Am unable to run McAfee - think am hijacked

Discussion in 'Malware Help (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by NancyG, Jun 10, 2005.

  1. NancyG

    NancyG Private E-2

    Anytime I try to go to the McAfee site nothing happens - read that this could be hijacking. Thus am unable update etc. Have run all Spyare tools as recommended to no avail but am unsure what to do next. Have created a HJT log file but am still not sure what I am looking for. Any help would be most appreciated. :D
     
  2. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    Please download HOSTER and then follow the below steps.

    • Unzip Hoster to a convenient folder such as C:\Hoster
    • Run Hoster.exe, click Restore Original Hosts and then click OK.
    • Click the X to exit the program

    After doing ALL of the above you still have a problem make sure you have booted to normal mode and run the steps below:

    - Download HijackThis 1.99.1

    - Unzip the hijackthis.exe file to a folder you create named C:\Program Files\HJT

    - Do NOT run Hijack This from the Desktop, a temp folder, or a sub-folder of C:\Documents and Settings, or choose to run it directly from the downloaded ZIP file.

    - Before running HijackThis: You must close each of the following:your web browser, e-mail client, instant messenger, and programs like notepad, wordpad, MS Word etc. And any other unnecessary running programs.

    - Run HijackThis and save your log file.

    - Post your log as an ATTACHMENT to your next message. (Do NOT copy/paste the log into your post).
     
  3. NancyG

    NancyG Private E-2

    :) You are amazing. I ran Hoster and yahoo... everything is all better! Thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!
     
  4. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    You're welcome.
     

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