Need Help; Trojan Horse Infection in Windows!

[Terry McCracken]

trojan horse agent.4.P C:\WINDOWS\system32dxtmsftt.dll

How do I remove it from the windows system?

I'm scanning now.

What antivirus program do you use Terry.

I'm using AVG 8 on my old system which was infected. I think I got rid of it all. Infact as the warnings came in I moved it all to the vault and scanning showed no trace of the infections.

[Stephen Ham]

Off-topic, tounge-in-cheek, pedantic mini-rant:

The term "Trojan Horse" always annoys me a little, because it's so unfair: The Trojans were the victims of the dirty horse trick.

Tord

Good point, Tord! It should be Greek Horse or better yet, Achaean Horse. Does this semantic oddity exist in other languages too, such as Norsk?

I suppose that many things simply derive their name from the location where they were introduced or found, and not from where or by whom they they were made (e.g. The Shroud of Turin, etc.).

All the best,
Steve

In Spanish we say "Presente griego", which is "Greek present" or "Greek gift".

Anyway, "Horse of Troy" should be better. That is a literal translation from Spanish when people refers specifically to that event. We say "Caballo de Troya" (Horse of Troy) and never "Caballo troyano" (Trojan horse).

Miguel

Hi Miguel,

We say "Greek gift" in English too. We also say, "Beware of Greeks bearing gifts!"

But in English, Trojan horse and horse of Troy have the same meaning. Don't they in Spanish? So, why is Horse of Troy better? Horse of Troy is a longer and more awkward way to express it in English. Trojan Horse is simpler and more concise, although I know that X of Y is common wording in Latin languages.

All the best,
Steve

[Tord Romstad]

Off-topic, tounge-in-cheek, pedantic mini-rant:

The term "Trojan Horse" always annoys me a little, because it's so unfair: The Trojans were the victims of the dirty horse trick.

Tord

Good point, Tord! It should be Greek Horse or better yet, Achaean Horse. Does this semantic oddity exist in other languages too, such as Norsk?

Yes, it does. In Norwegian, we say "trojansk hest" ("hest" means "horse"), or just "trojaner" ("a Trojan"), which is even worse.

Tord

[Steve B]

Although this thread initially was useful for CCC members it has now turned somewhat OT and we have received complaints about it
so it has been locked

Regards
Steve