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dana z

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am I good to go?
« on: December 27, 2008, 06:33:21 PM »
My goodness gracious.  It has been a maddening past few days trying to figure out what is wrong with my poor laptop, and I am so thankful to have come across your "read this before asking for malware removal help" thread. 

I've heard that Trojans are not viruses and so they don't duplicate, and if that is the case then I really have no idea what this was.  I was getting the pop-ups, and then I noticed some funny business at my Windows log-on screen, my computer wouldn't go in to sleep mode, etc.  I downloaded a few different anti-viral/spyware/adware programs and ran them, but frequently when I elected to remove the bad stuff it came up with (which was increasingly more and more infected items, so I knew it wasn't just a Trojan), the program claimed "could not find specified pathway" or "some files could not be healed" .   But after running through your steps I think I may be fine now.  No pop-ups have harangued me, my long-on screen was clear the past 2 re-boots. 

So here are the logs from the scans.    Do I need to clear out any of the HijackThis items?



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    Re: am I good to go?
    « Reply #1 on: December 27, 2008, 10:56:56 PM »
    O2 - BHO: WormRadar.com IESiteBlocker.NavFilter..etc



    O2 - BHO: (no name) - {A60AF806-B725-4169-A962-77AA35B1E84A} ...

    those 2 are bad, and I know that for sure.

    I had those 2, and i was asked to remove them.

    May help. but not that much.

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    Re: am I good to go?
    « Reply #2 on: January 04, 2009, 04:21:00 PM »
    Trojans are a type of virus.  In terms of biology, think of a virus as a genus and a trojan as a species.  It's not a perfect comparison, but bare with me.  Trojans, keyloggers, worms, rootkits, etc. are different virus types.  They have different names because they do different things, but they are all viruses.

    With that said...your scans picked up quite a bit, but you should do the following just to be safe...

    Download ComboFix by sUBs from one of the below links.  Be sure to save it to the Desktop.

    http://download.bleepingcomputer.com/sUBs/ComboFix.exe
    http://subs.geekstogo.com/ComboFix.exe

    Close any open web browsers (Firefox, Internet Explorer, etc) before starting ComboFix.

    Temporarily disable your anti-virus, and any anti-spyware real-time protection before performing a scan. Click this link to see a list of security programs that should be disabled and how to disable them.

    Double-click combofix.exe and follow the prompts.
    When finished, ComboFix will produce a log for you.
    Post the ComboFix log and a new HijackThis log in your next reply.

    NOTE: Do not mouseclick ComboFix's window while it is running. That may cause it to stall.

    Remember to re-enable your anti-virus and anti-spyware protection when ComboFix is complete.





    O2 - BHO: WormRadar.com IESiteBlocker.NavFilter..etc



    O2 - BHO: (no name) - {A60AF806-B725-4169-A962-77AA35B1E84A} ...

    those 2 are bad, and I know that for sure.

    I had those 2, and i was asked to remove them.

    May help. but not that much.
    Your desire to help is appreciated, but please refrain from assisting in the removal of HijackThis entries unless you have received proper training.  Thank you.
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