Trojans.

ceprateek · #1 07-31-2007, 03:52 AM

These days you get a lot of trojans and most of anti virus don't attack them >so you need a trojan hunter software. It has a small kernel and doesn't slow your computer.

Smash · #2 07-31-2007, 04:18 PM

Also RootKits are missed by most and can often be nasty to remove (they reside out of the area most warez removers scan

).

AVG make a free RootKit detector and remover, but how effective it is I don't know, never had one luckily enough.

scorpiox · #3 07-31-2007, 07:07 PM

I use the rootkit detector on clients machines, as i do a lot of work on computer repair. Out of about 20 cases, im fairly sure it has only missed one, but i cant guarentee it. After the scans, the machines passed everything i could throw at them, i couldnt find anything out of the ordinary.

Also, Y'know, the best way to abandon viruses is to go Linux - there are a grand total of 2 viruses that have been found for the latest release of the (Free) Ubuntu (ubuntu.com) , plus they send out install CDs for free, and everything is great. I dont mean to advertise them, but Linux is the way forward :P

Smash · #4 07-31-2007, 08:00 PM

I've dual booted my machine couple of times with Ubuntu but the step from Windows to Linux is too big for me right now. Everything seems far more complicated and even after trying to get help on the support forum, it still frustrates me no end.

It's some I will have to learn eventually, but right now there are other, more easier things, like cold fusion, hehe.

scorpiox · #5 07-31-2007, 08:12 PM

Ill help if you want, Ubuntu does everything Windows does, it all nice and simple. The biggest loss for me was Dreamweaver, and im getting crossover office for that... Linux is definitely simpler and more user friendly, as well as making better use of the architecture of a pc. Its miles more efficient on the processor for 64bit machines, like my desktop, than XP, or even, dare i say it, Vista....

Smash · #6 07-31-2007, 10:31 PM

Thank you for the kind offer

I think I'm gonna wit though until I start Uni and hopefully the lecturer will be able to show be whilst I'm there. It's difficult enough showing people windows stuff over the net. and Linux being a whole now thing is impossible (for me) anyway.

No doubting how much people love it though. and being to learn both it and Apache web server fully is gonna make my step into getting a dedicated server much more stress free

ceprateek · #7 08-03-2007, 03:54 AM

@smash
root kits by some p2p networks are detected by trojanhunter and there is no upgrade required.

Smash · #8 08-03-2007, 07:05 PM

Originally Posted by ceprateek

@smash
root kits by some p2p networks are detected by trojanhunter and there is no upgrade required.

Hey thanks for that buddy

I'll have to check this out, a rootkit is my biggest fear virii wise, harder to detect than anything else I think, is most circumstances.

niki · #9 08-18-2007, 04:28 AM

Thanks ceprateek as these rootkits were also troubling me a lot as I use p2p networks a lot and my daily upload and download is about 4gb.