possible hijack

Discussion in 'Malware Help - MG (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by SpecialFNK, Mar 10, 2005.

  1. SpecialFNK

    SpecialFNK Private First Class

    i think ive been hijacked but im not sure.
    when coming online and opening up my firefox browser, my favorites list has been erased. i dont share this laptop with anyone else. i havnt had any other problems but i dont know why my favorites list would be erased.
    i have windows 98, and im on dial up.


    i did everything in the READ ME FIRST.
    ive downloaded hijack this and ran that, can i post my log?
     
  2. bjgarrick

    bjgarrick MajorGeeks Admin - Malware Expert

    Make sure you have HijackThis 1.99.1 and follow the guidelines on where to install it and how to post a log as an ATTACHMENT.
    All instructions are covered in the sticky thread
    NO HIJACK THIS LOG FILES BEFORE READING THIS: HJT Tutorial & LOG File Posting


    Now post a Hijack This log as an ATTACHMENT to your message (Do NOT copy/paste the log into your post). Please close unnecessary running programs before you run HijackThis. You must close each of the following: your web browser, e-mail client, instant messenger, and programs like notepad, wordpad, MS Word etc.

    DO NOT run Hijack This from the Desktop, a temp folder, or a sub-folder of C:\Documents and Settings, or choose to run it directly from the downloaded ZIP file. Place it in its own folder, for example C:\Program Files\HJT
     
  3. SpecialFNK

    SpecialFNK Private First Class

    here is my log file from earlier this evening
     

    Attached Files:

  4. bjgarrick

    bjgarrick MajorGeeks Admin - Malware Expert

    Your log is clean!

    What problems are you currently experiencing?
     
  5. SpecialFNK

    SpecialFNK Private First Class

    the only problem that i had was that my bookmark list (i only use Firefox browser) was completely erased. i was on earlier today and my bookmark list was at something like 15-20 different bookmarks, and then when i got on earlier this evening they were all gone.
    noone else uses my laptop, and i dont think anyone should be able to get access to my bookmark list other then me.
    i dont know what would have caused it to be erased and thought maybe i was hijacked
     
  6. bjgarrick

    bjgarrick MajorGeeks Admin - Malware Expert

    Have you run any type drive cleaners other than CCleaner?
     
  7. SpecialFNK

    SpecialFNK Private First Class

    no i dont think ive run any other cleaners.
    i run CCleaner everytime i turn on my laptop before coming online
     
  8. bjgarrick

    bjgarrick MajorGeeks Admin - Malware Expert

    Thats odd! The only thing I can tell you is to do a search for some of them and see if you cant locate them somewhere.

    You should see this article on How to Protect yourself from malware!
     

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