hijacked?

Discussion in 'Malware Help - MG (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by fiestyme31, Sep 5, 2004.

  1. fiestyme31

    fiestyme31 Private E-2

    I am not sure if I am being hijacked but my computer runs slow... and go to web pages I don't even type in. Sometimes when I click something it goes to something different all together. I have downloaded hijackthis and have a log for it .... I am not an expert but with a little detail explanation I am sure I can get it fixed..please help..
     
  2. pegg

    pegg MajorGeek

    You need to go here first:
    http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=35407

    ...and follow all the directions. When it talks about specific software, you can most likely download it here on the homepage, and make sure you check for updates immediately -- if you already have it, double-check versions and updates too.

    Welcome to Major Geeks. Go look at that first thread and be very careful to do exactly what it says. Come and post results and all the questions you want but you need to do all of this in the proper order. People will be glad to help you with the many steps involved if you ask specific questions and tell us exactly what happened when you ran certain programs.

    Only if someone asks you to post a "hijack this" log, you can post it as an attachment -- see:

    http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=38752
     
  3. fiestyme31

    fiestyme31 Private E-2

    :rolleyes: :confused: OK, I ran Spybot, CCleaner, spyware blaster, HS remove, Speed Up my PC,Anti virus, AD Aware personal... and still to no avail IE will load pages sometimes and at other times I will get javascript:do not detect... or a shocdll or something to that affect... I do not know what is going on. I think I have tried everything suggested maybe someone could look at one of my log files and tell me if I have something in there runnning that shouldnt be running or maybe I still have spyware... not sure but frustrating because if my computer sleeps at all I wont be able to load pages at all then I have to reboot a hundred times to get it to work.... ARG! computers!!!!! Someone please help...
     
  4. Major Attitude

    Major Attitude Co-Owner MajorGeeks.Com Staff Member

    Please attach your log file.
     
  5. fiestyme31

    fiestyme31 Private E-2

    OK here is my hijackthis log file.... I have no clue as to what I am even looking at :rolleyes:
     

    Attached Files:

  6. Major Attitude

    Major Attitude Co-Owner MajorGeeks.Com Staff Member

    Pretty clean, but you did not read the Hijack This instructions I linked to. Slow down. It explains to run it from a directory you create, otherwise you will not have a backup, so you dont, You also didnt close running programs. That said, its pretty clean, I only see a couple worth removing.

    Close running programs, everything.

    Remove:

    R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://www.trans-video.com/
    O4 - Global Startup: Microsoft Find Fast.lnk = C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\FINDFAST.EXE

    If you have not locked your home page with another program or dont know what I mean, then delete these as they could be the culprit:

    O6 - HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Restrictions present
    O6 - HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Control Panel present

    Reboot, see what happens. Go to Windows Updates and get current on updates when finished.
     
  7. fiestyme31

    fiestyme31 Private E-2

    :) :) :) :) Let me just start by saying thank you... My computer runs faster loads faster....brings up the pages.... and faster on that too... thank you thank you thank you... I appreciate the help...now lets see, if it sleeps thats the true tester,lol.....but so far so good.... hopefully that'll do it .... i had another question for you, you said download the newest updates from windows... I did that but, it wouldnt take ... it said I have an invalid license key and I dont know what that means .... so therefore will not let me update to SP2 hmmmmmm...... but thanks for the speed up ..... :);)
     
  8. Major Attitude

    Major Attitude Co-Owner MajorGeeks.Com Staff Member

    Hi,
    Excellent! I can only assume that somehow you got a non legit copy. Sadly, this can happen to people who think they have a valid copy.

    Take the time (if you have not recently) to clean out some temporary files with CCLeaner http://majorgeeks.com/download4191.html and run a full disk defragmentation (close all programs when defragmenting)
     
  9. fiestyme31

    fiestyme31 Private E-2

    OK will do that now..... and is there a way I can get a license key for XP otherwise I am left with just plain ole' XP and no updates...or protection... thanks for all your help... :)
     

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