I was recently on the internet and a message popped up and said that i had a trojan horse virus.
is this dangerous and harmful for my computer?
How do you get rid of it and any other viruses?
Can you please give me some links of good free virus removal programs
THANK YOU
A Trojan horse, or trojan for short, is a term used to describe malware that appears, to the user, to perform a desirable function but, in fact, facilitates unauthorized access to the user’s computer system. The term comes from the Trojan Horse story in Greek mythology. Trojan horses are not self-replicating which distinguishes them from viruses and worms. Additionally, they require interaction with a hacker to fulfil their purpose. The hacker need not be the individual responsible for distributing the Trojan horse. It is possible for hackers to scan computers on a network using a port scanner in the hope of finding one with a Trojan horse installe.
http://pc-faster-tools.com/trojan/
spyware doctor
http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php
use free version, update, do full scan.. this will kill it.
1) boot into safe mode with networking, install this, run update and quick scan
http://www.malwarebytes.org/
2) then, install this and reboot
http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-…
3) run full scan wth the above 2 antivirus and antispyware software
4) clean your pc with these, then reboot.
http://www.ccleaner.com/
http://www.iobit.com/advancedwindowscare…
http://www.askmehelpdesk.com/spyware-viruses-etc/how-remove-generic8-trojan-horse-375382.html.
Hope this helps and good luck!
Use combofix from bleepingcomputer.com, then go download malwarebytes from softpedia.com or cnet.com and use it, then clean the rest of the virus with superantispyware from softpedia.com or superantispyware.com, and for future protection use avira as antivirus and a good firewall such as Online Armor or Outpost Firewall.