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jjrocks66
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the virus is called trojan horse help me plz

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Esuna2400
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get a good antivirus, wait till the trojan acts and get the antivirus to tell you where the trojan is. Then either get the antivirus to delete the file/s or do it manually.

jjrocks66
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i deleted the files but my scan said it is still there

ledmonds
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I suppose you should join the club.
I have like 10 Trojans on my computer everyweek and I can never understand why as I barely go on the internet. It is impossible to completely protect yourself but I would recomend Windows Live One Care it works for me brilliantly.

jjrocks66
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ok but what does trojan do

Esuna2400
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trojans can do a various amount of things...
but i think a trojan is user controlled so they are barely active.

jjrocks66
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whats the worst the trojan can do

ledmonds
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Kill your pc basically.

Esuna2400
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dunno, never got one.
But i think the user can shut down, steal files... Ya know, stuff like that.

jjrocks66
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i have mac

ledmonds
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Well it will absolutely kill your system if you don't quarrentine it. Download the free trail of Windows Live 1 Care to be sure to get rid of it as that is what I have and they don't trouble me.

jjrocks66
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how do i run it on mac

ledmonds
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You put in on a google search Windows Live 1 Care and it will go to the website then you put in your email to sign up for a 90 day trial and it will work even after the trial.

jjrocks66
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ok thanks you just literally saved my life

ledmonds
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It's okay anythin for a fellow Armor Gamer.

IQAndreas
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i have mac

Wow. That is really rare to have a virus on a MAC.

There are about 30 Linux viruses, 50 Mac viruses for pre-OS X, zero Mac OS X viruses, 83 Symbian viruses, and two Windows mobile viruses.
The rest of them (140,000) are all Windows viruses.
From: agtype=samecatsamechan">http://www.techworld.com/security/features/index.cfm?featureid=1926&ampagtype=samecatsamechan



What is a Trojan Horse?
A Trojan horse program is a malicious program that pretends to be a benign application; a Trojan horse program purposefully does something the user does not expect. Trojans are not viruses since they do not replicate, but Trojan horse programs can be just as destructive.

Many people use the term to refer only to non-replicating malicious programs, thus making a distinction between Trojans and viruses.
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