Trojan Virus Detection?

Question

Can someone please advice the following: Is it true that Trojan Virus if its not activated/ active it can go undetected by most Trojan Virus scanner?

If this is the case, what can end user like us do to rid those dormant/ inactive Trojan which might be residing in our computer system without our knowledge?

Please advice

Answer 1

undetected - NO.

If a trojan is on your computer a good scanner will find it.

Tips:

Trojan love to hide in system restore - turn off system restore cleans system restore

Best to remove trojans in safe mode.

Answer 2

Ummm, Trojans are not viruses. though they both are malicious programs, they are different.

& secndly, a good scanned that has up to dat virus definitions will check it & inform you.

Rootkits howver are something else.

Rootkits MAY go undetected by an average scanner. You'll need specialised tools for that.

Answer 3

get superantispyware free edition, download,update, and do an in depth scan in safe mode., its great at finding c**p that all the others miss., and also is great at detecting trojans., Good luck

Answer 4

It certainly sounds like you have been infected with some kind of malware. Unfortunately, if you find one infection, it is highly likely you have another one. A virus, trojan or worm are all different types of infections/malware and there are some great FREE programs that can help you.

First, clean up (delete) your cookies, temp files and temporary internet files. I prefer to use Ccleaner (available at www.filehippo.com) to do this, rather than the built-in DISK CLEANUP, as I feel it does a much more thorough job - for example, it will clean out the index files on your next reboot.

If you want to use Disk Cleanup, you can find it if you:

- Double-Click on My Computer to open it up

- RIGHT-click on your C: drive

- Choose PROPERTIES and then click on the DISK CLEANUP button

- When done, reboot your computer.

Delete these files daily or run Ccleaner every day right before you shut your computer down.

2 - You should also have a good anti-virus program to help protect your computer. AVG FREE is an excellent anti-virus program, which can be downloaded from www.download.com. You might also choose Avast or Avira, both also free programs from www.download.com.

3 -Since NONE of the anti-spyware/anti-adware programs are 100% accurate in finding and removing spyware, you need at least two programs which you will run one after the other, not at the same time.

There are three excellent free ones:

--Spybot, Search and Destroy

--Ad-Aware

--Spyware Blaster

All are available FREE from www.download.com

You will need to download, install, update (and IMMUNIZE in Spybot) and run them, one at a time. Be careful with the NAME of these programs - there are "look-alikes" with very similar names, that are in fact spyware themselves! Reboot after you install each one!

After this current infection is cleared up, be sure to run both of the above programs at least once a week if you are on the internet frequently and/or like to download music or files.

NOTE: Some infections prevent your from downloading the above programs. You may have to use a clean computer to download the programs and copy them to a thumb drive or CD. Then transfer the install files to the infected computer and run.

--Occasionally you will not be able to run these programs without being in SAFE MODE. To get there, reboot your computer and tap the F8 key, repeatedly until a menu comes up. You want to choose SAFE MODE WITH NETWORKING.

4 -You should also have a good firewall to help protect your computer. Zone Alarm makes a totally free version (watch you don't download the 30-day free trial of the paid version). You can download this from the manufacturer at www.zonelabs.com

Answer 5

Install RegCure.

Answer 6

Download and run trojan removal tool from http://www.geeksjunction.com/technical%2... to check whether your computer is infected with trojan horse.