Re: spyware infected
From: Fitz (SENDNOMAIL_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 07/25/05
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Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 01:54:06 GMT
You probably don't have a virus...you've got spyware. You've been hijacked.
Do the following things:
Google for and then download and install:
MS Anti-Spyware
SpyBot Search and Destroy
AdAware
Spyware Blaster
HiJackThis
a-squared
Update your virus definitions
Open the programs and update them to get the latest definitions (don't
bother running the programs yet).
Download a program called winsockxpfix in case the repairs break your
internet connection.
Delete temp files, IE cache, etc.
Delete the contents of C:\windows\prefetch. Don't delete the folder.
Disable System Restore.
Disconnect from the internet.
Restart in Safe Mode.
Run all of the above programs. Fix what needs to be fixed.
Run again in Safe Mode.
When all is clean, restart Normally.
Re-enable System Restore.
Let us know.
"MT" <MT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:ED6C5C8A-F4AD-4ADC-AFF2-C27399811937@microsoft.com...
>I seem to have stumbled across a nasty virus (i think)... Here are the
> symptoms: my home page has been permanently changed to
> "oneclicksearches.com", it cannot be changed. my desktop wallpaper has
> been
> replaced with a anti-spyware ad claiming to have my best interests at
> heart,
> and my internet explorer is 'very selective' as to which websites I can
> visist... (it wont let me even go to Microsoft.com/security it just
> redirects
> me back to the 'oneclicksearches.com' site.. HELP!!!!! (1) What am I
> dealing
> with and (2) how do I get rid of it?? I have spybot and adaware that are
> not
> doing any good.....
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