New... Need help... What to do?

Discussion in 'Malware Help (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by Dytes, Nov 13, 2007.

  1. Dytes

    Dytes Private E-2

    So I'm new... I'm not completely computer illiterate... but I've been taken over by some spyware/malware/browser hijacker crap... and it's become extremely irritating... So far the browser hijacker has only taken over IE (which I don't use)... Any other details you need, I'm sure I can give... just let me know.
     
  2. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Hi and welcome to Majorgeeks!

    The below guide is what we need you to run first in order to get your PC to a point in which we know what malware is infestated your PC, just go slow on the steps and if you get stuck on any reply to this thread and we will be able to assist you.

    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!
     
  3. Dytes

    Dytes Private E-2

    Ok, in the READ & RUN ME FIRST I'm suppose to download Spybot Search and Destroy... but where in the order of the scans am I suppose to run it?
     
  4. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    Just keep following the instructions as written. They tell you when to run it and all the other tools too. The actually cleaning begins in step 5.
     

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