Re: What is this Trojan

B.W. wrote:
Thanks Malke for all that info but as you have guessed correctly that is all a bit much for a non tech person like me. May I just tell what I had already done.

I was made aware of this Trojan in my weekly scan with the free version of Avast, it was moved to the virus vault. I then updated and ran Spybot which found a similar named item I don't remember the exact name, (and I cant find a log in Spybot) it may be what was in the Avast vault? I removed it.
I then ran Defender manually, (which incidentally I thought was already running automatically on my machine, doesn't it do this), it found nothing, I ran Spybot again it found nothing. I ran Avast AV it found nothing.

I then removed System Restore Points.

I had not deleted those temp folders as I didn't know what I could take out or not.

I still don't know what this particular Trojan does to the machine. I have a desktop connected to this laptop to share the internet connection is there a chance this would be infected? AVG says it's clean at the moment.

Do you think I need to take this laptop to a tech still?

If your machine is clean, there is no point in taking it to a tech. You can remove anything in a Temp file. If a file is in use, Windows won't let you delete it.

There is always a chance that other Windows machines on a Local Area Network can be infected if one of the computers gets a network-aware worm. If your desktop is adequately protected with a current version antivirus (not earlier than 2006 and with an active subscription) then most probably the desktop is also clean. Run a few antivirus/antispyware scans to be sure.


Malke
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