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I'm posting this on my sister's behalf
« on: February 12, 2007, 12:07:45 pm »
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She has a virus and three trojans in her AVG Free Virus Vault, and doesn't know how to get rid of them.

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Yesterday, my friend sent me a link over MSN, leading to a site called "http://www25.emoprofile.net/emo.php?msn=(my hotmail address)". I went there and my computer ran a file which infected a file in my Windows directory.

The infected file is called "HOSTS". I can't seem to find directions of removing it on the internet...

I'm running Windows XP, and my anti-virus is AVG Free Edition.

I also used AVG Free to move the file to my Virus Vault, where I have three other trojans.

The other trojans in my Virus Vault are:

  • Generic3.AS
  • Downloader.Generic.HGT
  • Downloader.Generic3.GNC

Any help?

According to the internet, the HOSTS file is going to reappear infected again upon reboot, but we've yet to see if that actually happens...
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Re: I'm posting this on my sister's behalf
« Reply #1 on: February 12, 2007, 11:50:14 pm »
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It could be spyware. Either way just Google around and you usually find solutions.

And tell her not to friggen click on links you don't know. She was probably using IE5 or something. As that thing just downloads all the spy-ware instantly.
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Re: I'm posting this on my sister's behalf
« Reply #2 on: February 13, 2007, 07:00:27 am »
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Delete them from the Vault, full stop. Check your startup apps for the name and disable it running, too.
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