johnoo Posted December 17, 2015 Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 Just opened a message from "LinkedIn" & it put this Trojan onto my machine. AVG picked it up & I secured it to the virus vault. I have also got rid of the original message My question:- Has it done any damage ? Please note I took these actions directly so it was only on machine for very short time. Just interested in how these Trojans work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanHo Posted December 17, 2015 Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 Download and run the free version of Malwarebytes to double check that AVG cleared all of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnoo Posted December 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 6 minutes ago, AlanHo said: Download and run the free version of Malwarebytes to double check that AVG cleared all of it. Alan, Thanks, should have said that I ran Malwarebytes & it found nothing. Also did a complete AVG scan again & nothing found. Does this infer I'm OK? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanHo Posted December 17, 2015 Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 I guess so - I'm no expert on malware though. I have the paid for version of Malwarebytes on my desktop and laptop computers which actively monitors all web traffic to my machines. It's surprising how much stuff it intercepts. I also have Web of Trust loaded which puts red flags on the items listed on the browser search results page if sites are known to be dodgy, an amber flag warning you to proceed with caution and a green flag giving you the all clear. (I also wear rubber gloves when using the computer in case a virus escapes via the keyboard or mouse)..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnoo Posted December 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 Alan, Thanks again, think I will borrow wife's rubber gloves. Also would you suggest a facemask as additional protection? If anyone has more experience than Alan on Malware please advise if I'm OK to just use the machine again. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted December 17, 2015 Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 You should be fine, but to be extra extra sure - you could do a System Restore back to a point before this happened Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnoo Posted December 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 Boris, Many thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TearDrops Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 I've been getting messages from linked in and microsoft with trojans in them too. They look like genuine emails. The internet is so unsafe right now. Will download malware bytes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnoo Posted January 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 Teardrops, Do you run any other form of Anti Virus? I use AVG, it's free, but plenty of advise on this forum to check out other Anti Virus software. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted January 12, 2016 Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 I have malware bytes on my desk to too. If something bad happens,and this is very rare because I am careful,I always disable system restore before running the scan,in case anything is lurking in the restore files. Re-enable system restore afterwards and create a new restore point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted January 28, 2016 Report Share Posted January 28, 2016 "I have malware bytes on my desk to too." I have some scratches on my desk that are quite deep. I though it might have been caused by a mouse that needed to visit a chiropodist, but after reading your above observation I will see if there are any malwares about. I suppose one can never be too careful about these things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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