Topic: somethig is wrong with my computer

[Aden_Gatling]

Not sure what you guys are talking about: I've been using Ad-Aware for a long time (admittedly I don't use Windows nearly as much as I used to, but still regularly) and it has never put a single bit of spyware or adware on my computer (nor, until now, have I heard of anyone claim that it has installed adware on theirs)!!   

In my experience, Norton/Symantec and McAfee have the best (i.e., strongest) antivirus protection: others are sometimes considered 'superior' only because they utilize less system resources ... they are all generally pretty good, as long as you keep your virus definitions up to date ... YMMV

[Island Ryhno]

I just went through about 4 days worth of time getting rid of a Trojan and spyware. I'm pretty good with the pc but this had me stumped. So I got help, first thing to do is download a program called Hijack This, you can download it herehttp://www.download.com/3001-8022_4-10307556.html?idl=n Do NOT run Hijack This from the Desktop, a temp folder or choose run from the download. Place it in its own folder, for example C:\Program Files\HJT, when you open it click on the "do a system scan and save a log file" button. A notepad will pop up with all your processes on it, copy that notepad (save it) and go to this site www.bullguard.com/forum and post it in there while asking for help, they will give you step by step instructions on how to disinfect your pc. Be warned it takes some time (conversing back and forth may take a couple of days, different time zones and what not) In the mean time here are some good programs to download and run, CWS Sherdder  http://danborg.org/spy/CWS/cwshredder.exe
Adware  http://www.download.com/3000-2144-10045910.html?part=69274&subj=dlpage&tag=button
Update when downloaded
Spybot: http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html
Check for updates
Download this scanner â “ mwav exe http://www.spywareinfo.dk/download/mwav.exe
Hope this helps, you can PM me if you need
Ryhno
 

[Alex252]

Jeez Island Rynho that long! It takes me at most 5 hours to get rid of a Trojan....maybe yours was a different level of severity

[Island Ryhno]

Sorry, I should have made that a little more clear. I needed help with getting rid of two things, one was called Download.Trojan, which my Norton System Works 2005 couldn't fix, as it couldn't fix it, it hid the damn file so it was accesible although the Trojan worked around this and still infected the pc. Then I had a browser hijacker called Desktop.exe which would hide in the registry and when I found the HKEY I couldn't delete it. I suspect the reason it took so long to get help from the guys at Bullguard is because it was the weekend. So yeah, if you download all those programs and run them it would only take a couple of hours. Btw be sure you update all those programs BEFORE you run them or you'll just have to do it again. Also run the MWAV scanner first as it takes the longest. Cheers

[-Hutch-]

Are you booting with it (i.e., insert CD, shutdown computer, boot directly from CD)?

ummmmm no i have not tryed that. i am not sure where the CD is. would that help alot?  or is that what you really need for the program to function properly

[-Hutch-]

oh and because of march break and easter i will not be able to get on a computer for the Internet untill about April 1st.i think that is the next time i will get on my school internet. so if it gets fixed before than i will be on to let you know.