Industry News Home More stories like this... RSS Feed

Trojans 'can be difficult to remove'

The difficulties caused to one commentator's computer when infected by a trojan worm have convinced him of the importance of preventing repeat attacks.

Writing in the Bulletin, Ray Wilson asserts that there are few people who can claim to have an optimised machine that is sufficiently protected from malware.

However, having discovered that his own computer had been compromised by a virus in a "drive-by" infection, Mr Wilson states that removing problem programs can be as difficult as avoiding them.

"Nothing I tried would work." he explains. "The machine would freeze and not shut down - I had to do that manually. On the third restart I was able to get to 'safe mode'. [...] In the midst of the other software sat 'worm trojan'."

Trojans are malicious pieces of software masquerading as useful applications. Once installed on a machine, the problems resulting can vary in severity from being merely annoying to providing a "back door" for other malware to get on to the computer.

PC Tools, Experts in trojans and trusted by millions worldwide! Visit www.pctools.com to upgrade your protection.