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Ran an AVG scan last night and it came up with the above threat.

I had accessed my bank account via internet yesterday and over the previous few days would have entered both my laser (paying Gas) and mastercard (paying for travel). My laser and deposit accounts have correct balances as of now (via phone banking). But I have not been able to verify credit card balance yet.
However, my question is, by the time AVG has picked this Trojan up has it already collected the information it set out to acquire. I notice from internet information on this that tlso.exe is the process it uses and this did not show up on the task manager (that is not to say that it was there before AVG ran the scan).
I am wondering how these password stealers actually work. Can anyone give me any information. Should all internet financial passwords be changed now - and if so do I not run the risk again when I change them of the same Trojan Horse regathering this information from my computer..
I suppose what I am asking is does AVG get this before it can do any damage. I have put a question up on the AVG forum but have had no reply.
 
has it already collected the information it set out to acquire
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Impossible to say but you can't tell for sure it hasn't, so the safest approach is to change all credentials used.
 
what it [broken link removed]

how bank password stealers [broken link removed]. You may or may not have had your details send on to the remote server but as above, flag it to your financial institutions immediately and theyll inform you of what details you need to change.
 
Eventually got a reply from AVG "We can't say how soon or if your system was compromised before the detection happened... all we can do is to provide methods to help you clear it up. Anytime this type of thing happens its always best to change all of your passwords just to be safe.

In addition, this one is spyware related and while AVG 7.5 may find the trojan, it isn't an antispyware like AVG 8 ... I'd recommend you do additional tests to ensure that all of the spyware stuff that an antivirus isn't made to detect is clear also."

In addition to changing all my passwords etc I followed AVG's recommendation on how to clean an infected computer.

Car .......I downloaded the Uniblue programme as outlined in your message and it has flagged 535 problems with registry entries (CCleaner freeware has not flagged these). Do you think it is worthwhile paying for the Uniblue product as the free download will not rectify the problems. Also, I was thinking of purchasing the full version of AVG. As you seem to know quite a bit about these problems what would your thinking be on this ie if I was to pay for any product which product would be the best.

Thanks.
 
Im not familiar with that uniblue program, which Im guesssing must be a link off a link that I posted, but Id be wary of a free version of a program that highlights lots of issues that can only be resolved by purchasing the full version.

I would be a heavy user of the internet and Ive always been served right by using the free version of AVG plus weekly running of CC. Although there may be better registry cleaners out there, see below links.

I would suggest trying some of the recommended free tools out there before spending money as you cant be guaranteed that a paid version will get rid of issues. See the top100downloads and [broken link removed] you should see most of the same tools on both.
 
Thanks Car
Its always a bit of shock when some program comes up with so many problems!
I am at present reading through the links you provided above and the "sandbox" item looks as if it will provide an extra layer of security.
Thanks again for your help.
 
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