# Viruses | Trojans | Worms

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/viruses-trojans-worms/34528>\
**Category:** random\
**Created:** [November 3, 2003, 6:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/viruses-trojans-worms/34528 "2003-11-03T18:58:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![telekinesis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5ac83/32.png) [@telekinesis](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/telekinesis)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2003, 6:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/viruses-trojans-worms/34528/1 "2003-11-03T18:58:06Z")

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Our image server has one of these, not quite sure. When we erase all the files it creates and restart the computer, all the files are back on. There is a message on the server saying “Hacked by [ignorant hacker name here]”. I forgot the exact name, but that does not matter.

Does Ad-aware seak out Trojans or Worms like this?

Some how it got past Norton!

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2003, 7:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/viruses-trojans-worms/34528/2 "2003-11-03T19:00:13Z")

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Download AVG from [grisoft.com](http://grisoft.com), install, before you run rename avgw.exe to scan.exe for example and execute scan.exe. Should detect them. Norton doesn’t detect nothing.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2003, 8:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/viruses-trojans-worms/34528/3 "2003-11-03T20:15:42Z")

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Go to Symantec site and look for the new viruses. There might be a special tool available to cure it… Also they describe in detail the behavior of the virus/trojan/worm. If it is similar to what’s happening on your server, then it must be it.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2003, 8:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/viruses-trojans-worms/34528/4 "2003-11-03T20:36:56Z")

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> \*Originally posted by telekinesis \*  
> \*\*Our image server has one of these, not quite sure. When we erase all the files it creates and restart the computer, all the files are back on. There is a message on the server saying “Hacked by [ignorant hacker name here]”. I forgot the exact name, but that does not matter.

Does Ad-aware seak out Trojans or Worms like this?

Some how it got past Norton! \*\*

Many good hackers can pass Norton like it wasn’t there. Ⓜ

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2003, 8:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/viruses-trojans-worms/34528/5 "2003-11-03T20:39:27Z")

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Norton Sucks period…

Try avg… Like stated above… or

Bitdefender…

Both are excellent products… 🙂

Ad-Aware kind-a skips over alot of stuff too…

> **[CNET Download.com](http://download.cnet.com/windows/)**
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> CNET is the premier destination for tech product reviews, news, price comparisons, free software downloads, videos, and podcasts.

Then search for…

Spybot

Grab the one that says Spybot : Search and Destroy… Install and run… ten times better than Ad-Aware 🙂