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Discussion in 'Malware Help (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by ewilcox11, Dec 17, 2009.

  1. ewilcox11

    ewilcox11 Private E-2

    I apologize in advance if this has been convered somewhere. However, I've spent about 6 hours today going through different forums trying to fix my problem. Yesterday my computer was infected with the redirect virus. I thought I'd fixed it but it returned. I then ran Hijack This and deleted the file I thought was the problem. Now I do not get redirected but nothing happens at all when I click a search link. I also tried downloaing Mozilla and it displays a message about "newserversearch.com". Please help. I'm at a loss.
     
  2. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    Welcome to Major Geeks!

    Please read ALL of this message including the notes before doing anything.

    Pleases follow the instructions in the below link:

    READ & RUN ME FIRST. Malware Removal Guide


    and attach the requested logs when you finish these instructions.

    • **** If something does not run, write down the info to explain to us later but keep on going. ****
    • Do not assume that because one step does not work that they all will not. MGtools will frequently run even when all other tools will not.


    • After completing the READ & RUN ME and attaching your logs, make sure that you tell us what problems still remain ( if any still do )!
    Helpful Notes:


    1. If you run into problems trying to run the READ & RUN ME or any of the scans in normal boot mode, you can run the steps in safe boot mode but make sure you tell us what you did later when you post logs. See the below if you do not know how to boot in safe mode:

    2. If you have problems downloading on the problem PC, download the tools and the manual updates for SUPERAntiSpyware and Malwarebytes ( links are given in the READ & RUN ME) onto another PC and then burn to a CD. Then copy them to the problem PC. You will have to skip getting updates if (and only if) your internet connection does not work. Yes you could use a flash drive too but flash drives are writeable and infections can spread to them.
    3. If you cannot seem to login to an infected user account, try using a different user account (if you have one) in either normal or safe boot mode and running only SUPERAntiSpyware and Malwarebytes while logged into this other user account. Then reboot and see if you can log into the problem user account. If you can then run SUPERAntiSpyware, Malwarebytes, ComboFix and MGtools on the infected account as requested in the instructions.
    4. To avoid additional delay in getting a response, it is strongly advised that after completing the READ & RUN ME you also read this sticky:

    Any additional post is a bump which will add more delay. Once you attach the logs, your thread will be in the work queue and as stated our system works the oldest threads FIRST.
     
  3. ewilcox11

    ewilcox11 Private E-2

    Attached Files:

    Last edited by a moderator: Dec 24, 2009
  4. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    Please read this:
    HOW TO: Attach Items To Your Post

    We want the logs attached individually except for the MGLogs.zip --> C:\MGLogs.zip.

    You also need to put ComboFix directly on your desktop, not in a folder on the desktop, as you have it here:
    c:\documents and settings\Nikki Belt\Desktop\PC\ComboFix.exe

    Now please attach the MGLogs.zip.
     
  5. ewilcox11

    ewilcox11 Private E-2

    Thank you for taking the time to help. Unfortunately, I had a major crash a few days ago and had to format and reinstall everything. Now I do not have any of the logs, but my problem is also gone. Once again, thanks.
     
  6. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member


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