Help finishing off

Discussion in 'Malware Help - MG (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by gforster, Jun 26, 2006.

  1. gforster

    gforster Private E-2

    I hope this will be an easy one for all you experts out there, but I will start from the beginning none the less.

    I have all sorts of anti spyware etc running and have always been sucessful in keeping a clean machine, however recently my zone labs firewall asked me if I wanted to download the latest update which I did and suddenly all sorts of spyware had infected me including one that hijacked my browser to findthewebsiteyouneed dot com (don't want it to appear as a url as it probably downloads stuff !!!!!).

    I ran all my utilities and got rid of most of the problems and then I came here and found your sticky thread with a list of things to do before you post a new thread (which I have done). However my hijack this log has not got any "bad" files in the 04 section and I believe this to be the case as the spybot etc seemed to remove so much.


    The situation I am in now is simply that my browser now defaults to "http:///" and I cannot change it to what I want.

    I have no other problems and all the utilities and telling me that all the bad software has gone. Can anyone help me to solve this really annoying last step ?....
     
  2. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    If you have run ALL the steps in the READ & RUN ME sticky, you need to attach the two logs from step 6 (must be run and attached prior to using HijackThis) and then properly install and run HJT and attach a HJT log per step 7 of the READ ME.
     
  3. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Deleted those logs I'm afraid as they still ahd important items we advise you not to have running when producing a HiJackThis log as in Multiple IE windows open, Winword, Excel etc running, the location of HijackThis was also not as specified in the guide here http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=74216 I know these seem petty things and I'm not insuting your intelligence but all this helps to remove any issues smoothly and these are tried and tested methods.

    So to speed up the process please so follow the guide and attach via the method shown the logs :)
     
  4. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    But even worse......where is the require Bitdefender and Panda logs from step 6. Looks like step 6 was not run. And we do not need multiple HJT logs. We only need one after all of the READ ME has been completed.
     
  5. gforster

    gforster Private E-2

    Apologies, it appears that I have copied and pasted the wrong thing, it says it was a generic solution from one of the other sticky posts (that also says do this before posting).

    Of course this generic solution mentions nothing about "bitdefender" etc....

    I will start again !
     
  6. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    Just to be clear.... what you are to do is the below.

    • Run ALL the steps in this Sticky thread READ & RUN ME FIRST Before Asking for Support
    • Make sure you check version numbers and get all updates.
    • Very Important: Make sure you tell us the results from running the tutorial...was anything found? Were you unable to complete any of the scans?...Were you unable to download any of the tools?...Did you do the on-line scans as suggested? etc.
    • After doing ALL of the above you still have a problem make sure you have booted to normal mode and run the steps in the below link to properly use HijackThis and attach a log:
    • When you return to make your next post, make sure you attach the following logs and that you have run these scans in the following order too (these scans are covered in steps 6 & 7 of the READ & RUN ME sticky)
      • Bitdefender
      • Panda Scan
      • HijackThis
    .
     

MajorGeeks.Com Menu

Downloads All In One Tweaks \ Android \ Anti-Malware \ Anti-Virus \ Appearance \ Backup \ Browsers \ CD\DVD\Blu-Ray \ Covert Ops \ Drive Utilities \ Drivers \ Graphics \ Internet Tools \ Multimedia \ Networking \ Office Tools \ PC Games \ System Tools \ Mac/Apple/Ipad Downloads

Other News: Top Downloads \ News (Tech) \ Off Base (Other Websites News) \ Way Off Base (Offbeat Stories and Pics)

Social: Facebook \ YouTube \ Twitter \ Tumblr \ Pintrest \ RSS Feeds