Firefox gone haywire

Discussion in 'Malware Help (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by Grendel, Oct 27, 2005.

  1. Grendel

    Grendel Private E-2

    My computer picked up something yesterday, and I've having a heluva time getting rid of it. Firefox just randomly opens every 2-3 minutes, and constantly redirects when I'm browsing.

    I've tried everything on the Read & Run First page, including a2 and Ewido. I re-ran Spybot, AdAware, and MSAS afterwards, and got a clean bill, but the problem still persists. I've attached my latest HJT log, as well as the Ewido log.

    Any help would be greatly appreciated.
     

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    Grendel, Oct 27, 2005
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  2. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    Read step 7 of the READ ME again and follow the directions there. You have HJT installed improperly as the below shows:

    C:\Documents and Settings\Me\My Documents\My Data Sources\HijackThis.exe

    Looks like you may have a Look 2 Me infection. Download install and run: Spy Sweeper 4.5.5.604

    FIx everything it finds. I would suggest running it in normal boot mode once and then immediately reboot into safe mode and run it one more time. Save the logs and post them.

    Also post a new HJT log afterwards and also be sure to indicate how things are working now.
     
    chaslang, Oct 28, 2005
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  3. Grendel

    Grendel Private E-2

    Followed your suggestions, and here are the logs you requested. SpySweeper was clean unders safe mode, so I did not post that log.

    Thanks for all your help.
     

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    Grendel, Oct 28, 2005
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  4. Grendel

    Grendel Private E-2

    Forgot to mention, things seem to have improved. SpySweeper is running in the background, and has not reported any additional attempts to browse to ad-w-a-r-e.com.
     
    Grendel, Oct 28, 2005
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  5. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    You log is clean! If you are not having anymore problems you should work thru the below link.

    How to Protect yourself from malware!

    I would also suggest that you consider whether or not you want to keep MS Antispyware or SpySweeper installed and running. I would use only one of them. Note MS Antispyware is free but SpySweeper will cost you in order to keep full functionality and to get updates after 15 days.
     
    chaslang, Oct 28, 2005
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