geeks is also a great place to ask experts!
http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=35407
Just remember that there is no reason to go out and spend a bunch of money.
There are plenty of free protection out there. Hope this helps.
GOOD LUCK AND HOPE THIS HELPS!!!
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