friends computer

Discussion in 'Malware Help (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by anarchyx, Aug 26, 2008.

  1. anarchyx

    anarchyx Private E-2

    Hi All,

    Today Im fixing a friends computer, followed the instructions completely.
    However there is still an instance of pest patrol that keeps running it looks
    very old from 2004. Not sure what other nastyness still remains because
    I noticed some popups when opening IE. They got blocked though. Might have been microsofts start page but im not sure. Logs attached.

    Mbam log had nothing in it so I didnt attach it to prevent 2 posts.
     

    Attached Files:

  2. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    Is Pest Patrol the only problem you are having? I am not seeing any malware.

    You need to disable the guest account in user accounts.

    Now use add/remove programs to uninstall:
    J2SE Runtime Environment 5.0 Update 6

    Run this: Disable/Remove Windows Messenger to remove Windows Messenger. Do not confuse Windows Messenger with MSN Messenger because they are not the same. Windows Messenger is a frequent cause of popups.

    Run C:\MGtools\analyse.exe by double clicking on it (Note: if using Vista, don't double click, use right click and select Run As Administrator). This is really HijackThis (select Do a system scan only) and select the following lines but DO NOT CLICK FIX until you exit all browser sessions including the one you are reading in right now:
    After clicking Fix, exit HJT.

    Now Copy the bold text below to notepad. Save it as fixME.reg to your desktop. Be sure the "Save as" type is set to "all files" Once you have saved it double click it and allow it to merge with the registry.
    Use windows explorer to search for and remove:
    C:\PROGRAM FILES\PESTPATROL

    Reboot and download and install:
    Java Runtime 6

    Now Copy the bold text below to notepad. Save it as fixME.reg to your desktop. Be sure the "Save as" type is set to "all files" Once you have saved it double click it and allow it to merge with the registry.
    Make sure that you tell me if you receive a success message about adding the above
    to the registry. If you do not get a success message, it definitely did not work.


    Tell me what problems you still have.
     

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