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Trojans

titchinellotitchinello Posts: 3,139
edited March 2012 in Technical Stuff and Help
Anybody know any good free programs to get rid of a trojan on your computer, I think i might have one on mine.
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  • Mikee JMikee J Posts: 1,323
    Spybot?
    "My body's nobody's body but mine"
  • titchinellotitchinello Posts: 3,139
    Mikee J wrote:
    Spybot?

    is that downloadable and free
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  • Mikee JMikee J Posts: 1,323
    I believe so.... google it :)
    "My body's nobody's body but mine"
  • MedozKMedozK Posts: 9,209
    Mikee J wrote:
    Spybot?
    +1 it is free
  • Hairy DaneHairy Dane Posts: 205
    Spybot is good, I've started using http://www.malwarebytes.org/ after I got Win 7 - superb both free and with a license.
    Have fun, walk hard and stay alive.
  • titchinellotitchinello Posts: 3,139
    okay i downloaded spybot and ran the scan, and i have some threats, i can't get rid of them unless i buy the product, but i read somewhere, you can remove them manually if your computer savy, any help please.
    Glasgow cathouse-1992-2-23, San diego sports arena-1995-11-06 & 07, Glasgow secc-2000-06-03, Tampa st petes times forum-2003-04-13, London O2 arena-2009-08-18, Belfast odyssey arena-2010-06-23.Leeds 2014 - 07-08
  • faithfullalefaithfullale Posts: 152
    I'm not the most computer savy but for windows users out there be careful of the automatic updates/downloads when you shut down. One evening shut down computer, updates ran and next morning computer was shot, couldn't get windows to even load. I recommend turning off auto updates.
  • Hairy DaneHairy Dane Posts: 205
    Malwarebyte's always cleans infected computers where ever I have installed it, and that's the free version. Otherwise you might want to get your virusscanner - be it Norton, avast, avg or what ever to get rid of that threat you're dealing with. It might be because it's infected a program in use when you use the removal-software, or it's a nasty bugger.
    When ever I've dealt with nasty buggers I've booted in failsafe mode, disconnected from the interweb and run Malwarebyte's program. Granted I have a license but that only grants me online warnings and spammail removal, so the free version should be able to do the trick.
    And by the way - I am not 'computer savy' so someone wiser than me might know more and or prove me wrong.
    Have fun, walk hard and stay alive.
  • BF89905BF89905 Posts: 1,417
    AVG 2012 gets good reviews for it's free version. You can find it at Cnet.com

    I'm not totally sure if it removes the trojans though. I'll get a warning box, then click for AVG to repiar the situation, which it suppossedly does.... however the warning prompt re-appears almost daily.
  • Mikee JMikee J Posts: 1,323
    titchinello wrote:
    okay i downloaded spybot and ran the scan, and i have some threats, i can't get rid of them unless i buy the product, but i read somewhere, you can remove them manually if your computer savy, any help please.


    I never knew this.. sorry, must be a new thing...
    "My body's nobody's body but mine"
  • titchinellotitchinello Posts: 3,139
    I downloaded and ran the malwayre bytes, worked a treat.
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