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I have been Hijacked !!!!!! HELP

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  1. Samurai Jack

    Samurai Jack Member

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    Sorry in advance for being a pain in the a$$.

    But my browser has been hijacked, I already ran Adaware and Spybot.

    I thought the problem was solved, but after I reboot it returns :mad:

    What can I do ?

    Did I forget to mention how smart I think all of you are:D
     
    #1 Samurai Jack, Jul 7, 2004
  2. droxford

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    Unplug youself from the internet, first of all, so that you don't infect anyone else.

    Then boot off a emergency bootable CD that has latest anti-virus updates on it. Then run software that finds trojans. Then run spyware. Then run ad-aware.

    Don't have one of thoses disks?

    Take your hard drive out and connect it to a clean machine that can scan it and clean it for you.

    -- droxford
     
    #2 droxford, Jul 7, 2004
  3. Samurai Jack

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    Would the emergency bootable CD be my Norton disk ?
     
    #3 Samurai Jack, Jul 7, 2004
  4. droxford

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    Kinda,


    you should have created a different one with updated virus definitions. That bootable disk that came from norton probably has virus definitions that are a year old.

    you could try it anyway, but there's a strong chance it won't find the virus.

    -- droxford
     
    #4 droxford, Jul 7, 2004
  5. Lil Pun

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    Panda has an online virus scan that can delete/disinfect infected files.
     
    #5 Lil Pun, Jul 7, 2004
  6. Lil Pun

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    Oh yeah..........GET FIREFOX! ;) :D
     
    #6 Lil Pun, Jul 7, 2004
  7. Samurai Jack

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    Last question, will spyware & adaware automaticlly select the items to be deleted ?
     
    #7 Samurai Jack, Jul 7, 2004
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    #8 Rockets34Legend, Jul 7, 2004
  9. droxford

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    If they find anything, they should prompt you with what they find for you to take any action (ignore, repair, delete, etc.)

    And, Lil Pun is right - you could try panda online virus scanning.

    Once you're clean remember the five tthings you must inspect weekly:

    1) make sure you have a properly installed and secured firewall
    2) security patches for Windows (use a free program called HFNETCHK to see which patches you need)
    3) update your anti-virus
    4) run spyware (spybot)
    5) run ad-aware

    -- droxford
     
    #9 droxford, Jul 7, 2004
  10. Samurai Jack

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    THANX, you guys rock !!!!!!
     
    #10 Samurai Jack, Jul 7, 2004
  11. DaDakota

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    Just go into internet options and hit the reset to default web page and away you go.

    DD
     
    #11 DaDakota, Jul 7, 2004
  12. Lil Pun

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    #12 Lil Pun, Jul 7, 2004
  13. Samurai Jack

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    Really ?
     
    #13 Samurai Jack, Jul 7, 2004
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  15. Samurai Jack

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    I'm doing the Panda ActiveScan 5.01 right now, Is this the one ?
     
    #15 Samurai Jack, Jul 7, 2004
  16. Samurai Jack

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    Ok guys................

    I really apprecicate all the help, but you got me going in five different directions.

    Vengeance, is your option the best ?
     
    #16 Samurai Jack, Jul 7, 2004
  17. Samurai Jack

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    btw, Vengeance I already ran both spybot & adaware but the problem returned after reboot.

    Will Firefox slove this ?
     
    #17 Samurai Jack, Jul 7, 2004
  18. Lil Pun

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    Did you use IE Sumari? IE is vulnerable to a very large scale of attacks. Firefox is not targeted as much as IE and doesn't have many of the holes IE has because it is not tied in so closely with Windows. The problem will still exist just not on Firefox.
     
    #18 Lil Pun, Jul 7, 2004
  19. Samurai Jack

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    Yes, I used IE.

    I'm going to let Panda finish, then download Firefox, then run both Spybot & Adaware....... How does that sound ?
     
    #19 Samurai Jack, Jul 7, 2004
  20. Lil Pun

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    Sounds good to me but don't take my word for it...
     
    #20 Lil Pun, Jul 7, 2004
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