Doc's fun with a Trojan

Started by DocJon · 8 posts · 1,356 views

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    definitely not the fun kind of trojan. Not that trojans themselves are fun per se, but more what you get to do with them.

    Sounds like you got rid of it though. Good job and good call to deny it to install that initial file.
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    Man, talk about a misleading subject line..... I thought it was going to be more interesting... :-P
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    Atomm wrote:
    Man, talk about a misleading subject line..... I thought it was going to be more interesting... :-P



    Yes I was also thinking he got a girl pregnant or maybe he could not find one small enough or something 😉
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    Paladin wrote:
    Yes I was also thinking he got a girl pregnant or maybe he could not find one small enough or something 😉


    What did I tell you about projecting your issues onto others? 😛
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    If you check the link I posted in the orginal msg, you'll find the ppl at Shell Extension City have finally determined that I was right. . .bit of bitch to do all the research myself and put my system at risk (brainac that I am, I installed it TWICE, the 2nd time for further info). I wonder how many hundreds of ppl DL this, and I'm the only one to post, and argue, that this is a trojan.

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    Shows you the state of computer users in this day and age. Heck, I would have fell for it myself.

    What apps do you use to prevent this kind of stuff?

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    Atomm wrote:
    Shows you the state of computer users in this day and age. Heck, I would have fell for it myself.

    What apps do you use to prevent this kind of stuff?



    A good firewall-I'm using Sygate, though Zone Alarm is also good. Another highly-rated firewall has come out in the past few months, but I forget it's name. I'd rather wait awhile before trusting a new app like that anyway.

    A good antivirus ( I use AVG, but it did NOT help me here, even though I update it daily.)

    Winpatrol - This is what saved my butt. It didn't eradicate the threat, but it alerted me to a threat where I would otherwise have no warning. It warns you when changes to your registry or startup are made. It lets you deny the changes, but sometimes (like in this case) the programs are very insistant.

    Spybot-Search and Destroy - has an always-running portion called Teatimer that would also have alerted me to this problem. I recently stopped running both Winpatrol & Teatimer at the same time, but I am now second-guessing that.

    Google - whenever anything odd happens, I Google it. I Googled the name of the DLL that was trying to insert itself into my startup, and that's when I knew I had a real problem. . .also used Google to find the cure, and to bolster my arguement in the thread I linked to above.

    Also, I try to get my software from trusted sites, though obviously in this case it did not help. Any site offering free screensavers is highly suspicious(especially ones that offer ONLY screensavers). This seems to be a common manner to trick you into installing spyware. Ppl like pretty screensavers. . .now, when I find a cool, trustworthy screensaver, I hang onto it like gold. . .moreso, as gold is easier to come by.

    Paladin is more knowledgeable than I am in the area of computer security, the only difference being if I happen to read about something new before he does.