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A Trojan is a type of virus.
It is called a trojan, as it comes as part of a programme that claims to do one thing for you, but actualy does another.
A True Virus will infect a PC and then replicate itself via attachments etc on other PCs, while a Trojan is only activated by downloading and installing a programme that includes it.
So NEVER install software that you do not know where it has come from.
DO NOT EVER respond to these 'you have been infected' pop-ups, who tell you to install their cleaners, as these are trojans.
More information hereLast edited by TrevorFranklin; 25-08-09, 00:23.Avatar is my Gt Grandfather
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Thanks
Trevor..have had a look at your link.....what has happened my sons laptop was scanning & it came up he has a trojan risk is high & it won't mend
As i know nothing about computers i don't know what to do
Many thanksJulie passed away 5th November 2012.
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Originally posted by Julie View PostHe has Norton on there and now i can't remember what it said
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Use the Mcafee online scanner to carryout a scan.
It will then advise you on the virus and action to take.Avatar is my Gt Grandfather
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If Norton couldn't mend the infected file it will have recommended deleting it, and if you clicked on 'OK' at that point, it will have deleted the trojan and the problem is gone.
The "repair" option is only useful if one of your own files has been infected by a virus and you need a clean version of the file. If the file Norton's talking about was something you downloaded or that came attached to an email then it's almost certainly not worth worrying about.
Hope this helps.Looking for Bysh, Potter, Littleton, Parke, Franks, Sullivan, Gosden, Carroll, Hurst, Churcher, Covell, Elverson, Giles, Hawkins, Witherden...
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My brother had this trojan. A popup told him he had a virus and he clicked on it to see what it meant - that did it!
He has Norton 360 and he ran it four times - each time it said that it had located and removed the virus - but still the problem persisted - stopping him from staying on websites and this pop-up flashing all the time.
He shut it down and opened up he following day - and it was still a problem. He then shut it down (even took plugs out of the wall sockets) and the following day, it booted up and purred along nicely - all fixed!
How? - we still don't know, but it would have to have been the Norton!
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Winnie
Some Trojans, if connected to the Internet, will immediately re-install themselves in the background.
This is part of the information I put the link to.
TrevAvatar is my Gt Grandfather
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FRANKLIN (Harrow/Pinner 1700 to 1850); PURSGLOVE (ALL Southern counties of England); POOLE (Tetbury/Malmesbury and surrounding areas of Gloucestershire and Wiltshire (1650 to 1900); READ London/Suffolk
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