Hijacked??? Please help. Thanks.

Discussion in 'Malware Help - MG (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by Richard Cranium, Jan 5, 2005.

  1. Richard Cranium

    Richard Cranium Private E-2

    Funky stuff happening on my PC. Win 98, Norton, Blackice, Hardware firewall, etc. Yet, When I type in a website it treats it as a search engine and then looks for other extensions ie .com .org .net, etc. and then cannot locate web pages even Google or Yahoo and staes "Cannot find search engine http/:www.google.com.com.msn DNS error etc.

    Do you want my Hijackthis log file?
     
  2. PhilliePhan

    PhilliePhan Guest

    Hi RC,

    I'm not too familiar with Win98 and this may be a settings issue along the lines of resetting Web settings.

    However, to rule out Malware and clean your machine, you probably ought to run through the Cleanup Tutorial HERE:
    READ ME FIRST BEFORE ASKING FOR SUPPORT: Basic Spyware, Trojan and Virus Removal

    There are only a few of us Volunteers who regularly offer advice in this forum. Running through the above Tutorial will remove a lot of stuff that would otherwise clog a HijackThis Log and save us valuable time.

    Please let us know the steps that you are able to complete and the ones that give you problems. Note that you need to be in Safe Mode and have the Viewing of Hidden Files ENABLED as per the instructions in the link. Make sure to do the Online Scans.

    Post back and let us know how you fared. Also, send us a HijackThis Log. Please be sure to follow the instructions below:

    Note that your HijackThis should be up-to-date (v1.99) and MUST be extracted to its own safe folder – C:\Program Files\HijackThis!
    Should you need a Fresh Download of HJT, get it HERE: HijackThis v1.99

    Also note that, before you scan, you MUST close all running programs including your web browser, e-mail and items in the system tray.

    Please save your HJT Log as a .txt File and attach it via the "Manage Attachments" tool in the Additional Options section when you post.

    I’m not around this forum too often these days, but somebody will try to take a look when they get a chance.

    Best luck :)
    PP
     

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