Aim problems, away message constantly popping up

Discussion in 'Malware Help - MG (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by J_sears3133, Mar 4, 2005.

  1. J_sears3133

    J_sears3133 Private E-2

    Aim away message virus

    I got the aim virus where it say new pic from the beach and click the hyperlink to http://chadwhack.com/picture.pif, and i ran the steps suggested by major geeks, and it didnt pop up for a day, then the away message came back but with another website link....read the stuff about hijack this, but i am a novice user and wanted to know what other steps i could take?
    PLZ help, i'm going crazy!!!!!!

    Josh :mad:
     
    J_sears3133, Mar 4, 2005
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  2. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    Re: Aim away message virus

    You should have started your own thread. I'll be moving you to one.

    Did you run all steps of the READ ME FIRST?

    Also run this: AIM Fix
     
    chaslang, Mar 4, 2005
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  3. J_sears3133

    J_sears3133 Private E-2

    I did run all the steps in the read this first thing....try running that aim fix program, but it said to try running in safe mode and i'm unsure of how to run safe mode?
     
    J_sears3133, Mar 13, 2005
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  4. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    If you ran the READ ME FIRST, then you should already know how to boot in safe mode. You could not have run the READ ME FIRST without doing that.
     
    chaslang, Mar 13, 2005
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  5. J_sears3133

    J_sears3133 Private E-2

    ok i remembered how to do the safe mode, but i dont have an F8 option on the menu, do i still press F8 or another button...i have esc, F1 and F10. I will run the READ THIS FIRST STEPS again, and see if i get any better results.
     
    J_sears3133, Mar 13, 2005
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  6. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    Did you actually run the READ ME FIRST previously?
    But did you run it in normal boot mode because you could not boot to safe mode?

    It is important for us to know this info as it provides more insight into your problems.

    You could try using the msconfig method of booting to safe mode. Read about it here:

    http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/tsgeninfo.nsf/docid/2001052409420406?OpenDocument&src=sec_doc_nam

    You will have to run this again to get out of safe mode and back to normal boot mode.
     
    chaslang, Mar 14, 2005
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