How to Find Moving Trojan Viruses

Find and eliminate moving Trojan viruses.

Trojans can infect your computer in many ways. They can come in via web browser, e-mail, other software you download from the Internet, or an external hard drive or memory stick. A Trojan can damage your computer by erasing or overwriting data, spreading other types of viruses, deactivating antivirus, or allowing criminals remote access to your computer. If you think you might have a Trojan, it's important that you remove it. However, by the time you realize you have a Trojan, your antivirus probably has been deactivated. There are free programs on the Internet that can eliminate a Trojan virus, even when it moves from place to place within your PC.

Instructions

Trojan Remover

1. Unplug any external hard drive you have installed.

2. Download and save Trojan Remover to your computer.

3. Go to your Downloads folder and double-click the program icon. Follow on-screen installation instructions.

4. Open the program, unless it opens automatically. Make sure you have selected drive C: to be scanned. Click "Start" so the program will start detecting the Trojan viruses. Select the eliminate option to remove any infected files when the program has finished scanning.

5. Run the program a second time to get any other moving Trojan files, and eliminate any virus files found on the second scan.

6. Restart the computer and run the Trojan Remover one more time, then use normally.

AVG Free Edition

1. Dowload AVG free edition and save to your hard drive.

2. Follow steps 1 to 4 from Section 1.

3. Delete any Trojan files. If you cannot delete them, quarantine them.

4. Scan the computer a second time and again delete any infected files the program finds.

5. Re-start your PC, open AVG and re-scan the computer a third time, then continue with normal use.

Avira

1. Download the free version of Avira Antivir Personal.

2. Follow steps 1 through 4 of Section 1.

3. Delete or quarantine infected files.

4. Run Avira a second time and again delete or quarantine infected Trojan files.

5. Restart the PC and run Avira a third time before using the computer normally.

References

• CNet Reviews: Best Free Trojan Removers