Ok. My computer was acting all crazy, like restarting by itself automatically and other stuff. So I ran an avg free edition scan, and it found a trojan generic something called systemf*cker.exe so I perm deleted it manually. Since that was the only virus, am I safe now? Can I just manually delete virus? Please help me.
SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP ME
- Thread starter Reinkaos
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Viruses spread so fast ... i would run a couple of things because i had one virus once ... and by the next day i had like 100 viruses...
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GreenMonkey
Ok, it is always a good idea to go to the website of the antivirus vendor (grisoft in your case) and look up the information for that trojan. Often, they will list other places to to look for it, and which registry entries it makes. This can help to delete it. If they list names given from other vendors, symantec's website usually has the best removal instructions, however they will have named the trojan differently.
It is important to remember that a trojan is NOT a virus, it is a trojan. Most trojans dont hurt your computer, they change and lower your security settings, causing more harmfull things to occure, or to let people in. After finding a trojan, always double check your antivirus, firewall, and browser security settings. you may find they have all been turned off or switched to low - allowing something or someone else access.
while your at it, its a good time to check for spyware and such. check your start up items in msconfig to see if there is a host process that is still lingering in your computer and of COURSE, update your avg. running a scan in safe mode neever hurts anyone.
It is important to remember that a trojan is NOT a virus, it is a trojan. Most trojans dont hurt your computer, they change and lower your security settings, causing more harmfull things to occure, or to let people in. After finding a trojan, always double check your antivirus, firewall, and browser security settings. you may find they have all been turned off or switched to low - allowing something or someone else access.
while your at it, its a good time to check for spyware and such. check your start up items in msconfig to see if there is a host process that is still lingering in your computer and of COURSE, update your avg. running a scan in safe mode neever hurts anyone.
Uhh... I would think it was this trojan that hijacked your game and everything, not a Friends hacker. I really, really doubt it was that [unknown] Friends thing. Have you even checked out the Steam support system and their forums about this?
i would buy the norton systemworks if i were you.. cause norton is known to get rid of 99.9% of computer viruses considering dey update almost every week.. ever since i both dis program.. my computer ran faster den it ever did... the downside is its gonna cost u about 80 bucks
