Talk:Vundo trojan
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[edit] Corrections
I've started correcting this article. Vundo is a trojan that drops programs like SysProtect/WinFixer but they are not the same. Some of the advice such as disconnecting from the internet or closing the browser through Alt+Ctrl+Delete is not correct. This trojan infects through an exploit in Java, not by users clicking on a popup window. The messages shown in the article occur only after the user is already infected. 68.40.58.147 05:42, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Smitfraud
WinSoftware have today told me that it is the Smitfraud trojan that is responsible? 80.193.149.218 16:24, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
That's incorrect, Smitfraud is a different infection which also advertises anti-spyware products. 68.43.121.42 03:54, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] POV
Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a tutorial. This is not the place to write your opinions on whether someone should or should not use HijackThis or what they should remove with it. 68.43.121.42 03:54, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
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- Bear with me in civility. Please define your terms? What is "an encyclopedia" (warning: I'm a librarian and the term "encyclopedia" is something with which I have more than passing familiarity) and why is a "tutorial" not relevant? Is it an opinion to rightfully inform someone of a problem and how they might fix it?
I suspect anyone defending obscuring information about removing malware. I ALSO suspect those who give advice (since they could be promoting installation of malware under the guise of being helpful).
I agree that promoting a certain version of any software can be seen as a POV violation. But I'm conflicted when I realize that the suggestion might be a valid one. You might want to suggest to the promoter of HijackThis to a) disclaim any affiliation with the producers, and b) explain in more objective detail why one might want to use HijackThis. I'm still investigating HijackThis and am leaning towards approving its use. -- Quartermaster 19:19, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
- That doesn't matter. There are plenty of virus-removing programs out there. It does seem POV to explicitly mention one. Mo-Al 00:43, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
- I can accept your point (explicit mention of a single program). Find it more useful to hash this out in TALK rather than getting in an edit/revert war anyhow. -- Quartermaster 18:11, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
- Firstly, a tutorial is not relevent because Wikipedia's rules very clearly say that tutorials are not to be included in Wikipedia articles. Secondly, it's factually inaccurate to label HijackThis as a Vundo removal tool since HijackThis is not capable of removing Vundo. HijackThis can detect certain symptoms of certain variants of Vundo, but if you attempt to fix the entries in HijackThis, they will come back as soon as you restart your computer.
- Bear with me in civility. Please define your terms? What is "an encyclopedia" (warning: I'm a librarian and the term "encyclopedia" is something with which I have more than passing familiarity) and why is a "tutorial" not relevant? Is it an opinion to rightfully inform someone of a problem and how they might fix it?
68.43.121.42 01:17, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
There's no mention in this article about Vundo slows down system performance!!! Shouldn't this be put in? Dbottino 23:31, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
