How can I get rid of Trojans

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I have used microsofts antispyware and have just installed Sophos. Both
detected trojans, sophos has got as far as quarantining them but when I run
the next virus check they are still there - in system volume
information_restore.

There are two trojans - Troj/FakeAle-H and Troj/SpyDldr-G.
Does anyone know what damage they can do and how I can get rid of them for
good -v esp now I have a new virus checker on?
Cheers
Would really appreciate any help
 
Hello Anne-Marie,

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My computer, Local Disk , right click , Properties, Disk-Cleanup, Run, Other
Options, check delete old restore points (the last recent checkpoint
remªins).

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Anne-Marie said:
I have used microsofts antispyware and have just installed Sophos. Both
detected trojans, sophos has got as far as quarantining them but when I run
the next virus check they are still there - in system volume
information_restore.
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You need to flush the Restore archive to get rid of the embedded Trojan.
Seek help how to do that, below - assuming you run Windows XP?
'How to turn on and turn off System Restore in Windows XP'
(http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310405)

Once done, contact Sophos Tech Support for further help.

Randy

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Thanks Randy - have done this and am running a virus check now. Why do you
think I now need to contact Sophos? Will the virus still be in the computer?
 
Just completed the virus check. All of the system volume information_restore
viruses have disappeared but now new ones have been detected in sys 32 which
were not there before Troj DownLdr -QK and XQ and Troj Fake Ale - H
I will write this as a separate post as well. Will they return in the sys
vol info_restore?
Thanks for your help on all of that
 
Hi Engel,
I ran the link below and have just rerun a scan with Sophos and the trojans
in win32 are still there although the trojans in the _restore have now gone.
What should I do now?
 
Anne-Marie said:
Just completed the virus check. All of the system volume information_restore
viruses have disappeared but now new ones have been detected in sys 32 which
were not there before Troj DownLdr -QK and XQ and Troj Fake Ale - H
I will write this as a separate post as well. Will they return in the sys
vol info_restore?
Thanks for your help on all of that
Click to expand...

You are far from being disinfected at this point - obviously.
Assuming that you have turned off System Restore, it has effectively flushed
viruses/trojans
in the Restore archive and created a new restore point.

Follow the below instructions appropriate to your Sophos product and post back
your findings.
http://www.sophos.com/support/disinfection/trojan.html

Randy

--
siljaline

MS - MVP Windows (IE/OE) & Windows Security, AH-VSOP

Security Tools Updates
http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=31

Reply to group, as return address is invalid that we may all benefit.
 
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