had a trojen virus a while back wondering if virus software really got

Hi,

I bought a new pc around december 2008. I am running vista premium 64 bit. I had a virus pop up on my microtrend software. I ran a scan and it found nothing. I downloaded avast free homeedition. It restarted pc and ran a scan. Saying it got a trogen virus. It said to move to chest I tried and it said it was too big. I have over a terabite of harddrive space? Avast seemed to eventually remove trojan? I uninstalled mico trend trial version as I heard more then one virus program can conflict. I also use ad-ware. All scans by both programs come up without virus detected. pc runs fine now, but I have heard the vius could still be there. Ran high jack this today on advice from a friend looked confusing so I saved log and closed program until I could get someone who knows what the highjack this log means.

Other question is that My other old pc still in use had a virus on windows xp home edition upgrade previous M.E.. I wiped the harddrive and reinstalled xp clean install. Wondering if that always gets rid of a virus? I still use that pc for my kids? It runs fairly slow not sure if it is just because cause it is old or still infected. Kids have been limited to neflicks and pbs kids.com all other sites are password protected. Wife does download games on occasion to play with them.

Main concern is new pc.

thanks,

Jim

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Welcome ajfcrf,

I'm glad to see that you are receiving assistance in the Malware Forum.
WTT is a wonderful resource.
I do hope your enjoy your membership here.
Doug

ajfcrf,

Enjoy your time here at the forums, there is so much to see and learn.
I hope all goes well with your fix in the Malware section.

Jkc73

ajfcrf, Glad you found this forum. With the help of the Malware team I'm sure your computer will soon be fit and healthy again. Don't forget to have a good look around the rest of the forum - there's lots of good reading here. Regards Satchfan