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I think I got a trojan from a freeware...

PostPosted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 1:51 pm
by AirForcePi1o7
In the "FSX - Military" Section, I think I got a trojan from
http://www.simviation.com/simviation/?t ... 64&page=45
The KC-135...

Re: I think I got a trojan from a freeware...

PostPosted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 9:51 pm
by JBaymore
All files are checked before placing them into the file library.  Past history says there have been about zero occurances of this kind of situation........ but we'll take a look again anyway.  Unlikely to a very high degree.  I've alerted the webmaster.

It is possible that you might have had a false positive. 

What antivirus are you running?  What trojan did it say you had?

best,

.............john

Re: I think I got a trojan from a freeware...

PostPosted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 10:26 pm
by BigTruck
I have downloaded and installed the KC-135 with no issues here.  Like John said it was likely a false positive.  I am running the newest version of McAfee and nothing has shown up after two scans.  What antivirus are you running and when was the last update you did?

Re: I think I got a trojan from a freeware...

PostPosted: Sun Aug 29, 2010 2:00 am
by Hagar
Just to confirm what the others have said. I downloaded the file & scanned it with Avira & Malwarebytes. No virus or malicious items detected.

Re: I think I got a trojan from a freeware...

PostPosted: Sun Aug 29, 2010 4:35 pm
by AirForcePi1o7
I was using AVG Free... I'm not sure what else would have the trojan... Because It said it found it inside the KC-135. I was not downloading anything else, except for some B-52s from this website. But I know it wasn't a failure due to my AVG Free, because as I said, I got a trojan then I had to restore it then scanned before... Not sure then.

Re: I think I got a trojan from a freeware...

PostPosted: Sun Aug 29, 2010 4:37 pm
by AirForcePi1o7
Also Not sure of the types of Trojan Installers. I just knew it installed fake Anti Viruses and tried to make me buy them and infected everything. Oh and it said it had 3 Trojan Installers.

Re: I think I got a trojan from a freeware...

PostPosted: Sun Aug 29, 2010 4:47 pm
by Sir_Crashalot
Just scanned the file with the latest AVG Free version 9. No infections found.

Carlo ;)

Re: I think I got a trojan from a freeware...

PostPosted: Sun Aug 29, 2010 4:51 pm
by AirForcePi1o7
Then I'm clueless where the trojan came from... Maybe an infected download server? Or maybe I accidentally went to a site and it put it there? I dont know. I was on my normal websites...

Re: I think I got a trojan from a freeware...

PostPosted: Sun Aug 29, 2010 6:32 pm
by Steve M
I just scanned with Vipre, the best payware I've ever had. Scanned twice zipped and twice unzipped. No negative

Re: I think I got a trojan from a freeware...

PostPosted: Sun Aug 29, 2010 7:46 pm
by AirForcePi1o7
As I said, it said it came from that file. It wasn't malware either... but Yeah, not sure how it got there then.

Re: I think I got a trojan from a freeware...

PostPosted: Mon Aug 30, 2010 6:47 pm
by DarkOdius
Downloaded and scanned with Both AVG, & Eset security suite, No virus's or trojans hidden in the zip file...
The only other thing that I can thing of is that its from something that you have downloaded from somewhere else, As I have downloaded from here for numerous years now and have never once had a problem!

Re: I think I got a trojan from a freeware...

PostPosted: Mon Aug 30, 2010 10:06 pm
by JBaymore
Also Not sure of the types of Trojan Installers. I just knew it installed fake Anti Viruses and tried to make me buy them and infected everything. Oh and it said it had 3 Trojan Installers.


This description is a well known classic virus infection........ and a darn BAD one.

Re: I think I got a trojan from a freeware...

PostPosted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 1:44 pm
by AirForcePi1o7
Um, Yeah.. How would I get rid of it? Im sure its not on there, since I think AVG is one of the best, isnt it? (free atleasT)

Re: I think I got a trojan from a freeware...

PostPosted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 3:36 pm
by AirForcePi1o7
I just rescanned (While putting the lever thingy for the internet to "OFF") And I found 2 trojans (Generic) and 2 adware. Deleted them, Rescanned... Found nothing...

Re: I think I got a trojan from a freeware...

PostPosted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 4:00 pm
by alrot
Hey THAT's False!!

I have check all the hidden files there are