Subject: trojan

I'm not to familiar with computer viruses but I think I just had a trojan attack of some kind. I think I was able to get rid of it with my anti virus. It appears to have wiped my hard drive thou. Anyone have any tips or suggestions?

I had to download firefox again. oh crap lost all my stuff on my trainees......

download AVG Free.
1-you probably need to re-scan your drive to make sure there are not remnants of the virus on the drive.
2- make sure your anti-virus program ALSO has anti-rootkit (rootkits are virus type code that lay dormant, then become active. alot of anti-virus programs do NOT scan for rootkits)
3- if you continue to get virus or malware, turn OFF System Restore, then scan and reboot (alot of viruses reload with the System Restore setting on). after you are sure your computer is clean (after several scans) then you can turn System Restore back on.
4- if you anti-virus program allows, scan in SAFE MODE.

let me know if I can help

watch less porn...


but in all serious start your computer in safe mode and run AVG or whatever anti-virus software you have.

Is everything I lost gone for good?

IF you had to reinstall Firefox, or any other program, then you have probably written over the data files, but I am not sure. A true virus destroys data.
So there is a chance you did lose data.