exe and trojans

[Muddy]

Not mentioning any names (this could just be coincidence), but since running an exe that someone posted on the General QA board, I get warnings from my firewall that a prog is trying to access the internet.

The prog name is a symbol.

How do I get rid of the thing?

[denniswrenn]

What's the program name?

[Muddy]

some kind of symbol, cant remember what exactly. pops up every few days.

[Muddy]

bump

[denniswrenn]

We can't help you until we know the name of the program.

[parksie]

What's the file path?

[Muddy]

my firewall doesnt report the path.

just says *symbol* is trying to access the web

*symbol* is a symbol Ive never seen before ( has an S in it tho)

[denniswrenn]

Could you take a screen shot what your firewall reports? (it prtscn and paste into your favorite image editor)....


BTW, your firewall should have a log file...

[Muddy]

Thanks Dennis. Ill try to get a screen shot next time.

The log converts the symbol to a vertical line and doesnt say anything about a path.

friend of mine ran some utility on my computer (cant remember the name of it) that listed all running progs with checkboxes by them. One prog was just a checkbox with a blank line. We unchecked it and havent had a reoccurrence yet. I still want to get rid of the prog though.

[parksie]

Was it msconfig?

[Muddy]

yes it was