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**chipkluchi** · 05-18-2010, 05:21 PM

you should be able to run your anti virus software and get it.........

Not if it is already infected. Most likely this will have wrecked your AV program and it will block install of a new one. I do this everyday and usually the only way I can remove this kind of program is to remove your HDD attach it to a clean computer and scan via the uninfected computer. Having this program on your computer is like having a double agent. It is secretly upsetting your attempts to clean the system. You can't use your compromised system to clean it. You have to use a known trusted clean computer.

Also many versions of this trap have rootkits that are separate and hide in the background recording what websites you visit (like online shopping sites or your bank) hoping to record finical data. So even if you remove the obvious signs of the program the backdoor is still open and the bad guys have pwnd your computer.

05-18-2010, 05:21 PM	#4
chipkluchi Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 398 Senior Member	you should be able to run your anti virus software and get it......... Not if it is already infected. Most likely this will have wrecked your AV program and it will block install of a new one. I do this everyday and usually the only way I can remove this kind of program is to remove your HDD attach it to a clean computer and scan via the uninfected computer. Having this program on your computer is like having a double agent. It is secretly upsetting your attempts to clean the system. You can't use your compromised system to clean it. You have to use a known trusted clean computer. Also many versions of this trap have rootkits that are separate and hide in the background recording what websites you visit (like online shopping sites or your bank) hoping to record finical data. So even if you remove the obvious signs of the program the backdoor is still open and the bad guys have pwnd your computer.
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