My laptop has been infected with trojan horse Downloader.Easto.B-- AVG
antivirus software detected it but could not remove it or even move it
to the Virus Vault. I have purchased several different programs to try
to remove it with no success. I need information on how to get rid of
it.

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Request for Question Clarification by tar_heel_v-ga on 18 Oct 2004 09:11 PDT

Check this thread and see if it helps.  This is about all I can find,
but will keep looking.

http://www.pcguide.com/vb/archive/index.php/t-31433.html

Do an online scan at TrendMicro site - www.trendmicro.com.

Hi, thanks for posting on Google. 

This is an unfortunate thing that happens, making people pull their
hair out, driving them crazy for hours upon hours only to give up.
Here is my solution, I hope this will work.

If you don't already have Spybot installed, install it.
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/mirrors/index.html
First do a scan with AVG and find where the file is, and make a note
of it somewhere.

Now on the Spybot menu click Mode and then check Advanced Mode. On the
left hand side click Tools and then Secure Shredder. Right click on
the big white area and  press "Add file(s) to program list", then find
the file causing you to go bald and CHOP IT AWAY. After you chop it do
another scan with avg, and repeat the process.

Also thing to try:
HouseCall Online Virus Scanner 
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

Hijackthis
http://www.spychecker.com/program/hijackthis.html

Also booting into safe mode, and then running AVG to try to delete or
move the virus to the virus fault.

I hope this helps.

scan the system and findout what are the files effected. Then open
your registry editor and serch for those files and delete each
entries.

TRY TO FIND WHAT ITS CALLED (INFECTED FILE) THEN GO TO SEARCH AND TRY
TO FIND THAT FILE. DO NOT DELETE IT BECOUSE IT COULD MESS UP YOUR
COMPUTER SO JUST CHANGE THE ENDING TO SOMTHIN LIKE UNKNOWN
EG. ABC.EXE IS INFECTED
CHANGE ABC.EXE TO ABC.UNKNOWN 
(OR WHATEVER YOU WANT (NOTHING THAT EXISTS LIKE EXE OR TXT))
AND IF IT MESSES YOUR COMPUTER IN SOME WAY YOU CAN ALWAYS CHANGE IT
BACK TO .EXE (BUT VIRUS WILL BE STIL THERE)
IF YOU CANT CHANGE THE FILE YOU IT SAYS IT IS BEING USED BY SOME ONE
OR A PROGRAM JUST CTRL+ALT+DEL AND THEN THE PROCESSES AND TURN IT OFF
BUT BE CARFULL TRY NOT TO TURN OFF THE WRONG ONE IT COULD MESS
COMPUTER UP
ALSO TRY TO MAKE IT NOT TO START UP IN WINDOWS YOU HAVE TO START RUN
THEN TYPE MSCONFIG AND GO TO THE TAB START UP (ONLY CHECK OFF THE ONES
YOU WANT AKA AVG MSNMSGR OR AIM)
I HOPE THIS HELPS.