How to remove Trojan WebDL-K

On that special day, Ekonomski fakultet, (danceunity@mail.com) said...

> on Windows Xp Professional...
> file infected is c:\windows\system32\aupdate.exe
>
> I don't have floppy disk.

Not good. One possibility is: Burn a bootable CD-Rom, add an anti-trojan
program, and use it for cleaning. If you need a (clean) boot disk, you
can try www.bootdisk.com, where you can download one.

But the name "WebDL-K" makes it look like this trojan is a downloader,
this means it will fetch one more program from internet and install it,
perhaps another trojan, and this trojan then can introduce some more
"friends".

Once it has itself installed, your PC will forever suffer from the
trojan. If you remove one, another will be there. It is like cockroaches
in the kitchen.

Better burn the house. Backup your data files (and NO programs), then
format the hard disk. Reinstall Windows on a completely pure hard disk.
Everything else is unsafe.

Think of Valve. Their computer was infected with a keylogger. The
keylogger sent passwords to "someone". The "someone" then logged into
the server of Valve, with the stolen password, and stole the complete
source code of Half Life 2. After the password had been reveiled, it was
too late to remove the keylogger, the harm had already been done.

A downloader can download and install many things, including a
keylogger. So, after the new Windows installation, you *must* change all
passwords.


Gabriele Neukam

Gabriele.Spamfighter.Neukam RemoveThis @t-online.de


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