Topic: Nasty Email Trojan Alert

[Mr Rizla]

Right, just in case your not aware there is a new nasty email trojan flying about doing nasty things to people's pc's...
 
If you recieve an email with picture attachments be very carefull when you open (even if its from a known person), there is a trojan out there that gets past most antivirus/spyware, once infected it will resend to everyone in your email addressbook, it tries to instal a picture viewer but you may see its web address as somethin.ru , ie russia, trust me, you dont want this.
 
Already had this sent to me from 2 people i know so i know its real

[Tino]

How do you get rid of it? I don't think I have it but just in case.

[Mr Rizla]

not sure to be honest, as most av products let it through, simplest solution is to use system restore and restore to a snapshot taken before you got the trojan

[Kaos]

If you get caught out by these trojans, there is no simple way of restoring your computer whilst been able to remove it, the only simple way is to reformat your computer and if your our backing up your computer before format, becarefull that you also dont backup the trojan as it will be back on your next new install of windows, tried and tested it is a B***ard to get rid off, another tip is if you do have it remove your internet connection immediatly whilst trying to deal with it

[Mr Rizla]

If you get caught out by these trojans, there is no simple way of restoring your computer whilst been able to remove it, the only simple way is to reformat your computer and if your our backing up your computer before format, becarefull that you also dont backup the trojan as it will be back on your next new install of windows, tried and tested it is a B***ard to get rid off, another tip is if you do have it remove your internet connection immediatly whilst trying to deal with it

have to disagree m8 with ur post but go for it if it makes u happy

[scorps]

whats a trojan   

[Spill]

Already had this sent to me from 2 people i know so i know its real

Sorry, but this is no guarantee of anything!
There are more emails concerning hoax virus/trojans warnings than there are viruses (virii ? )

[Spill]

whats a trojan   

It's a piece of software (like a photo, say) that looks good and worthwhile but in fact conceals an army of heavily armed trrops inside it.
 
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Or a virus.

[scorps]

oh one of those things you dont get on a mac lol

[Mr Rizla]

  your time will come ..