Computer issues

[elanya]

The last two days in a row, Avast has claimed to have found a Trojan Horse malware on my computer - once when I was opening a picture with IRFANview, and the second time while loading skype. IN the first case, it quarantines IRFANview, and in the second, killed the ability of skype to receive instant text messages.

I am unsure whether these programs have been affected or not, but the fact that it has happened two days in a row suggests to be that there is some larger overarching problem in any case.

Does anyone have a suggestion about what I can/should do to get rid of it? Would it be easiest to just shell out the $30 it will take to have the computer help center people on campus look at my lappy?

I ran adaware this am - or started to, but I think I forgot it was running and shut down before it was finished, brilliant me :p

Any advice appreciated - though I'm not at home at the moment and will have to wait until later to do much about it.

Comments

[curtana.livejournal.com]

I've had luck running Malwarebytes' Anti-malware, in addition to stuff like Adaware, Spybot, and my anti-virus. If you can download that and run it, in my experience it will sometimes find things that the others have missed. Good luck?

[(Anonymous)]

C-Net has a very good, very free, live updating software called Antivir, I've had very good luck with it. I find it comparable to my paid copy of Morton 360.

- Ian Shackleton

[(Anonymous)]

Oops... Norton, not Morton.

[wererogue.livejournal.com]

Hey, I had that trojan too! We're virus buddies!

I ran avast in boot-up mode, and told it to chest (quarantine) everything it found. Back in windows, I deleted the files I knew I didn't need any more (downloads, programs I don't use etc.) and rescanned everything else. Everything came up clean, so I restored them, and poof! No more virus.