Trojan Virus - getting rid!!!

[Rattler]

I seem to have been contaminated by the Trojan virus and although my Viruscan software picks this up every time, it seems that my laptop has been crippled a bit by it.

Is there any program that can get rid of this - or is this something that is not on my PC and I keep getting hit from outside? (seems unlikely as I'm my scanner is deleting the files every hour or so/)

Thanks in advance
Tim

[Lust4Life]

Trojan is a generic name for a type of infection, does it give any more information about the name or type?

Once you know that you can get information on removal from most AV websites like www.sophos.com

It may also be worth downloading Stinger and letting that have a quick go

http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/

Let me know how it goes.

Cheers,

Phil

[uncle porry]

this might be worth a go..
http://www.irchelp.org/irchelp/security/trojan.html#fix

[chrisw]

Do you have system restore enabled? Trojans sometimes hide themselves in there and your virus software is unable to delete them despite detecting them because system restore protects the files. If you disable system restore and reboot your PC this will clear your resotre files. Re-enable system restore and reboot. You will now have to set a system restore point as all previous files will have been deleted. Run your virus software and you should find no more files.

[Rushjob]

I had this problem...Norton wouldn't remove them fully so I had to go in to the computer in safe mode & manually remove the infected files.
For me, this was a real adventure being a computer numpty.
I got the instructions from the Symantec site.

[rcgbob44]

Go and download the latest virus software on the Microsoft web site.

[HellsBells]

:mad:

Bloody virus... you are lucky it was your home pooter... one of our student nurses at work was looking up a site all about Lymphoma and managed to get the Trojan virus attached to the District Nurses computer :o:o:o Last thing a virtually paperless Doctors surgery needs is a nasty virus in the computer:lol::lol: Sorry, shouldn't laugh... could have caused chaos !:o

[Rattler]

I've tried the stinger, but I'm still getting the Trojan virus being detected.

It says that its;

Name - a.bat
detected as - ZapChast.reg
application - sysmanage.exe

Any one got any ideas how to clear this?

Ta
Tim

[Lust4Life]

According to NAI the definitions were updated to deal with it on 12th May.

http://vil.mcafeesecurity.com/vil/content/v_133693.htm

Phil

[Rattler]

Phil
Thanks for the assistance.

I've looked at the McAfee site, but which free download eval should I try for Windows 2000?

Ta
Tim

[Lust4Life]

I'd go for the AVG free edition myself

http://free.grisoft.com/doc/2/lng/us/tpl/v5

Very good and free for home use!

Cheers,

Phil

[Rattler]

Many thanks Phil - downloaded this, then updated it, started the scan, not sure if its fixed the PC, but its found a few Trojans already!!!

Thanks
Tim

[Lust4Life]

Cool, any more probs just let me know.

Cheers!

Phil