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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Peewit" data-source="post: 1431535" data-attributes="member: 57492">Hi NormThank you Norm for the information, and your links.  Great advice there.  I thought what I had was not as bad as Roys.  The reason was that I had no due warning in the first place of any virus at all.I am always under the impression if it a Trojan, a visual message/icon will arrive on your screen to warn you via your AVG or whatever virus/malware you have.Cannot see a Trojan being sneaky and infecting your machine without you knowing at all.  You never know though - what is lurking.Hi BobSorry to hear of your discovery.  I am pleased that you have got a hold of the Trojans/adware problemsI have AVG as you know, and I have set it up to do an automatic full scan every day.  Best way incase you forget.  It helps a lot.The only downside with AVG 8 is you need to press the 'update manager' button every so often to 'force' it to update latest software - that is my only grumble about it.It means you have to keep your eye on AVG icon to see if it is up to date.Each time I have got a Trojan it is always been from using the internet - no other way so far.  Had two Fake Trojans at one time last time. :-CNever mind it is trying to get the better of the little so and so's :t:</blockquote>