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why is it that two times i have clicked on links i get trojans?
I HAVE RECENTLY CLICKED ON LINKS BY OTHERS AND BOTH TIMES GOT TROJANS
4 Answers
- CanadaRAMLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
Bad luck, or poor choice in websites you visit.
You have to make sure you have completely deleted the trojan. Follow this:
First download the following (if the virus is blocking your internet, you may have to download these on another machine and burn to CD or copy to a USB memory stick)
Malwarebytes: http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php
Superantispyware: http://www.superantispyware.com/superantispywarefr...
CCleaner (cleans out caches) http://www.ccleaner.com/
Avast! 4 Home: http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html
Now, start the machine in Safe Mode (hit the F8 function key as the machine boots up, and choose Safe mode)
Turn off System Restore on your machine, but only until you get this fixed - many of these trojans get copied into the System Restore files, which anti-virus programs aren't allowed to touch and the viruse could reinstall themselves from there. My Computer > Properties > System Restore.
Then run Malwarebytes, and clean everything it says
Then run Superantispyware
Then run Avast - If a virus infection is persistent, use Avast to do a boot-scan - click on "schedule boot-scan" and restart the computer
Then run CCleaner
Then turn System Restore back on.
Now install the antivirus program and antispyware program of your choice to do continuous scanning, and make sure you keep it up to date.
Always keep your Windows, web browser and Java software up to date - frequent patches are released to plug security holes.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/149298/10_quick_fix...
Spyware Blaster blocks the URLs of known malware sites from your browser http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,23106/de...
McAfee Site Advisor flags websites security risks as you browse: http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,62594-or...
- Answers4ULv 41 decade ago
Download and run trojan removal tool from http://www.geeksjunction.com/technical%20support/v... to remove the trojan virus from the computer.
- theboy295Lv 51 decade ago
The website you are going on has a trojan or there is one already on your computer. do a scan and if there is no trogan on your computer then the website you are going on has a trojan on it
Source(s): This happened to me before. I blocked a trojan today