Hijacked email - sending out thousands of messages

Discussion in 'Malware Help - MG (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by mvssysprog, Sep 30, 2008.

  1. mvssysprog

    mvssysprog Private E-2

    Hi....

    About two hours ago, I was browsing my email in outlook express when I got over a hundred 'undeliverable mail' messages all going to email addresses I know nothing about. It has continued to spew emails since then. I have run spybot, and spyware doctor with no hits. I ran HijackThis and am including the log as well as the email that is sent:

    I would appreciate any assistance to clean this mess up.

    Thanks...Dave
     
    Last edited by a moderator: Sep 30, 2008
  2. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Welcome to Majorgeeks!


    As you likely already know is that malware is a massive pest these days and does its level best to hide itself in any number of places, So just a Hijackthis log will not show all the malware that can be on your PC, the full guide of our steps below has a few other logs that show alot of the malware on your PC and where they are located,





    Welcome to Major Geeks!

    Please follow the instructions in the below link and attach the requested logs when you finish these instructions.


    • If something does not run, write down the info to explain to us later but keep on going.
    • Do not assume that because one step does not work that they all will not.
    Notes:

    1. If you run into problems trying to run theREAD & RUN ME or any of the scans in normal boot mode. You can running steps in safe boot mode but make sure you tell us what you did later when you post logs. See the below if you do not know how to boot in safe mode:
    2. If you have problems downloading on the problem PC, download the tools on another PC and burn to a CD. Then copy them to the problem PC. You will have to skip getting updates if (and only if) your internet connection does not work. Yes you could use a flash drive too but flash drives are writeable and infections can spread to them.


    plus a guide on how to attach the logs HOW TO: Attach Items To Your Post
     

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