Should I Uninstall?

[tearinghair]

Have just checked the latest list of items scanned by Norton. They have quarantined one labelled as a Trojan - it was a game installer. I played the game successfully for some time without problems. Would it be sensible to uninstall it?

[RATTER15]

What does Norton suggest? It was probably the installer that was a problem, not the game.

[HansUrbancka]

Short answer...Yes.

Trojans can be treacherous.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trojan_horse_%28computing%29

Hans.

[Old_Geezer]

Could be better safe than sorry, after all the game is already installed.

Or you could upload it here for checking.

https://www.virustotal.com/uk/

[tearinghair]

I thought perhaps if the installer is compromised, the game would be too? Would it not delete the game if I got rid of the installer?
Incidentally, I do play games quite frequently, and justify it by telling myself that it's helped to make my septuagenarian reactions much faster....

[HansUrbancka]

No doubt the game will work now that it has been installed but as it has been installed by a Trojan I think you should get rid of it. The game may have hidden within it a few 'nasties' which could be liberated to infect your Computer/Laptop.

I would also download and run a scan with the free edition of Malwarebytes in case Norton has overlooked something. Make sure it is the Free Edition and reject any offers for a trial run of the Premium Edition. The Free one only scans on demand and will Not conflict with Norton; whereas the Premium runs in real time and could cause conflict. :-

http://www.malwarebytes.org/

Hans.

[tearinghair]

Thanks all. I run malwarebytes fairly regularly, and it hasn't picked up anything since the date of the Norton quarantine, so I hope all is well.