My friends computer has been diagnosed with a Trojan virus will i get infected?

[Jennifer]

Restart your computer and boot into safe mode. This can be accomplished by restarting the computer, pressing the F8 key as it starts up and choosing the "Safe Mode with Networking" option from the Windows boot menu.

Open a browser and visit an online virus scanning website that offers free virus scans for personal and home use. Two examples of such sites from major antivirus companies are included in the Resources section of this article. Run a full virus scan of your computer with this scanner and remove any Trojan files that are found.

Download and run an antimalware scan of your computer using a program like the one linked in the Resources section of this article. An antimalware program can detect certain types of Trojan files that antivirus programs aren't designed to detect and enables you to more fully scan and remove Trojan files from your computer.

Restart your computer once you finish with the scans and allow it to boot up normally. Run another set of antivirus and antimalware scans of your computer with Windows booted normally to ensure that there are no more Trojan files on your computer.