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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

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  • 1 decade ago
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    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...

  • 1 decade ago

    Download and run trojan removal tool from http://www.geeksjunction.com/technical%20support/v... to remove the trojan virus from the computer.

  • 1 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
  • 1 decade ago

    your friends don't like you.

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