Solve : hijacker in my computer! help please!?

1.	Solve : hijacker in my computer! help please!?
Answer» i was using aim and i got a message from a friend that said, hey! can i put this picture of us on myspace? i downloaded the file being the complete idiot that i am and the next time i restated my computer it was extremely slow and windows explorer wouldn't open. i don't have the money to fix this so i really need to know if there is a way i can get rid of the hijacker/virus in my computer! i've tried AVG spybot and all of those. i heard about a program called hijackthis and i'm going to try it. i really need this laptop fixed so please if anyone can help me, it would be appreciated. i use windows xp, amd semron, ati radeon xpress 200M, incase that is needed..thanks tons!If its a friend then i doubt its a virus. Stop downloading random crap. Doing that will most likely install more malware/viruses. Go to www.avast.com and get the free home edition. When installing be sure to LEAVE the box labeled "scan on next startup" checked. That should fix your problem + its great software and the only protection I use.This sort of thing is fairly common. If you've maintained a copy of HijackThis, you should scan with it and post your log here so we can take a look at it. Quote from: lil_falco on August 12, 2007, 08:31:09 PM and the only protection I use. If that's true, then you're terribly underprotected.about a year or so ago, i got a message like that from my friend on AIM saying to "CHECK out my new pics!". it was a virus that was going around, it'll probably be getting more common again since classes are starting for the fall..EVEN if it's from your friend, you should ask what it is..make sure you warn your friends to not click or download anything in a message that they get from you on AIM, by the way. check out these websites and see if you can find anything useful. my friend used them and it fixed her computer. i'm not sure how up to date it would be now, it's been around a year. good luck. http://www.jayloden.com/aimfix.htm http://www.computing.net/security/wwwboard/forum/17899.html http://forum.pcmech.com/showthread.php?t=153774i tried all of it, aim fix then reeboot, trend micro housecall while in safe mode, spybot while in safe mode and regular, hijackthis.. nothing.. You need to post the hijackthis log here. Due to lack of feedback, I am closing this topic. If you are the original poster and you would like this topic to be re-opened for any reason, PM me or another moderator and it can be arranged. If you are not the original poster and you require help, please start a New Topic with information about your computer and your problem.

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i was using aim and i got a message from a friend that said, hey! can i put this picture of us on myspace? i downloaded the file being the complete idiot that i am and the next time i restated my computer it was extremely slow and windows explorer wouldn't open. i don't have the money to fix this so i really need to know if there is a way i can get rid of the hijacker/virus in my computer! i've tried AVG spybot and all of those. i heard about a program called hijackthis and i'm going to try it. i really need this laptop fixed so please if anyone can help me, it would be appreciated. i use windows xp, amd semron, ati radeon xpress 200M, incase that is needed..thanks tons!If its a friend then i doubt its a virus.

Stop downloading random crap. Doing that will most likely install more malware/viruses.

Go to www.avast.com and get the free home edition.

When installing be sure to LEAVE the box labeled "scan on next startup" checked.

That should fix your problem + its great software and the only protection I use.This sort of thing is fairly common. If you've maintained a copy of HijackThis, you should scan with it and post your log here so we can take a look at it.

Quote from: lil_falco on August 12, 2007, 08:31:09 PM

and the only protection I use.

If that's true, then you're terribly underprotected.about a year or so ago, i got a message like that from my friend on AIM saying to "CHECK out my new pics!". it was a virus that was going around, it'll probably be getting more common again since classes are starting for the fall..EVEN if it's from your friend, you should ask what it is..make sure you warn your friends to not click or download anything in a message that they get from you on AIM, by the way.

check out these websites and see if you can find anything useful. my friend used them and it fixed her computer. i'm not sure how up to date it would be now, it's been around a year. good luck.

http://www.jayloden.com/aimfix.htm
http://www.computing.net/security/wwwboard/forum/17899.html
http://forum.pcmech.com/showthread.php?t=153774i tried all of it, aim fix then reeboot, trend micro housecall while in safe mode, spybot while in safe mode and regular, hijackthis.. nothing.. You need to post the hijackthis log here. Due to lack of feedback, I am closing this topic. If you are the original poster and you would like this topic to be re-opened for any reason, PM me or another moderator and it can be arranged.

If you are not the original poster and you require help, please start a New Topic with information about your computer and your problem.

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