Found a Trojan horse virus on my PC

[Doggiedog]

Something called Loonybot.

I can't find much info on it but do you think I should change my passwords? I use the PC to online bank frequently.

 

[Anubis]

first get rid of teh virus and then change your passwords

 

[Muadib]

Originally posted by: Doggiedog
Something called Loonybot.

I can't find much info on it but do you think I should change my passwords? I use the PC to online bank frequently.

Better safe than sorry!

 

[Krazy4Real]

Originally posted by: Muadib

Originally posted by: Doggiedog
Something called Loonybot.

I can't find much info on it but do you think I should change my passwords? I use the PC to online bank frequently.

Better safe than sorry!

I'd agree. Were you running any antivirus software on it? Or did you just install some and then find the virus?

 

[Platypus]

flatten and reinstall

 

[Doggiedog]

Originally posted by: Krazy4Real

Originally posted by: Muadib

Originally posted by: Doggiedog
Something called Loonybot.

I can't find much info on it but do you think I should change my passwords? I use the PC to online bank frequently.

Better safe than sorry!

I'd agree. Were you running any antivirus software on it? Or did you just install some and then find the virus?

Yes.

I've got Etrust EZ antivirus, ad aware, Zone Alarm on simultaneous which is front ended by a router.

I must have d/led it somehow and got it on my PC.

 

[Ness]

Originally posted by: Doggiedog
I must have d/led it somehow and got it on my PC.

Ya don't say. Here I thought it might have just written itself on your PC.

 

[TheAudit]

You should have burned it like Paris said to.

 

[Doggiedog]

Originally posted by: Ness

Originally posted by: Doggiedog
I must have d/led it somehow and got it on my PC.

Ya don't say. Here I thought it might have just written itself on your PC.

You do know you can get worms just from leaving your computer hooked up to the web right?

 

[DrPizza]

Originally posted by: Ness

Originally posted by: Doggiedog
I must have d/led it somehow and got it on my PC.

Ya don't say. Here I thought it might have just written itself on your PC.

ya know... if life could have spontaneously sprung forth from the primordial ooze, who's to say that a virus might not one day spring forth?

 

[Johnbear007]

Originally posted by: Doggiedog

Originally posted by: Ness

Originally posted by: Doggiedog
I must have d/led it somehow and got it on my PC.

Ya don't say. Here I thought it might have just written itself on your PC.

You do know you can get worms just from leaving your computer hooked up to the web right?

how?

 

[ViRGE]

Originally posted by: Johnbear007

Originally posted by: Doggiedog

Originally posted by: Ness

Originally posted by: Doggiedog
I must have d/led it somehow and got it on my PC.

Ya don't say. Here I thought it might have just written itself on your PC.

You do know you can get worms just from leaving your computer hooked up to the web right?

how?

They can take advantage of unpatched Windows network vulnerabilities, if there's no firewall in place to stop that.

 

[digitalsm]

Loony is a standard client/server backdoor trojan.

 

[MacBaine]

Leave it alone, it's an offering to the gods.