Yoog Hijacker

Discussion in 'Malware Help (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by Jen04, May 19, 2009.

  1. Jen04

    Jen04 Private E-2

    I was infected yesterday with YOOG and something called Contextual ads by Trueads. I'm pretty sure I got rid of the Trueads, but nothing has helped with YOOG. I have ran all of the logs and also went through the process to remove YOOG three times with no luck. I could never find the files in the "search plug-ins" folders. Your help would be much appreciated. This is my first post so let me know if you need anything else.
    Thanks!
     

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  2. Jen04

    Jen04 Private E-2

    Please close this thread, I was helped by a different forum. I will now be completing your "How to protect yourself from malware" process. Thank you.
    Jennifer
     
  3. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    Welcome to Major Geeks!

    Thanks for letting us know that you have gotten it fixed.

    You should also do the below to cleanup from running the cleaning procedure.

    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
      • "%userprofile%\Desktop\combofix" /u
        • Notes: The space between the combofix" and the /u, it must be there.
        • This will uninstall ComboFix and also reset hidden files and folders settings back to Windows defaults.
      • Delete the C:\combofix folder from combofix (if it exists)
    3. Any other miscellaneous tools we may have had you install or download can be uninstalled and deleted.
    4. 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.
    5. Go to add/remove programs and uninstall HijackThis.
    6. You can delete the C:\MGtools folder and the C:\MGtools.exe file. You can also delete the C:\MGlogs.zip
    7. If you are running Vista, Windows XP or Windows ME, do the below:
      • Refer to the cleaning procedures in step 3 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.
     

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