WARNING: A TROJAN INFECTED SITE

[harmonyhex]

I got this too, but not from AW. Not sure what site I got it from. I look at too many naughty sites hehe.

Malware bytes is probly one of the best free programs to use to get rid of it.

When I got it, it wouldn't let me use IE or Chrome but I could use Firefox.

I got rid of it by --

Reboot in safe mode with networking. Open IE. In internet options, go to connections and untick the two proxy settings boxes in LAN connections. Download and run Malware bytes.

[Ron T. Storm]

It was AW. I only view AW and the default MSN page in Internet Explorer.

What happened was I did not have Service Pack 2 installed for Vista. Without Service Pack 2 the trojan happily loaded itself. Once I had removed the trojan and loaded Service Pack 2 it was fine.

I thought I was up to date with my Vista updates but wasn't and that is why I caught the trojan.

[Ron T. Storm]

PS. Thank you guys and girls for helping me sort this problem out. !grin!

[phil solo]

Worth bearing in mind that you should, if you haven't done so already, probably turn off the "drive-by download" setting in IE to stop stuff automatically installing on your system without your consent.

In IE8 Go to Tools/Option/Advanced and look at the Security settings - untick "Allow software to run or install even if the signature is invalid" - this should help stop most of these kinds of infections.

[joe king]

It seems you can't just let it download itself.
You have to do something, like clicking a button.

[Ron T. Storm]

I thought that too but technically 'injected code' into a page can circumvent IE using flaws in it where it hastn be'en patched. My PC wasn't patched with Service Pack 2. Whenever I get anything asking me to click yes or even cancel I do alt control delete and force a shutdown of the browser to avoid stuff being loaded.

What got me this time was that I hadn't looked at any other site than AdultWork or MSN.com and got the trojan.

[Johnnyboy 22]

Ron the first thing you did wrong as you said was not having service pack 2 installed with vista. I dont think the trojan came from the site more likely with SP2 not being installed. For everyone out there malwarebytes is a must download and please get yourself a free antivirus either AVG or avira. I myself use a macbook and never had a problem in the 3 months ive had it. I would never go back to using windows just to much hassle.

[jimslip]

Since I've installed Avast home edition a few years ago, it's detected every thing that has come my way. It's free if you register the copy.

[Ron T. Storm]

I use Avast as well and It didn't detect this one. In fact the trojan turned off Avast.

[RoddersUK]

I honestly think that any virus writer who is caught should be sho,t if in a country with the death penalty, and locked away for the rest of their fucking life if in one without.