TSGL: Trojan Horse

[A Hasanat Khan]

Don,

The last time I looked, neither of them required the system restore to be 
turned off.  I use them quite often, they are perfectly safe.

Hasanat
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don Penlington" <deepend at tpg.com.au>
To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" <list at tsgserver.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2007 7:15 PM
Subject: Re: TSGL: Trojan Horse


> Hasanat wrote:
>>Try on line scans from Pandasoftware, and Trend Micro Housecall.. They are
>>both free.>>
>
>
> Be aware that they both require you to disable System Restore before
> downloading their scanning software (unless they've changed since I last
> looked). So that you'll lose all your Restore Points.
>
> Google search links to commercial software are only commercial links so
> should be regarded with caution, if not distrust.
>
> You can check out viruses and trojans by name at the Symantec and McAfee
> sites. If they have nothing on it, it may be a false positive, though AVG
> is pretty good about these. If you don't notice any adverse behaviour such
> as unusual or slow internet activity, I wouldn't lose any sleep over it. 
> If
> you have Zone alarm firewall or similar, keep an eye on its systray icon 
> to
> make sure it's not showing any activity unless you are actually using the
> 'net. With ZA, the icon flashes to indicate any inward or outward 
> activity.
> Normally this should be steady unless you are actually browsing or 
> downloading.
>
> Unauthorised outward activity can be a sign of a trojan at work behind the
> scenes transmitting info out of your computer. (It can also be software
> looking for legitimate updates).
>
> Don Penlington
>
>
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