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    Trojans

    Discussion in 'HP' started by mintys1, May 30, 2011.

  1. mintys1

    mintys1 Notebook Guru

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    Anybody else had a (java) Trojan sending sporradic emails out of their accounts..have done a mse scan which picked this trojan up and deleted it, but a week later it's back...thinking a recovery is the only option to get rid?
    any expertise on this would be grateful..thx grant.
     
    mintys1, May 30, 2011
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  2. Auxilio_ab_alto

    Auxilio_ab_alto Notebook Consultant

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    Try deleting again.
    If it's a trojan running in Java, then don't let Java start up. Google the name of the trojan you found, and delete any files associated with it. A recovery shouldn't be necessary.
     
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    Mike415 Notebook Evangelist

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    change password
     
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    pez319 Notebook Consultant

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    Run in safe mode with no networking. Turn off you're wireless before too. Run Malewarebytes full scan. Should remove it.
     
    pez319, May 30, 2011
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