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samurai768 wrote:

Hello?

Hi, how are you? 

I think it steals information...

Why do you ask? Is someone trying to give you a trojan?

Last edited by terminator68 (2010-08-11 22:48:32)

terminator68 wrote:

I think it steals information...

Why do you ask? Is someone trying to give you a trojan?

No. My computer says I have two.

cheddargirl wrote:

A Trojan deceptively looks like an innocent executable program. In actuality, it causes you computer to be more vulnerable by allowing for unauthorized access to the computer (the vulnerability depends on what the Trojan is designed to do).

Oh no. Well, we haven't opened or downloaded anything in a long time.

I wonder how we got them.

samurai768 wrote:

cheddargirl wrote:

A Trojan deceptively looks like an innocent executable program. In actuality, it causes you computer to be more vulnerable by allowing for unauthorized access to the computer (the vulnerability depends on what the Trojan is designed to do).

Oh no. Well, we haven't opened or downloaded anything in a long time.

I wonder how we got them.

Maybe a website that you visited recently? There's more than one way to get a Trojan onto the computer.

samurai768 wrote:

Well, my dad isn't home and I don't know what to do! My virus protection program says they are quarantined.

That's actually good, it mean the protection program blocked them from doing any more damage. 

Last edited by cheddargirl (2010-08-11 22:57:36)

cheddargirl wrote:

samurai768 wrote:

cheddargirl wrote:

A Trojan deceptively looks like an innocent executable program. In actuality, it causes you computer to be more vulnerable by allowing for unauthorized access to the computer (the vulnerability depends on what the Trojan is designed to do).

Oh no. Well, we haven't opened or downloaded anything in a long time.

I wonder how we got them.

Maybe a website that you visited recently? There's more than one way to get a Trojan onto the computer.

I visited scratch and AOL. And my sister visited fantage, club penguin, and webkins, and I have no record of anything else. I'm actually very scared now!

I'm not very sure, but we had a virus that might have something to do with the problem. It was a fake antivirus program, and it was really bad.

terminator68 wrote:

Yep. Don't download mp3s from sites, because they may contain harmful trojans and viruses.

Well, just because an Mp3 might have a virus on it, doesn't mean you can't download it. You just have to be cautious...

Trojans don't usually steal password information, they usually just lay dormant in your system, then download the keyloggers to do that.
Although, some just get your private server information and sell it to ad companies, who, in turn, spam your every mouse click

Ugh, I hate Trojans. I go on Youtube and Bulbapedia (Bulbapedia is a online Pokemon encyclopedia created by the same company who made Wikipedia), and I don't want Trojan companies to find out I like Lucario and Riolu! I hope the Trojan you got isn't like that?


Sorry, I got a little melodramatic there. That's the usual me 

ScratchReallyROCKS wrote:

Yes, a Trojan is disguised as a normal program, but is really a virus.

The reason it's called a Trojan is because, a long, long time ago, the Trojan army tricked their enemy into believing they had retreated, and made a giant wooden horse that the enemy thought was a gift for winning the war. It turns out, that horse was full of Trojan soldiers, who came out that night to really finish the war.

Who taught you history. The Greeks made the wooden horse and filled it up with soldiers. They gave it to the Trojan who took in inside and at night the Greeks came out and killed the Trojans.

terminator68 wrote:

samurai768 wrote:

I'm not very sure, but we had a virus that might have something to do with the problem. It was a fake antivirus program, and it was really bad.

Those are tricky  ...

Perhaps ONLY use a antivirus program from a major company you trust. Windows comes with one.

Yeah, those fake antivirus programs are the worst kind because you think they'll protect you then they turn you computer into a zombie or a reflector.

If you don't know what those are, the hacker hacks into computers, turning them into zombies. The zombies then send spam to the reflectors, which then reflect it onto a target.