Hi-jacked again

Hello again... rolleyes
I've just been Hi-jacked again & found a start menu hi-jack key in the reg.
It was dropped in just after I'd finished reading up on PG2's legacy... I left the page, turned off PG2 & then closed my browser... that's when it kicked in.
It's gone now but I'm wondering if there's anything else I can do to stop or reduce the amount of hack's.
I keep seeing the name "Hi-jack This", is it an appropriate tool?

 

HiJackThis is a very good tool in the right hands - if it's renamed before use, it can prove very worthwile - but so can SpyBot if you know how to use it fully.

Surf only with Firefox and the NoScript/WOT/LinkExtend addins, use SpywareBlaster and Spybot to immunise your system and OpenDNS to filter your DNS calls. Use KeyScrambler Personal or Neo’s SafeKeys 2008 to protect you from keyloggers.

EDIT: NEVER click a link you're uncertain of, test it by copying the link and pasting it into your browser or Notepad before deciding - if it's different to the way it looked originally, beware ...

 

Cheer's Satrow, I'm off to have a look now.

I've already got a key scrambler running & last time I ran "Spybot" it reminded me of STOPzilla a little... (Duplo-brick-lookin'-Scam-ware) Lol.
Will SpywareBlaster immunise & Sort out the DNS alone...? (I'll give that a go).
I've already got FF with a whole heap off add-on's but had a load of greif shortly after using the browser so I reverted back to IE. (flip-flop, flip-flop) rolleyes
I try using it again with NoScript & LinkExtend, I've got the W.O.T add-on.
(It's gonna' B a L8 1)

Thank's for the link's.

 

Hi there. Thank's for the info the other day, I'm using 'bout half a platoon of app.s along-side FF with WOT/NoScript/LinkExtend & so far so good... (long pause) :-D
I'm still not sure about a couple of thing's tho', like... "SpyBot". But then I never gave it long enough when I tried it, everything was going screwy during a Live messenger upgrade on this & my net-book. (still can't find a way to put Xp on a 4GB flash).

 

A selection of walkthroughs for installing XP from USB:
http://modmyeee.com/usbinstall.html
http://sincitylife.net/default.aspx
http://aspireoneblog.com/blog/2008/12/11/how-to-install-windows-xp-on-an-acer-aspire-one/
http://www.boot-land.net/forums/?showtopic=4900
http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=20089&st=11
http://www.ocia.net/articles/xpflashdrive/page1.shtml
http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10878_11-6160062.html
I'm sure there's a simpler method than these somewhere ...

SpyBot; it's been around a very long time install without the Tea-timer, update, immunise and close it, it'll give protection without running, much like SpywareBlaster does.

Did you sort out the bugs in the Live installs?

 

Thank's 4 the link's satrow... I've got some homework to do now. :-D
I'll look at "SpyBot" again too. I know it's been around for a long time but I've heard mixed review's on it everywhere... rolleyes That's why I'm goin' back.
I've seen the name "911cd" somewhere B4, something else to look into.

As far as the messenger goes everything seems nominal... at the mo.
Still get the odd hijack trying to sneak in but not as much now.
Also, I use RocketDock. But that keeps getting it's nose put out of joint by something & every time I use a right mouse click the icon goes stealth, like Predator. Is that a hijack trademark? :banghead

PG2 stopped working on me too so I'm guessing I'll have to remove & re-install that. I liked it because it ran off a list of what's what & where, but now it seem's to stall near the end of a list gen. (I've tried the repair tool too). :confused
Know any good PG don's? :cool

 

have you tried peerblock out? it's the same thing, only someone decided to start cleaning up the code and they have a "stable" version 1.0 out now.

http://www.peerblock.com/

 

Hi-ya. I've just got it & I'll give it a going over L8A. Cheer's M8.

 

Peerblock much > PG2

 

Hello thesmokingun, I've got it but I'm at a loss as to why the old PG list's won't update?
'elp.

 

Cheer's Buck Nekid. As I said to thesmokingun, got it, runnin' it but no real progress. (it almost look's the same as PG) :confused
Here's 2 hope.

 

It is the original code from PG2, Mark is just working on improvements and bug fixes. I am not sure which lists it isn't updating. When I installed a test version it picked up all the lists from my PG2 install. Maybe head over to Peerblocks forums and pose a question to them. From everything I have seen over there they will get you fixed up. He takes any suggestions and tries to implement them, notice the new layout in the "List Manager" screen.

http://forums.peerblock.com/index.php

 

i don't think the "old" pg2 lists have worked in a while. i've been using iblocklist for a while now.

actually, i haven't used pg2 in a while, since ive installed win7, but i'm gonna take a good look at peerblock now. and last i checked iblocklist has good lists to use
http://iblocklist.org/