Trojan Virus

[Bill Peters]

I have picked up a nasty virus, I have managed to ID it as (VBTROJAN.17D1! MAXIMUS). It is attacking the Virus protection and not allowing it to run plus a number of other unpleasant things on my machine. I am running Windows XP w/Service Pack 3 on my Gateway 700X w/Intel 2.4 GHz Pentium 4. I have attempted to bring in another Virus program but it was shut down as soon as it hit the system. Any help would be greatly appreciated, I miss my puter.

[Taxmancometh]

Download this and burn it to CD, then boot the CD from BIOS. Avira AntiVir Rescue System - Download

How to Set BIOS to Boot from CDROM - www.hiren.info

[Bill Peters]

I am attempting to boot from the CD Drive in order to run a cleaning program to destroy a virus I picked up. I read the tutorial on how to change the boot order but no help there as my boot menu does not look anything like any of the ones used in the tutorial. My CD drive letters are “E” and “F” which do not appear in my boot menu. Over the last two days I have tried a number of changes to resolve this but to no avail. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Taxmancometh]

I don't know what to say. You have to be able to boot from CD some where otherwise you wouldn't be able to install an operating system.

[stroyal]

I think you are confusing Boot Menu, with BIOS, or set up screen, as boot order dose not ask for, or display drive letters.

As well as, I have never heard or seen a setup screen/BIOS screen any different than the one that Taxman posted.

There may be different options, the order may be different, and the colors may be different, but they all look the same.

When the POST screen shows, there will be, at the bottom of the screen "press BLANK to enter set up"


Blank could be DEL, F1 or, F2.

The window for pressing that key is only a second or 2.

If you have no POST screen, then try all 3 keys, 1 at a time.

As soon as you start the computer, repeatedly press the key you are trying, DON'T hold it down, as that won't work.

[stroyal]

It looks like the key to push is F1.

Here are the drivers, programs, and documentation.

Gateway Support - Downloads & Support Documents - Desktop / 700 Series / 700

It also looks like you have a recovery partition, that is entered, by pressing F11

[Bill Peters]

First I would like to thank everyone who has taken the time and interest to help me with this problem. Thus far it has been very frustrating, I am familiar with the System Setup menu which is where I went first to change the Boot order. This did not seem to work and the suggestion was made that I was not in the BIOS menu. I downloaded the documentation from Gateway and spent an hour or so trying to find some mention of how to access the BIOS (it was buried on page 63) fascinating stuff. Using this new information I proceeded to the same screen I had been accessing, more frustration. I took a picture of the screen to show what I had but I couldn’t get it to load so I typed the information out as it appears on my “System Setup Menu” As you can see I have changed the “Boot Device Priority” to the CD/DVD-ROM Drive, but it still does not boot from the CD drive. I checked the drive and it is active and working.

System Setup

Main Advanced Performance Security Power Boot Exit

Boot menu type <Normal>
Boot Device Priority <CD/DVD-ROM Drive>
<Hard Disk Drive>
<Floppy Drive>
<Ethernet>

Hard Drive Order <Intel Raid_O>
<ATAPI DVD A D>
<ATAPI DVD D D>

Removable Drive Order No Removable Drive
Boot to Hard Disk Drive <Enable>
Boot to Optical Devices <Enable>
Boot to Removable Devices <Enable>
Boot to Network <Enable>
USB Boot <Enable>
USB Mass Storage Emulation Type <Auto>

[stroyal]

What happens if you unplug all the drives, except the CD, will it boot to CD then?

[stroyal]

Also, many BIOS require you to "Press any key to boot from CD" at the appropriate time.

Can you see the post screen?
If not, there is a setting in the BIOS to turn it on, instead of the manufacturers logo.

[Bill Peters]

I went to the Boot menu and changed the “Boot Device Priority” to the <CD/DVD-ROM Drive> then I disabled the “Boot to Hard Disk Drive” menu item it still did not boot to the CD the final message on the screen was: PXE-MOF: Exiting Intel Boot Agent

[smartjenny]

Turn off system restore. Restart your computer.

While your computer is rebooting, press F8 to bring up a menu of boot options. You must press F8 at the moment just before Windows begins to load. Select Safe Mode.

Once your computer is restarted in safe mode, start your virus removal software. Have your software scan your computer. If your software detects any viruses, select the option to remove computer virus.

If your software does not find any computer viruses, make sure that you have the most up-to-date version and your virus library is up-to-date as well.

[stroyal]

The BOOT menu and the BIOS are 2 different things.

The BIOS only deals with the BIOS program, and the BOOT menu is part of windows, and could be infected.

You want to go into the BIOS, and change the boot order there.
Then boot to some device other than your hard drive, you can unplug the hard drive to make sure it is out of the loop.

[smartjenny]

Trojan horse is an internet virus that is very dangerous and hard to detect since it can mask itself to be harmless software yet will just surprise you with the huge damage it can do to your PC. It was named Trojan horse based from the famous Greek mythology because like the horse icon that secretly brought Greek soldiers to ruin the city of Troy, the virus also served as a gateway to other kinds of viruses to enter your computer. So better remove Trojan horse first so you can evade other nasty virus that will destroy your PC.


You usually acquire this horse virus when you download program over the net from unknown sources beguiling you of some free games or tools. In order for you to avoid it, you must resist the urge of clicking links that seemed suspicious, opening emails from unfamiliar senders and be very careful about downloading any programs on the internet. Remember that you can better protect your PC from any sort of Trojan horse generic if you know how to keep away from them in the first place.


So how Trojan horse upsets a computer? The first thing you’ll notice is that your PC starts to run slow; wherein it will take quite sometime before you can open a website. You’ll also notice the presence of more pop-ups. It will then allow other viruses to gain entry on your PC; plus take up huge amount of space on your hard drive that will result to your computer’s crash down. Yet the most harmful thing Trojan virus can do is gain access of your personal files and essential account numbers as well as your passwords. Just imagine what could be the outcome if hackers get a hold of these confidential documents.


You can get rid of this annoying and destructive Trojan horse by downloading an anti-virus on your computer. Select a program that is really effective in eradication a Trojan virus. After you have downloaded the antivirus software, carefully follow the steps on how to remove Trojan horse virus from computer efficiently. Most of the time, these steps will be automatically done for you. When you have successfully removed the Trojan horse, reboot and once again run the anti-virus scan. This type of virus usually hides in your registry so it will go back after you have rebooted.

[Taxmancometh]

I've seen a Trojan horse once at my door step. The little buggers wanted in but I kicked their butt.

[Interrupt]

Wow Jenny... wikipedia much?

And yet I'm finding Wikipedia doesn't seem to help this man's problems as much as Stroyal's support. Just sayin'!!!