AVG/Trojan Horse

[ginnie]

My son sent me an update today. 17 people were arrested, may be involved in this whole bug issue. I guess it was on the internet. Yes, I am grateful to have my son be able to help. I never would have been able to keep a PC without him. I never had a PC even in college, so I was late is learning anything. NT, got me more involved, thats for sure. Still don't cut and paste, and my son would rather do the stuff himself than teach me! I think I just lack patience. Have a good day Judi, and I hope that your PC trouble can be fixed. ginnie

[zygopetalum]

When in doubt read the instructions... I ran another AVG scan, trojan is still there. I expanded details and it said it was on a RealPlayer update? It said:

"Trojanhorse SHeur3 BWSF
C/program files (x860) Real/RealPlayer/Update/resched.exe (3788)".

I think I did that, I remember downloading something I thought was Adobe update . Can I get rid of it if I uninstall RealPlayer? I can't really watch videos anyway with dial up but I could reinstall it if needed? Im not sure I could figure out how to get rid of only the update even if it were possible.

Also malwarbytes found over 200 baddies on 'MyWebSearch' (mostly)..are those just tracking cookies? Should I just get rid of them all even if I cant figure out what they are? I hate MYWebSearch, do I want it?

This is very annoying. Can I infect anyone if I email, etc.?

Ginnie, pcs weren't even invented when I was in college.

thanks for any help,
judi

[Icehouse]

Originally Posted by zygopetalum

Also malwarbytes found over 200 baddies on 'MyWebSearch' (mostly)..are those just tracking cookies? Should I just get rid of them all even if I cant figure out what they are? I hate MYWebSearch, do I want it?

This is very annoying. Can I infect anyone if I email, etc.?
judi

Hey, the 'mywebsearch' is spyware, not a virus, not infectious, just really damn annoying. Some programs are good at removing it, but most dont remove it completely. Breaking into the registry and manually removing is the best way, but thats a difficult an and risky process. It basically just hijacks your browser and redirects you to a plethora of sites that you probably dont care too much for....

Odds are you probably wont affect anyone via email, as its mainly a browser thing that it attaches to.

CCleaner should take care of it.....

[ginnie]

If you have real problems, and cannot find a solution, PM me with your e-mail, I can send your questions to my son. I know he would help. Ginnie

[Icehouse]

If she is brave enough to use her email

I think we should all pool together and get Judi a Mac...no more viruses or crappy MS products....

[Jo*mar]

A Linux install would be a lot cheaper than a Mac..
free in fact...
open source - can be downloaded burned to a DVD and a live DVD created so you can try it from DVD drive before installing. Burn it at a slow setting or it may have errors.

I completely ditched windows on an older laptop and Linux Lubuntu is on it now.
Less bloat and rarely any issues with viruses.

my favs -
Ubuntu, KDE, Mepis, PCLinuxOS, Lubuntu, Puppy


http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=major

Some can be found in Linux magazines, as well as some live cd's in some Linux library books.

something to think about for an older slow windows computer, unless you have a lot of purchased software that requires windows operating system.

But it would be hard to talk someone thru setting Linux up if they ran into problems long distance.. Some "distros" will find the wireless signal right away , but some need a bit of tweaking..
I would suggest trying some of the live cd/DVD versions before thinking of installing any ...to see if you like it and that is connects easily to go online.
I had a spare computer to look up things online when I had questions about something,

But that is a whole other topic...

[zygopetalum]

I read that it was hard to uninstall RealPlayer, they called it 'Badware', but I may have succeeded. Computer told me I had to reboot to get rid of the 'Real/RealPlayer..' bad part so hope it worked. If it uninstalled is it not active or does it come back to life like Dracula if you don't put a stake through his heart? AVG thinks its gone.

I guess there are bits of RealPlayer in many places on computer but things seem ok so will hope, there are directions online how to get rid of those but it looks fairly scarey.

I also got rid of my 200+ bits of crud, I suppose I will get 200 more in .5 seconds online.

Icehouse , my sister offered to give me her year old Mac but she invested all her retirement money in a pickle factory so I don't think she can afford to do that any more. Besides, do you really want me to have to learn a whole new way of doing things?

Ditto Ubuntu, :eek

Ginnie, it is possible I am untrainable.

If anyone knows if the Trojan is really still there and Im deluding myself please let me know.

judi

[Icehouse]

For the record, I have installed Ubuntu numerous times also and I love it. It runs off a CD or a USB stick or you can install it in minutes! Plus, it installs most needed drivers and it really is "plug and play"....

Its great for someone who just wants email and internet....

[zygopetalum]

I thought it looked interesting but as of June this year Ubuntu won't work with dial up anymore. Onward....

judi