Is Trojan Doli important?

[Sherib]

It seems that this little dolly has crept onto my P.C. Does anyone know if it needs to be removed? I have Norton, Microsoft's new beta spy detector as well as Adware SE Plus and none of them detected it. Also Yahoo spy remover.

It's sitting in Program Files\Microsoft Works Suite 2001\Setup\setuplng.dll>TrojanDoli. I swear I'll never visit the Microsoft Upgrade site again.

Using "A Clean PC" advice, I downloaded almost everything there. You name it, I've got it. The problem is the spyware removers that are able to detect it all request payment.Today I saw that Xoftspy is rated the best, detects Trojan Doli, but has to be paid for.

The Q is - could Trojan Doli copy my credit card number while I'm on-line purchasing Xoftspy? I'd be very grateful for an opinion or advice. If not, I'll just have to risk it.

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[fatherdougalmaguire]

Generally speaking, trojans are bad news (Greeks bearing gifts and all that). Try renaming the file so it doesn't have a .DLL extension. It sounds like it's been attached to this particular file waiting to be launched. The directory you reference sounds like it's the setup app for Works so you should be ok just to rename it for now. However, maybe that's just been picked up on that file. It may well have spread.

I took in a PC this weekend to clean up for someone. I have never encountered anything so virus/adware ridden in all my years. Over 24,500 instances of adware and 11 viruses. In fact, so vast and numerous were the instances that it crashed AVG and Avast. I scoured it with Norton/Symantec, removed and then installed AVG once it was clean. I also took Microsoft's Antispyware and Spybot to it.

Here's [broken link removed] on another site which echoes what you've come across (Doli in Works setup files).

 

[car]

doli

while not a laughing matter, I must smile at the fact you have nortons, which if you didnt get free when you bought the pc or got free off a friend you must have paid up as far as 70 euro for, and yet it still wont shift a trojan??? If you did pay for nortons, Id be straight on to them asking why it wont remove it!!
Either way, thats why AAMs pc support section is here . As trojans are reknowned for being notoriously difficult to shift, can you try a few things?
1. Make sure you have the latest versions of the anti-spyware software youre using.

2. Try this online scanner/cleaner
housecall.trendmicro.com

3. If after updating the latest versions of the other spyware still hasnt fixed it try this www.emsisoft.com/en/software/download/? which says it will clean doli. Its a 30 days trial but should do the job for you if it does what it says on the tin.

 

[Sherib]

Re: doli

Thanks to car and frdougal for replying. I'm afraid I don't know how to rename the file. Got its location from the Xoftspy scan.

I ran the Simply Super's Trojan Remover and the result was -"No active malicious files were found". How about that?Spybot didn't find it either.

A sympathetic smile is OK! I've been paying for Norton annually for several years and also paid for AdwareSEPlus.

I'm now going to follow your advice and see what happens.
If I can't get rid of it, should I buy XoftSpy since they recognised trojan doli? Is there a risk going on line using my credit card? I have to use it for something else as well. This is a real pain.

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[ClubMan]

Re: doli

It's sitting in Program Files\Microsoft Works Suite 2001\Setup\setuplng.dll>TrojanDoli. I swear I'll never visit the Microsoft Upgrade site again.

It is extremely unlikely that the Microsoft Windows Update infected your PC. Not using Windows Update because of this infection (most likely from another source altogether) would most likely just expose you to further infection in the future.