computer takeover

anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com
Date: 04/28/04


Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 10:51:41 -0700

Get a good antivirus and keep it uptodate.
Get a good firewall(znoealarm is a free one, nortons
internet security has firewall/antivirus/+more).
Run spyware software:
Spybot Search and Destroy
 http://www.safer-networking.net/

Lavasoft AdAware
 http://www.lavasoft.de

CWSShredder
 http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html

Hijack This!
 http://mjc1.com/mirror/hjt/

Create user accounts and give your girlfriend a limited
account where she can not install any thing on the
computer.

>-----Original Message-----
>The problem here is it doesn't matter how many times the
>pc is reformatted to clear virus' and trojan horses and
>anything else its just a matter of a week or two at the
>most when the first signs of bad news starts to come
>back.I've seen it for so long I know exactly the first
>sign. E.G.I see a different home page like instead of msn
>or yahoo there is somthing called "Blaze," as a homne
>page or it was at one time "Freeze," I mean this has gone
>on for 3 years now. I had one period when my girlfriend
>did not use the computer and I had a relatively smooth 2
>months. I hate to point the finger but she is the only
>other person who is on the pc and she is a bit secretive.
>If fact as long as I've known her she has led a very
>strange existence. I don't know what it is about her but
>she always knows what I've done on the computer.There are
>files that can't be deleted and then just last night I
>printed out these logs which indicate there is some
>nefarious goins on. Here is some of the
>log:http://downloads.180solutions.com/keywords/kyf.247.gz
>to c:documents and settings\etc. (which is the file that
>has been the subject of their interest--it seems
>everything starts with documents and settings)"new log
>session started 04/28/2004 11:32:09 (process id 180
>started-version:5.5.11 .\source\ncase.cpp 119 00000000
>found existing search assistant precess-shutting it down
>stopping timer thread .\source\CMainWnd.cpp 49 5.5 378
>decompressing download data decompressed and wrote it to
>disk download attempt successful loading keywords from
>file entering the add keyword thread not downloading
>bomering-using latest version leaving the add keyword
>thread .\source\cdictioinaryMgr.cpp 196 stopping ad thread
>attempting to close ad window destroying ad window
>waiting for BrowserMonitor treads to exit killing debug
>window this is just part of a page IS THIS IN THE HARD
>DRIVE OR IS THIS PC WHICH WAS SUPPOSEDLY A GIFT TO GUESS
>WHO MY SIGNIFICANT OTHER RIGGED TO JUST TURN OVER INFO?
>IF ANYONE CAN SHED LIGHT ON THIS MOST MYSTERIOUS
>SITUATION I WOULD BE ETERNALLY GRATEFUL. BAFFELED
>.
>



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