Just got this come up on my laptop:

Trojan Horse on the System 32 file.......... Laptop runs Windows 2000.

Came up as being infected with this file extension:

IRC/BackDoor.SdBot.25.AA

Help!

 

 

Thanks for the help Dave, but this a work laptop, and is remotely serious.

 

Presumably you're already running a virus scanner which brought up the message. Disconnect from the network/internet and run a full virus scan. Make sure your virus scanner is up to date first though.

James

 

AVG is on the computer, but it may possibly be short of an update..........

That's what picked it up......... Wont let me heal or delete the file.......

 

http://securityresponse.symantec.com...oor.sdbot.html

 

got spysweeper mate that'll sort it

 

http://www.astonsoft.com/products/pd...es/whypdg/?110

 

Bill,

Not too technical, so I didn't understand all of that!

Is this a lot of work involved - really don't want to fuck this computer up!

 

Had this bastard for months, I run Norton anti-virus and its up-to-date but can not repair it, gives me this link which does explain how to remove it though not tried yet, let us know how you get on Pon, good luck

http://securityresponse.symantec.com...r.agent.b.html

 

Nath - plug it into the net and click this site;

http://uk.trendmicro-europe.com/cons...secall_pre.php

I got sent the link by a mate who debugs comps for a living - ran it and found 6 trojans in my HDD But this cleared em all no worries

And it's freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

 

try Stinger from Mcafee.

Search for McAfee Stinger in Google.

 

http://tds.diamondcs.com.au/index.php?page=download

 

Ade - Stinger was good.

Found two worm viruses, and repaired them.

Still wont cure the original Trojan virus though

 

ad-aware 6?????

spy sweeper ......... www.webroot.com

 

http://www.spywarefri.dk/forum/topic...ID=3837&#26713

If you can understand Danish

 

format / reinstall



failing that, i would do a search on the net regarding this particular virus and read the removal instructions.

some viruses are a bit nasty to get rid of, and may require booting in safe mode and editing the registry.

good luck tho!

 

Download evaluation version of Sophos

www.sophos.com

Gives full easy instructions on how to remove trojans

Also check that the trojan isn't running in the background, if it is you have to stop it, using 'Processes' dead easy to remove and quarantine then.

Also switch off System Restore while you are deleting it and turn off AVG if you download Sophos