[cuttlefish]

My apologies firstly for even suggesting this great site might be capable of having a virus somewhere and secondly I am only 75% positive that it was this site but I am 90% sure it came from REGISTRY BOOSTER that was advertised on TSG as a download under a big blue filled-in button! I have checked my History websites way back and can't find anything resembling this download and TSG is the only one I trust anyway!

OK, anyway, as a result from this download I picked up a cute little Trojan called "Win32Trojan Dropper.Delf.xotrojan". My Comodo Firewall, ESET NOD32 anti virus (real time) and Windows One Care missed it completely and it was only after I ran Trend House Call that it finally showed up!

When House Call cleaned the virus(s) out, they all came under "Registry Booster" and there seemed dozens of them!!

In the following seven days, someone hacked my PC and UPLOADED 1.2 Gigs per day!!! Hence I have blown all my 10 Gig monthly allowance over a few days!!

So without upsetting anybody's feelings on TSG, could this particular Trojan be the cause of the hijacking? I see it is listed as a HIGH to EXTREME danger of some of the review sites!

I have posted a hijack this log elsewhere on TSG and maybe this will show up something?

Many thanks - please don't sledge me!!

[telecom69]

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Your trojan could have come from anywhere there are thousands of them around,anyone who uses a computer is always liable to pick one up from somewhere ...it certainly couldnt have come from this site thats for sure ...its a known fact that some of these spyware cleaner programs install spyware of their own then charge you for getting rid of it....just use the ones you see recommended on this site in various places ....

[Cookiegal]

If you're referring to Uniblue Registry Booster, it is not considered malware although I don't recommend using such programs. It would be interesting to note exactly what files were detected by Trend Micro. One could get malware bundled if you chose to use a P2P application to download the program. Can you find the advertising link again on TSG? If so, a screenshot would help.

The only way you could pick up an infection from this site is to click on a link or download to a live virus which are sometimes inadvertently (or otherwise) posted by users seeking help or by posters with malicious intentions. Of course we remove such attachments if found or reported.