I got the following virus: Trojan horse Downloader.Generic.NON

How do I get rid of it?

I got the following virus: Trojan horse Downloader.Generic.NON

How do I get rid of it?

Wear a condom next time.

But seriously...doesnt windows come with some kind of virus software you can run?

Edited March 27, 200619 yr by CD/BP

Go to http://housecall.trendmicro.com. It's a free online virus scanner. Once you get it out, go buy an antivirus program. I'd recommend Trend Micro's PC-Cillin. We use it at work and I have no complaints, plus it doesn't entrench itself into your system a la Norton Antivirus.

Yeah, until it expires.

EDIT: I'll try that, Z. Thanks.

Edited March 27, 200619 yr by NOS2006

Wait.. If I were to go to an earlier restore point, would it rid me of the virus?

Okay, so I run that system and the only thing it cannot delete is this vulnerability...

ASP.NET Path Validation Vulnerability (887219):

Transfering more information about this vulnerability...

An error occured while trying to retrieve more information about this vulnerability. There is currently no more information available.

A vulnerability in ASP.NET allows an attacker to bypass the security of an ASP.NET Web site, and access a machine. The attacker gains unauthorized access to some areas of the said...

What to do, what to do...

That's not a virus, but there's probably a patch that fixes it from MS. Just go to Windows Update and it should find a patch and download it.

try going back a week and restore . . . youhave a dell . . .

my gf got it and we couldnt save enough we had to reimage the computer soory man i cant help much but do that fast its time sensitive

Sweet! Windows Update came up with that particular update and no others.. what a coincidence. Or is it?

So, now to get rid of that "Virus Alert!" in the tray next to my time. It's a red circle with a line through it that blinks to a green handicap symbol...

NOS... If I may ask, what were you doing when you got that virus?

Anyways, my PC has had that virus several times. It still works... kinda. It didn't seem all that harmful, although it, along with all the other viruses and spyware it's seen, thoroughly f@#ked up my PC. I recently just restored the hard drive for the 5th or 6th time... and you know what? It's still f@#ked up. Damn thing....

ill tell ya what he was doing . . . myspace

No, I tried to watch a video and it said it was mandatory to download this file to watch certain videos. Well, my computer doesn't show a lot of vids, so I tried it out and it hurt the comp even more lol.

I found a sweet virus forum online and they've told me exactly how to fix it.. So I'm doing that after work tonight.. Thanks for the help, guys.