Velocity Reviews - Computer Hardware Reviews

Velocity Reviews > Newsgroups > Computing > Computer Support > trojans

Reply
Thread Tools

trojans

 
 
Tab
Guest
Posts: n/a
 
      02-07-2007
Quick question--Are all trojans malware?


 
Reply With Quote
 
 
 
 
squaddie
Guest
Posts: n/a
 
      02-07-2007

"Tab" <> wrote in message
news:atKdncjJHeyn1VfYnZ2dnUVZ8t-...
> Quick question--Are all trojans malware?

Trojans are one class of malware.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec...o/malware.mspx


 
Reply With Quote
 
 
 
 
Bucky Breeder
Guest
Posts: n/a
 
      02-07-2007
"Tab" <> wrote in
news:atKdncjJHeyn1VfYnZ2dnUVZ8t-:
>
> Quick question--Are all trojans malware?



All but the ones you use to prevent child support and STD's.

--

A nice technique to keep a mob of peasants from killing your monster
is when they break into your castle; make them be real quiet: "Shhhhh!"
Then tiptoe over and open the door... There's the monster, sound asleep.
 
Reply With Quote
 
Walter Mautner
Guest
Posts: n/a
 
      02-08-2007
Tab wrote:

> Quick question--Are all trojans malware?


There are "management trojans" used for remote install support and others,
like corporate inventory purposes.
One could see vnc server as a trojan as well (there is a checkbox to hide
the tray icon)
--
vista policy violation: Microsoft optical mouse found penguin patterns
on mousepad. Partition scan in progress to remove offending
incompatible products. Reactivate MS software.
Linux 2.6.17-mm1,Xorg7.1/nvidia [LinuxCounter#295241,ICQ#4918962]
 
Reply With Quote
 
Tab
Guest
Posts: n/a
 
      02-08-2007

"Walter Mautner" <> wrote in message
news:c4vq94-...
> Tab wrote:
>
>> Quick question--Are all trojans malware?

>
> There are "management trojans" used for remote install support and others,
> like corporate inventory purposes.
> One could see vnc server as a trojan as well (there is a checkbox to hide
> the tray icon)
> --
>

I downloaded a file from an ebay seller and my avast Av found
Win32:Trojan-gen.{Delphi}in the file.Seller tells me to shut down Avast and
firewall and install the software and all will be ok.Im not sure if I should
do this.


 
Reply With Quote
 
Walter Mautner
Guest
Posts: n/a
 
      02-08-2007
Tab wrote:

> I downloaded a file from an ebay seller and my avast Av found
> Win32:Trojan-gen.{Delphi}in the file.Seller tells me to shut down Avast
> and firewall and install the software and all will be ok.Im not sure if I
> should do this.


Do a trend housecall scan, make a restore point, try to only unpack the
stuff (not yet install) and scan again with what you can get.
Most probably avast is giving a "gen"eric (false) alarm, but paranoia is
your friend.
When you finally install, do shut off avast and the firewall, but your
internet connection as well. Watch "netstat" output if it tries to connect
to somewhere, when nothing else requesting internet access is running. You
may have to start in "safe mode with networking" to completely get rid of
all the autoupdaters, for the test session.
--
vista policy violation: Microsoft optical mouse found penguin patterns
on mousepad. Partition scan in progress to remove offending
incompatible products. Reactivate MS software.
Linux 2.6.17-mm1,Xorg7.1/nvidia [LinuxCounter#295241,ICQ#4918962]
 
Reply With Quote
 
 
 
Reply

Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are Off


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
trojans sdowling ASP .Net 1 06-21-2005 06:56 PM
What's Latest Best Protection Against Current Worms, Trojans, Etc for Win98 Mike Computer Support 3 08-23-2003 09:13 PM
Re: eTrust EZ Antivirus and Trojans Barry Vee Computer Support 14 08-05-2003 08:33 AM
Re: eTrust EZ Antivirus and Trojans °Mike° Computer Support 0 08-04-2003 07:11 PM
Re: eTrust EZ Antivirus and Trojans @}-}-------Rosee Computer Support 0 08-04-2003 06:50 PM



Advertisments
 



1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57