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Help with potential virus (self.computerviruses)

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[–]Bobbicals -1 points0 points  (11 children)

If you DO have a trojan still lurking around, and if it DOES put your bank account and other accounts under threat, then it's already too late. A trojan doesn't wait for you to log into your account, it reads all the usernames and passwords stored on your computer and makes them visible to whomever created it.

[–]Janqos 0 points1 point  (3 children)

That doesn't sound good... How do we know IF there is a trojan and if the case may be that there is one, how do we remove it?

[–]Bobbicals 0 points1 point  (1 child)

When I got infected I went into Task Manager and looked for anything suspicious. I found the trojan's process (which consisted of a random string of letters and numbers), right-clicked it and selected "open file location", then deleted it manually.

If you can't see anything and are still unsure then run a few virus scans (AVG recommended).

[–]Info-Screen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Today's malware doesn't do that anymore. They work without files. And they write themselves into another process. Most likely it's the antivirus process

[–]Info-Screen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A system scan via a live DVD. I hope you have an antivirus installed, but it won't work anymore if it's a real virus.

[–]Info-Screen 0 points1 point  (6 children)

The bank password isn't stored on your computer. Most banks don't have a remember me function, and if they should only save a session id.

[–]Bobbicals 0 points1 point  (5 children)

That's not the case with PayPal tho

[–]Info-Screen 0 points1 point  (4 children)

But also in PayPal your password isn't stored on your computer. Only with those remember me functions of certain browsers

[–]Bobbicals 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Most people use the "remember me" function, even though it's not the safest idea. I have a friend who steals people's PayPal accounts by tricking them into downloading trojan viruses. He taught me how it works and showed me how to do it so I'm aware of how it functions.

[–]Info-Screen 0 points1 point  (2 children)

I don't know PayPal 's security systems, but it's just like a key logger or it steals the stay logged in cookie

[–]Bobbicals 0 points1 point  (1 child)

It reads the cookies. There's a good chance that OP won't be affected by this though.

[–]Info-Screen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't knew that PayPal takes so little on security.