Actually a trojan, I'm not sure what the difference is, anyway, be careful!

me to got a trogen it,s messed up one of my computers.yet to be looked at.as yet don,t know which site it came from.will let everyone know if i find out.

Just can't be too careful out there, guess that's why some of us keep on harping on not downloading every freebie you see. Do you know by any chance which site it might have come from? I know legitimate sites have been getting hijacked lately. I do SO wish these people would do something constructive with their time instead of writing these incredibly intricate but damaging programs. If all that brainpower were channeled into medicine or the space program, we'd have cured cancer and be living on Mars by now, grrr. Thanks, everyone, for the good anti-virus, spyware, etc. program advice. Hugs, Marji

Great advice! One can NEVER be too careful today!
*4U!

I hope all your files are ok and hav enot been affected.
Thats and awlful feeling when someone has messed with your computer.

what anti-virus software are you using?

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by mmgreyhounds 18 Jun 2009

Sophos, it is a business software, it is supposed to stop everything! I ran a virus scan and it did not detect anything. I found this because my sister's computer was hijacked so I was worried about mine. I downloaded anti spyware software to see if I had any of that on mine. The anti spyware program found it! So then I downloaded Avast antivirus to see if that program would find it and that did not detect anything either. I am baffled that I could have a trojan that was not caught by 2 antivirus programs.

yes i also got the kaspersky it is great it had a free trial so i downloaded it loved it and bought it A Trojan is a program that may appear to be legitimate, but in fact does something malicious. Trojans are often used to gain backdoor access - that is to say remote, surreptitious access, to a user's system. Trojans do not replicate as viruses do, nor make copies of themselves as worms do.

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by mmgreyhounds 17 Jun 2009

Thank you!

by marjialexa 18 Jun 2009

Nice definitions, Mary, and thanks for the site!! Hugs, Marji

Here is a list of the top 10 anti virus software titles...

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by mmgreyhounds 17 Jun 2009

Thank you!

by edithfarminer 18 Jun 2009

thanks for that, many never heard of.

Thanks so much for the ALERT *2U

Absolutely! I bought Kaspersky (anit virus software) and it's awesome. Will catch just about anything and the program download's the updated .dat files hourly.

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by mmgreyhounds 17 Jun 2009

I have never heard of that one, I'll have to look it up. thanks!

by mad14kt 17 Jun 2009

Happy to see ya Teri...FIESTA

by marjialexa 18 Jun 2009

My MacAfee is constantly updating, too, wonder if it caught this one? Have to look at Kaspersky, thanks, Teri!! Hugs, Marji