[geeks] filtering out web base trojan?

Jonathan C. Patschke jp at celestrion.net
Sun Mar 16 00:08:25 CDT 2008


On Sun, 16 Mar 2008, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:

> I have a problem with a persistent web based trojan that infects one
> computer of mine. I can get rid of it once it infects the computer, my
> antivirus finds it and hijack this and windows defender catches any
> startup registry entries.
>
> Occasionally it gets so bad I have to boot from a CD and remove the
> DLL it installs by hand.

Maybe don't use an account with administrative privileges all the time?

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