Re: Load.exe (Trojan Horse?)
From: Robert (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 05/29/04
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Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 18:37:29 -0700
Thank you. The description in the log was "load.exe is
infected with the Trojan horse virus."
>-----Original Message-----
>Load.exe is not the name of a Trojan Horse infection; it
may be the name of
>a file connected with the trojan horse, but it isn't the
name. Load.exe is
>a simple file name, and probable occurs in many ordinary,
non malicious.
>Your questions can't really be satisfactorily answered
without the
>indentification of the trojan horse that was found. If
you look in the NAV
>log you should find a record of the event, and get the
actual identification
>of the trojan horse. Then you can go the Symantec
website and find a
>description of the virus and how it works.
>
>Antivirus programs detect a virus (or other mal-ware for
which it has
>identification) when you or the system try to do
something with it; open,
>copy, move, or execute. That is the protection you get;
your AV program
>doesn't just sit there and examine the stream of data as
it comes in. The
>antivirus progam identified the infection when you did
a full scan. It
>also would have detected the virus if the file were
opened, moved, copied,
>or an attempt was made to execute it. Anyway,
infections can arrive even
>if you are not "on the internet" but just connected to
your ISP or
>downloading email. An antivirus program is no longer
enough protection,
>especially if you have an always on broadband
connections.
>
>At present protection (if you connect to the Internet)
requires
>
>A good antivirus program with virus definitions updated
every few days
>
>An anti spyware program like Spybot Search&Destroy (also
detects some
>trojans that antivirus programs don't, a trojan horse
usally being something
>you choose to install, perhaps unaware what it contains -
thus the name
>"Trojan Horse; and also helps prevent home page hijackers)
>
>An anti-ad program like AdAware
>
>A personal firewall (at a minimum the simple firewall
internal to
>Windows XP, otherwise a third-party software personal
firewall, even better,
>a simple hardware firewall AND a third-party software
firewall [the simple
>hardware firewall protects against incoming attacks, the
software personal
>firewall will detect outgoing data that should not be
leaving your system]
>
>Up-to-data critical security patches (that means install
the patches the
>day they come out, because the vulnerability has been
known for some time,
>and may already be exploited)
>
>Like in the physical and social universe, be careful
where you go and what
>you do.
>
>
>--
>Phil Weldon, pweldonatmindjumpdotcom
>For communication,
>replace "at" with the 'at sign'
>replace "mindjump" with "mindspring."
>replace "dot" with "."
>
>"Roberts" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:147b101c44503$11245a30$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>>
>> I did a regular download of Virus Definitions yesterday
>> for my Norton AntiVirus2002. I then went offline and
Ran a
>> Complete Scan. The NAV2002 said there was a Trojan Horse
>> Virus 'Load.exe' in my Windows/Download Program Files. I
>> did a Quarantine and then deleted it.
>> My question is: How did this file (Load.exe) get into my
>> Windows/Download Program Files/ folder in the first
place?
>> Shouldn't I have been warned prior to that by NAV2002,
>> while I was online? I thought NAV2002 would prevent this
>> file from being downloaded.
>> In the future, how would I prevent a 'virus/worm' from
>> getting onto/into my computer? Would Norton Personal
>> Firewall 2004 prevent this from happening? I mean
>> preventing a file like "Load.exe" from getting into my
>> Windows/Download Program Files - folder?
>> Thank you -
>
>
>.
>
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