Explorer being assaulted by trojan

[mycompisbroke]

Ok I'm about to start downloading now. Also theres a second one . With the first one when I click ok my comp acts weird but with the second one it goes away when I click ok but still it makes me think its spreading. Also in a post aelier in this thread one of yall sayed it was a worm . What exacly is the definition of that ? I've heard of viruses and trojans(and I've had them) but not worms.

[mycompisbroke]

*censored*! ? My mcafee firewall sayed hijack this was a virus and deleted it when I downloaded it.

[mycompisbroke]

Also I almost forgot it only seems to happen when I open up and innternet browser.

[mycompisbroke]

Wow , hijackthis was deleted even with my firewall off. Yall sure it isnt a virus?

[Deerpark]

Viruses and trojans you have to download and execute in order for them to work. Worms on the other hand spreads on a network (like the internet) on their own by exploiting various security flaws in operating systems or programs. Keeping your Windows up to date and a firewall is essential in protecting against worms.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_worm

Hijackthis is not a virus, ask anyone on this forum. It's probably not the firewall but your anti-virus that is falsely labeling hijackthis as a virus. False positives happens all the time no matter what AV product you use.

[copycat]

Thanks Deerpark!

Copycat

[mycompisbroke]

My friend just came over and downloaded something that fixed whatever it was. He had the exact same thing 2 months ago. I still have a *censored* load of adware that I cant delete with ad  aware because everytime I do I delete something critical for my comp and have to restore it.

[CBMatt]

Trust me, HijackThis is not a virus.  There are online schools devoted solely to the use of this program.  It's a powerful tool that aids in the detection of infections.  Are you downloading it from the link Deerpark provided?  Make sure you're not downloading the 2.0 beta version, which might still create false positives with McAfee.  Version 1.99.1 is the version you want, and it shouldn't create any false positives, unless you have outdated software (looking back, you did say you have an old version of McAfee, which may be the problem).  If you have to, disconnect from the internet and disable McAfee.  Then download HijackThis with another computer, put it on a disk, and transfer it to your own computer.  Then scan with it and post the log here.

Did you download the programs dl65 suggested and follow his instructions?

Also, would you mind asking your friend what he downloaded to fix this problem for you?  It's becoming an increasingly popular problem, but there are still very few possible solutions.

[mycompisbroke]

This . http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/downloads/critical/q316059/default.asp
At first I didnt think it worked and it sayed I need IE version 6.0 but when I opened up internet explorer the thing didnt pop up.  Also I thaught it was a problem with exploer but it was internet explorer. <_<

[mycompisbroke]

I did some research on a site dedicated to causing *censored* like this and found what I got . It happened when I downloaded download accelerater and it was all like buffer over load and what this describes is  what I got.

http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/4056

[Deerpark]

That security update you linked to is all the way back from 2002. If your windows was fully updated this one should have already been installed.

[mycompisbroke]

<_< Well I'm not the only retard because a lot of people have a similar  problem.

[Deerpark]

Ohh it wasn't an attack on you, I was just surprised that's all. But I would suggest that you enable Automatic Update so you get updates like this. It will save you from a lot of future problems.

[mycompisbroke]

Naw I'm good. I dont like downloading stuff that much anymore because of the stuff on my comp right now. Not that I'm saying it has a virus , I'm just saying I feel uncomfortable downloading stuff right now. I'm not even  downloading warez  and everybody knows I love my warez.

[Fed]

Keeping your Windows uptodate is essential but I always leave it a couple of weeks after update Tuesday to see if the updates have caused others any problems.