Second-hand Computer

Discussion in 'Malware Help - MG (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by Shasha459, Aug 25, 2011.

  1. Shasha459

    Shasha459 Private E-2

    Hello!

    My parents recently decided to get a new computer so I adopted my sister's old desktop Dell Dimension 3100 - it has been around for quite some time.

    It has Windows XP (32-bit) but not a lot of RAM (504 MB). My dad removed quite a few items before (that he believed were slowing the computer down)so right now there isn't a lot of protection against malware, anti-viruses etc.

    I figure once I clean the computer up I will look at the recommendations on this site (a wicked site by the way!) for good protection software.

    For the most part it appears to run alright but I believe there may be some trojans or other malware existing and with viruses nowadays I figure I would play it safe and perform the READ ME Malware Removal Procedure & post my logs on here.

    I really appreciate your time and help with this!! I also apologize ahead of time if there any mistakes during the READ ME process - I did my best to follow all the steps accurately.

    Thank you again!!!
    Sasha :)
     

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  2. Shasha459

    Shasha459 Private E-2

    Here is the fifth file as well.
     

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  3. Kestrel13!

    Kestrel13! Super Malware Fighter - Major Dilemma Staff Member

    If you are not having any other malware problems, it is time to do our final steps:
    1. We recommend you keep SUPERAntiSpyware and Malwarebytes Anti-Malware for scanning/removal of malware. Unless you purchase them, they provide no protection. They do not use any significant amount of resources ( except a little disk space ) until you run a scan.
    2. If we had you use ComboFix, uninstall ComboFix (This uninstall will only work as written if you installed ComboFix on your Desktop like we requested.)
      • Click START then RUN and enter the below into the run box and then click OK. Note the quotes are required (If we renamed it please rename it back to Combofix.exe.
      • "%userprofile%\Desktop\combofix" /uninstall
        • Notes: The space between the combofix" and the /uninstall, it must be there.
        • This will uninstall ComboFix and also reset hidden files and folders settings back to Windows defaults.
    3. Go back to step 6 of the READ ME and renable your Disk Emulation software with Defogger if you had disabled it.
    4. Any other miscellaneous tools we may have had you install or download can be uninstalled and deleted.
    5. If we had you download any registry patches like fixme.reg or fixWLK.reg (or any others), you can delete these files now.
    6. If running Vista, it is time to make sure you have reenabled UAC by double clicking on the C:\MGtools\enableUAC.reg file and allowing it to be added to the registry.
    7. Go to add/remove programs and uninstall HijackThis.
    8. Goto the C:\MGtools folder and find the MGclean.bat file. Double click on this file to run this cleanup program that will remove files and folders
      related to MGtools and some other items from our cleaning procedures.
    9. If you are running Win 7, Vista, Windows XP or Windows ME, do the below:
      • Refer to the cleaning procedures pointed to by step 7 of the READ ME
        for your Window version and see the instructions to Disable System Restore which will flush your Restore Points.
      • Then reboot and Enable System Restore to create a new clean Restore Point.
    10. After doing the above, you should work thru the below link:
     

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