Trojan Horses (and other horrible shit)

lovecry · Post by **lovecry** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 12:16 pm

Without getting too technical, does anyone here have any idea how trojan horses work on computers?

The reason I ask is because about a year ago I got a copy of fruity loops 9 (illegally, to be fair) and only now has it been show to contain a trojan in the .exe file.

It was scanned by Windows Defender as having 'Trojan:Win32/Tikuffed.CV'.

So what - do they just sit there waiting for something to activate them? I've been using this program for ages with no problems.

Can anyone spell this out for me in layman's terms?

Cheers

DRTY · Post by **DRTY** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 12:34 pm

Basically everytime you type stuff in on your computer it's logged. Passwords, bank deets etc etc etc

I'm joking. Maybe.

Really, I don't know though.

lovecry · Post by **lovecry** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 12:48 pm

ha, I read that and I was like

magma · Post by **magma** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 1:04 pm

DZA · Post by **DZA** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 1:08 pm

DRTY wrote:Basically everytime you type stuff in on your computer it's logged. Passwords, bank deets etc etc etc

I'm joking. Maybe.

Really, I don't know though.

Nah you speak the truth

Its job is to track things youre doing on ya pc

magma · Post by **magma** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 1:10 pm

lovecry wrote:Without getting too technical, does anyone here have any idea how trojan horses work on computers?

The reason I ask is because about a year ago I got a copy of fruity loops 9 (illegally, to be fair) and only now has it been show to contain a trojan in the .exe file.

It was scanned by Windows Defender as having 'Trojan:Win32/Tikuffed.CV'.

So what - do they just sit there waiting for something to activate them? I've been using this program for ages with no problems.

Can anyone spell this out for me in layman's terms?

Cheers

I just realised my picture wasn't very helpful.

It really depends on the Trojan.. Google is your best bet for working out what an individual one does. Some log information and pass it around the Internet, some just spread themselves by hijacking your Address Book and e-mailing themselves to your mates, some e-mail your Mum your Internet Explorer history*

A quick Google of that one give this:

http://social.answers.microsoft.com/For ... b6328892b9

Which might suggest you don't have much of a problem at all... apart from a bit of a shit virus detector!

*this might not be true

FSTZ · Post by **FSTZ** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 1:18 pm

DZA wrote:
DRTY wrote:Basically everytime you type stuff in on your computer it's logged. Passwords, bank deets etc etc etc

I'm joking. Maybe.

Really, I don't know though.
Nah you speak the truth

Its job is to track things youre doing on ya pc

yep pretty much that

Takeover or Takedown

firky · Post by **firky** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 1:21 pm

Get a proper AV such as Eset and you'll (should) be OK, loads of crap AVs throw up threats when there is nothing there and miss them when there is something. But um, yeah... trojans are bad, do many different things. From just annoying you to more sinister stuff.

DZA · Post by **DZA** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 1:23 pm

avast FTW!
And its free

aftee · Post by **aftee** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 1:25 pm

just about anything can happen if you've been infected with a trojan

firky · Post by **firky** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 1:26 pm

DZA wrote:avast FTW!
And its free

VIRUS DATABASE UPDATED

I shit myself every f'ing time.

DZA · Post by **DZA** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 1:27 pm

firky wrote:
DZA wrote:avast FTW!
And its free
VIRUS DATABASE UPDATED

I shit myself every f'ing time.

Yeah its says it proper load

lovecry · Post by **lovecry** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 1:30 pm

Cheers for the advice everyone - much appreciated!

Y_H · Post by **Y_H** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 2:00 pm

DZA wrote:avast FTW!
And its free

This!

FSTZ · Post by **FSTZ** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 2:11 pm

I have avast on all of my machines, it's good stuff

but I also don't torrent or go to pr0n sites, etc..

amick · Post by **amick** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 2:14 pm

I've found AVG fairly useless.

Looks like i'm going to cross over to eset or avast.

DZA · Post by **DZA** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 2:28 pm

amick wrote:I've found AVG fairly useless.

AVG is a pile of shit

deadly_habit · Post by **deadly_habit** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 3:42 pm

avg gives false positives
avast is a resource hog and VIRUS DATABASE UPDATED!
avira is my current fave

amick · Post by **amick** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 3:49 pm

Surely there's a website that reviews every Anti Virus software out there.

I think its wrong to pirate anti virus software. It's like stealing a lock for your door. lol.

DZA · Post by **DZA** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 4:09 pm

amick wrote:Surely there's a website that reviews every Anti Virus software out there.

I think its wrong to pirate anti virus software. It's like stealing a lock for your door. lol.

Avast comes out top most of the time

plus you dont need to pirate it cus its free
Win win

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