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Maybe some of you already noticed in the past couple of days that there's a trojan going around in the community. Once a computer is infected your messenger will send a link to your friends which contains the trojan, probably you already received this message once.

That's how the message looks like:
NAME: wie findest du das foto :D
NAME: "images.photobucket.mylexa.com/show_images.php?id=3&image=IMG0737830249202010.JPG"
(I removed the hyperlink sothat you wont open it randomly)

However, once you're infected there is no way yet to clean the computer (no, not even with G Data^^). Even if your AV says it removed or put it under quarantine there will probably still be infected, undetected files.
However if you have (or think you had) this trojan on your computer, save your private data on a different HDD (it is important that you only save such things as movies, pictures etc. no .exe, .bat files) and reinstall Windows. Once you did this, you have to change all your passwords.

If you want to check if you have this trojan on your PC, download this tool and scan your PC:
http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php

But even if it says it removed the trojan, there is a high risk that some files are still infected so you should reinstall Windows anyway.

But it would be better if you just do not open the link anyway. ;-)

I hope you guys will be carefull.

For more information open this link (German):
http://forum.avira.com/wbb/index.php?pa ... dID=114764
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Well that's a good topic, but when I receive a message like this one I just close the windows and block the user.
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Thanks to let us know, Iron!
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1. Format your Hard Disk
2. Install Linux
3. ???
4. PROFIT

(oh and don't forget to change your passwords tough ;))
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ToXic wrote:1. Format your Hard Disk
2. Install Linux
3. ???
4. PROFIT

(oh and don't forget to change your passwords tough ;))
There are less trojans and viruses for Linux than for Windows, but you can not run all programs so it would not be my first choice. If you just act carefully with Windows there should not be many problems at all.
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ToXic wrote:1. Format your Hard Disk
2. Install Linux
3. ???
4. PROFIT

(oh and don't forget to change your passwords tough ;))
Linux...

Stop bringing the mentality of the Heise-Forum in here...
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I have been infected like 2 years ago, and my brother has succesfully removed it from my computer with using about 5 different anti-virus. Actually, the same virus was divided in several files so it was quite hard to find all of them...
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Thanks for letting us know. Luckily I never had problems with such things before. Linux is no option for ppl who want to play. I use both systems: Linux and Windows. Distributions like Ubuntu are very good but it's better for office work and programming.
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S.T.O.R.M. wrote: but it's better for office work and programming.
How exactly is it better?

I don't see a difference actually. We have Open Office e.g. also for Windows. There is no difference between the Windows and the Linux version. And all important coding frameworks and environments also run with Windows.

The only argument for Linux are computer which are ONLY running Office and some internet things etc. Then you can save money if you don't need to buy Windows.
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