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I was on the internet this morning and all of a sudden I got a pop up window from Norton Antivirus that said High Risk Norton Antivirus has detected a virus on your computer C:\Windows\System32\msdvdopt.exe Virus name download Trojan
I couldn't get the message to go away even after the norton deleted the file and fixed it. I
I got off the internet and ran a virus scan(norton 2004) it said it fixed the file and made a back up copy in back up, I ran another virus scan and it said no virus found,
Am I okay, or do I still have it somewhere.
Could this have come from a pop up window while on the internet.
Do I have to reformat the hard drive. Everything seems fine at this point.
How do you get a trojan horse just sitting on the internet and only reading web pages, could it have come from a web page pop up window. The only thing I did this morning was update my norton virus definitions, could I have gotten the trojan from the norton virus definition update?
Thanks
Shelia
P.S. why won't system restore work after a trojan is found. I tried backing the computer up to 2 days ago before the infection and it wouldn't work. System restore works now when I make a restore point after the trojan was deleted.
ChrisRLG
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May 12th, 2004 19:00
First :-
Spybot S&D and Ad-aware using the settings and links provided
Here
Failing those solving your problems a post of a hijackthis log for the experts to advise.
HijackThis From Here
or one of these other links:-
http://www.merijn.org/files/hijackthis.zip
http://www.aluriasoftware.com/tools/hijackthis.zip
http://mjc1.com/mirror/hjt/
Important: Create a folder on the C: drive called C:\HJT.
You can do this by going to My Computer (Windows key+e) then double click on C: then right click and select New then Folder and name it HJT. Unzip HijackThis into this folder. (See this link for graphical instructions)
Then run, scan, save log, then in notepad copy the FULL log by copy and paste as a reply to this post and an expert with HijackThis Knowldge, will have a go at giving advice. A lot of posters make mistakes here in copying and pasting so reread the left info sidebar called Copy and Paste
Please note the list of experts names below, very few forum regulars here have had this training.
DO NOT FIX ANYTHING WITH HIJACKTHIS WITHOUT EXPERT ADVICE, most of what it finds you need for normal MS Windows tasks.
Known Spyware HijackThis fighters in DellTalk - If you are, and are not on the list please PM Me.
TomCoyote (of http://tomcoyote.org/forums/index.php fame)
YoKenny (Expert at TomCoyotes, Trusted Advisor Spywareinfo)
baskar1234 (Teaching Assistant at TomCoyotes, Trusted Advisor Spywareinfo)
ChrisRLG (Classroom Coordinator at TomCoyotes, Trusted Advisor Spywareinfo)
Tuxedo Jack (Teaching Assistant at TomCoyotes, Trusted Advisor Spywareinfo)
Yellowhammer (Trusted Advisor at Net-Integration, First Responder at Computer Cops)
tashi (Teaching Assistant at TomCoyotes, Trusted Advisor Spywareinfo)
therock247uk (In Training at TomCoyotes and Spywareinfo)
irelynmisses (In Training at TomCoyotes and Spywareinfo)
Texruss (Spyware Fighter at Wildersecurity, In Training at TomCoyotes)
PGPhantom (Trusted Advisor at Spywareinfo)
You could also go to one of the more specalist forums where more experts will be able to help.
http://tomcoyote.com/forums/index.php
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/index.php
http://www.net-integration.net/cgi-bin/forum/ikonboard.cgi (Home of Spybot S&D)
http://boards.cexx.org/index.php
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/index.php
Do read the sites FAQ before posting, and advise your problem and what steps you have already done to try to cure your problem.
I, and the other hijack experts mentioned above, are in all those sites (and more) with the same login names. You might get one of us at those sites also to anwser your log, but other experts will also be available.