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Discussion in 'Malware Help (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by nordicknight, Nov 11, 2006.

  1. nordicknight

    nordicknight Private E-2

    After I downloaded Internet Explorer 7 I got:
    1. a small yellow triangle (with an exclamation point in the middle)
    2. a question mark alternating with an X
    Both are flashing in my Taskbar, and making a popping sound every few seconds (I think some pop-ups are being blocked).
    Then occasionally an ad for anti-spam or anti-virus programs appears. How can I get rid of this nuisance?
    I have XP Prof., McAfee Antivirus, Ad-Aware, and Zone Alarm Pro.
    Thanks for any help.
    -- nordicknight
     
  2. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Hi

    To work out which items are causeing these popups for antivirus apps which are no-doubt bogus ones, you'll need to start with the below as the logs from these steps give our malware experts all the info they need.

    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 - ONLY IF you were not able to run Windows Defender
      • 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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