Locked Up

Discussion in 'Malware Help (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by turklites, Feb 24, 2007.

  1. turklites

    turklites Private E-2

    Hello there,
    I believe I have a hijack situation. On regular start up i can not open any programs by clicking on them or selecting them via keyboard. when I select the start menu, task bar or task manager it locks everything up. I ran the Hijackthis program in safe mode and was wondering if anyone can help me out. Thank you, turklites


    Edit: Removed inline Hijackthis log for guide below to be actioned.
     
    Last edited by a moderator: Feb 26, 2007
  2. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Hi


    If you cannot run the below in normal mode then do the initial cleanups and scans in safe mode, but then as Hijackthis is the last scan to run try in normal mode, but remember to install and re-name the hijackthis file as listed inthe guide.

    Please follow our standard cleaning procedures which are necessary for us to provide you support. Also there are steps included for installing, running, and posting HijackThis logs as attachments.
    • Run ALL the steps in this Sticky thread READ & RUN ME FIRST Before Asking for Support
    • Make sure you check version numbers and get all updates.
    • Very Important: Make sure you tell us the results from running the tutorial...was anything found? Were you unable to complete any of the scans?...Were you unable to download any of the tools?...Did you do the on-line scans as suggested? etc.
    • After doing ALL of the above you still have a problem make sure you have booted to normal mode and run the steps in the below link to properly use HijackThis and attach a log:
    Downloading, Installing, and Running HijackThis

    Make sure you also rename HijackThis.exe as suggested in the procedures. Use analyse.exe for the new name. This is very important due to some new infections going around.




    • When you return to make your next post, make sure you attach the following logs and that you have run these scans in the following order too:
      • CounterSpy
      • AVG Antispyware log - ONLY IF NEEDED you were not able to run CounterSpy
      • Bitdefender - from step 6
      • Panda Scan - from step 6
      • runkeys.txt - the log from GetRunKey.bat
      • newfiles.txt - the log from ShowNew.bat
      • HijackThis
    NOTE: You can only attach 3 files in a single message so it will require that you use two messages to attach all of these logs!
     

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