removing trojans from laptop

[Dr. Notthenineo'clocknews]

you do get some serious answers if you ask a serious question in fact i had a very helpful pm from one person on this issue. However, there are certain people on here who think it is funny to take the p..s if somebody does not know an answer to something that they know. Sad really.

right you lot stop messing about!!! This man's got a virus on his pc, this is no time for jokes!

 

[Dr. Notthenineo'clocknews]

However, there are certain people on here who think it is funny to take the p..s if somebody does not know an answer to something that they know. Sad really.

Thinking about it, this has sort of boiled my piss, a question has been asked by someone on 40,000 posts so they clearly know the humour and the type of response likely. Ive asked 'stupid' questions on here before and often have been given a helpful answer however I am fully prepared for the ratio of say 20:1 in favour of joke answers, that's probably why I chose to use NSC. If I had a question an wasn't prepared for Return of the Rev, Ernest, BN9, myself, etc etc etc. I'd use a thing called Google. It's great.

 

[Jim D]

A common misconception, however Macs can be infected by viruses trojans and Malware. They are just not as common.

So you only get posh trojans on Apple products?

 

[Prince Monolulu]

I think they get a bad press

 

[father_and_son]

Can't believe no-one has mentioned getting a Mac, as they don't have viruses or Trojans.

Only because Mac owners have no money left to extort, spent it all on their shiny new toy!

 

[father_and_son]

So you only get posh trojans on Apple products?

Spartans?

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

What have the Spartans ever done for us?

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

I have just opened my laptop and it came up with a critical message to contact Norton which I did and they said it has a trojan on it which is not a virus so want £169 to remove it for me, Any sensible advice would be welcome.

SCAM. It wasn't Norton you called.

You have a virus which is false reporting a non existant trojan and a number to call to rid you of your money.

Of course you'll need to get rid of the virus...