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DNS Trojan still there after new install and reformat.Could You Be Infected With Hidden Trojan?Can anyone speak to how they were actually infected with the trojan in the first place?Also, a testament to how rilient the dns trojan is.My system was infected. Windows Update page was redirected to goole/english.Now my system has 2 drives. One with just XP/OS and a few installed games, and all of myData on a seperate drive.So, feeling the need to do a fresh install.I used and booted from the OEM CD with XP.DELETED the C Partition during the XP install, and Reformated NTFS.Finsihed the rest of the install.Booted.Went to Windows Update, so I could install SP-3...And (insert drum roll...)DENIED! back to GOOGLE. Say WHAT???No THATS! a trojan. No sure how that is possible and I am NO newbie to OS installs.So thanks to article like this I downloaded the trojan remover, It detected in as being bound toMy network cards, and removed it.Still feeling icky...I started the install OVER again, also deleted Partition and Formated NTFS again.Now my PC is minty clean :)Just thought I'd share.-reply by D. Niteshade

 

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Symantec Corporate doesnCould You Be Infected With Hidden Trojan?

I work in an environment where every computer has Symantec Corporate Edition Firewall/AV on it, and I can say from firsthand experience that the application doesn't do ANYTHING to protect against malware, trojans, spyware, keyloggers, etc.  All it does seemingly is slow down the computer's startup, give warnings every few days (5) when its definitions haven't been updated (or touched), and the firewall can't be seen by Windows on some setups causing the Security Center to warn you that there's no firewall, but testing confirms it's there.  (What good it's doing is still questionable.)

 Symantec used to make good disk utilities... Now they seem to be built to work with Windows rather than do anything on their own.  They made a good AV program at one time, too.  When my lasst subscription ran out, however, I decided not to renew.  It's not worth the money when there are cheapware/freeware solutions that do a better job.

 Sorry, Symantec, but  you lost my vote... Maybe if I were still using FAT32, or your software were better able to recover NTFS data... I'm hoping Symantec comes back as a great software company... TheyNever did me wrong, but their programs of late have been almost fancySkins for the Windows programs.  (Norton Disk Doctor, for example, runsThe EXACT same scan, takes the EXACT same time, and gives the EXACTSame output, as running the disk test from drive properties.)

 My current choices are AVG, MalwareBytes (which I'm wavering on purchasing a license for real-time protection), Spybot (although they've lost their touch), and a little program called Unlocker which allows you to delete, rename, move, etc.  files that are "in use" such as your index.Dat files. 

Hopefully this helps someone out indetermining where they want to put their money...

-reply by Jeff