Re: Off Topic: Hijacked
- From: "Starlord" <starlord@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 8 May 2005 21:29:04 -0700
I've got foxfire online, I wasn't even using IE at the time, but when I went
to check out the bookmarks that's when I found it hijacked.
So far I've tried 3 blocker/killer programs and they all told me what was
infected but got to buy them befory'll fix anything.
On my old w98 machine I had a free ad/spy killer, went to their site and
it's no longer free and I'm trying to pull enough together for my car's
tags.
"Joe S." <nobody@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:d5mdm902cmt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Also might want to -- after it's cleaned up -- download the free versions
> of
> ZoneAlarm, AdAware, and SpyBot. Keep them updated and run them often.
> Set
> up ZoneAlarm to block everything.
>
> Good advice from RichA about Internet Explorer -- download and install
> Mozilla Firefox -- it's free. It will import your Favorites, passwords,
> and
> the like from IE. Leave IE on the computer (you can't remove it anyway)
> and
> make Firefox your default browser.
>
> --
>
> -----
> Joe S.
>
>
>
> "RichA" <none@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:656t71p718dle8462m8bgukbqanq4e2dvt@xxxxxxxxxx
>> On Sun, 8 May 2005 11:43:06 -0700, "Starlord" <starlord@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >Late last night while trying to get a driver to work my XP got hijacked
> and
>> >even with the anti-virus and MS's own anti-spyware running, it still got
>> >hit. Now I get blasted ads and IE's about blank is shot too. I now get a
>> >message on the desktop about somekind of a error and the active desktop
> pic
>> >can't be displayed, something about error in VXD VMM (01)
>> >trojan-spy.html.smitfraud.c and as the XP disk didn't come with the
> machine
>> >( it's a used one ) I can't run it to fix whatever.
>>
>> You might try this; Look at the running processes in "Task Manager."
>> See if you can i.d. the one causing the problem. Generally, if you
>> sort them by the amount of memory they use, these things show up
>> using about 1-4 megs. Looks for words in the process such as "ad."
>> If you are curious about any process, looking it up in google will
>> generally tell you if it's a regular MS process or something else.
>> Turn off all you're other programs when looking at Task Manager to
>> help isolate the process.
>> Once you're sure it's the one, then use the command line (DOS)
>> accessory prompt and erase the process from that point. Just type
>> "del" and the process name on the command line. So, it might be
>> "del adcount.exe" or whatever the thing is called.
>> Reboot. It might work.
>> Switch to Firefox from IE, if possible. Also, download and run the
>> free version of Pop-Up Stopper.
>> Lastly, download a copy of registrymechanic and let it check the
>> Windows registry for bad or alien entries.
>> -Rich
>>
>
>
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