Hey everyone
the other day i logged my dad off my pc (he doesnt get that he has to sign out when hes done in my room) and when i logged onto mine some filth had downloaded its self. its not porno or owt like that just extremely annoying!

Whenever i click to go onto my emails (i use msn explorer on windows xp) it sends me to a naff search page and loads of pop up ads appear saying im infected with something. (see this here :http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v221/franc1987/infected.jpg ) this also happens when i try to post a message in one of my msn groups too.
I have looked in my add and remove programs list and the only thing i can find that looks slightly odd is "search assistant unistall" and when i click uninstall its like it uninstalls it really fast and then its downloaded back onto my PC if that makes sense cos it just reappears as soon as iv deleted it. There is also a long list of things called "windows xp hot fix" and i do not know what they are. There are tons of them! (see screen shot here: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v221/franc1987/infected2.jpg
So aswell as all this going on i log on this morning and theres loads of strange icons on my desk top that simply wont delete like poker, holidays and card games?? (as seen here http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v221/franc1987/desktop.jpg )

To add to the problems a few weeks ago my norton anti virus just stopped working and dad hasnt been able to get new software from work.

I am praying it isnt virus' or spy ware cos i just dont have the money to buy new software! help! does anyone know whats going on.

Oh yeh and these are new things iv installed recently (that i can think of)

Canon camera software
MP3 player software
bear share downloading thing
webcam software
CDex converter
this other naff converter that didnt work


thanks!

EDIT: the link for the windows "windows xp hot fix" thing wont work and iv tried loading it onto photo bucket again but its diverting like it does with my emails. is it slowly over taking my pc? :gag:

EDIT #2: the windows hot fix link should be working now.

I'm no expert.. but I've had a few problems lately and managed to sort them out. It sounds like spywear, If you download spybot, It's free (see http://www.download.com/Spybot-Search-Destroy/3000-8022_4-10289035.html?tag=lst-0-2 ) or simlar programme - Do a search on www.download.com, I'd then sort by user rating to find the best rated software - a lot of the software is free or free to try. You'll also find some anti virus software on there as well which you really need, Hope this helps.

this isnt going to make it even worse is it? :confused: sorry for being sceptical but u never no.... no offence

Search for the software at www.download.com and read the user reviews then make your own decision - it worked for me!

hey
the spyware doctor thing seems to have gotten rid of the annoying pop ups horrid destop items and generally cleaned up the pc. 158 spyware item thingys were found! :o

As for the inbox problem that hasnt gone. It has stopped diverting to the search page but still looks like this :
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v221/franc1987/inbox.jpg

is this a fault with hotmail or my PC?
thanks a lot

Not sure I think it maybe hotmail but I don't use it.

I'd still get an anti virus programme from the download.com site and run a full system scan, I found a few I was unaware of.

Below you will find all the links to the necessary utilities but basically you should read this article.
http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?postid=233918#post233918


1. Download the following utilities

> Spybot - Search & Destroy
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/

> Adaware SE Personal
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/

> CWShredder
http://www.intermute.com/spysubtract/cwshredder_download.html

> HijackThis
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/

> EasyCleaner
http://personal.inet.fi/business/toniarts/ecleane.htm


2. If you don't already have an Anti Virus utility on your system then grab AVG Free edition
http://www.grisoft.com

You need to do some serious housekeeping franc;) .

I'm leaving you some links to various programs that will help keep your system squeaky clean;) . You need to update each program before using it for the first time. It always better to run them in safe mode as well, with system restore turned off!.

AVG7 Antivirus (http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/2/lng/us/tpl/v5)

Sygate personal firewall (http://www.sygate.com/firewall/)

Ad-Aware SE (http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE-Personal-Edition/3000-8022_4-10045910.html?part=dl-ad-aware&subj=dl&tag=top5)

Spybot search and destroy (http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html)

CWShredder (http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4086.html) This one is most likely to help you.

Get back in touch if they do not stop your problem;)

Originally posted by vidster
You need to do some serious housekeeping franc;) .



i thought i kept my computer really clean. well as clean as can be with no anti virus stuff. I dont really know what im looking for when i am doing my regular "house cleaning""! lol


Thanks to every one thats replyed its a great help

Originally posted by franc1987
i thought i kept my computer really clean. well as clean as can be with no anti virus stuff. I dont really know what im looking for when i am doing my regular "house cleaning""! lol


Thanks to every one thats replyed its a great help

might be worth while getting a free firewall too...you never know whos read this thread and sees an invitation of possible open ports on your machine

click here (http://www.zonelabs.com)

Hi
Well the spyware doctor seemed to work but every time i went on a website the icons reappeared and i had to scan again. It did find something like 900 infections or something orriginally which i was shocked at! Anyway i got rid of the spyware doctor and the icons stopped coming so i dont no what thats about although i still cant get into hotmail and am now having to go through out look express

All seemed to be going well until the other day i logged on and my dad had been on the computer and a window popped up saying something about updating and the first time i clicked no but the second time it popped up i hit return without looking and wam this crap downloaded onto my PC and it turned out to be a dial up connection charging £3.00 a minute or something so now every so often about every few hours i get booted from the net and have to delete this dial up thing to get back on but this tab appears at the bottom next to the start button saying connected= x number of minutes cost= and then it goes up by £1.50 for 10 seconds or so im connected. Is this for real? is it really charging me that money? The dial up is named NV. Im not worried cos i no i havent downloaded it after all iv not been on any dodgy sites, and i dont pay the bill. I dont use any other sites but this, msn groups, my college email provider and hotmail (where i open nothing but who i no)

Any advice??
Appart from that computer problems solved! Thankyou so much!

the programs detailed by vidster will sort this out.
It could indeed be dialing a premium rate number, although the maximum is £1.50/minute.

Get some anti virus (avg free edition), get a firewall and get adaware. Run them all on a regular basis and set them to auto update as often as possible.

Originally posted by vidster
You need to do some serious housekeeping franc;) .

I'm leaving you some links to various programs that will help keep your system squeaky clean;) . You need to update each program before using it for the first time. It always better to run them in safe mode as well, with system restore turned off!.

AVG7 Antivirus (http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/2/lng/us/tpl/v5)

Sygate personal firewall (http://www.sygate.com/firewall/)

Ad-Aware SE (http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE-Personal-Edition/3000-8022_4-10045910.html?part=dl-ad-aware&subj=dl&tag=top5)

Spybot search and destroy (http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html)

CWShredder (http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4086.html) This one is most likely to help you.

Get back in touch if they do not stop your problem;)

hey did u mean for me to download all of these or just one of them?

Originally posted by franc1987
Hey everyone
the other day i logged my dad off my pc (he doesnt get that he has to sign out when hes done in my room) and when i logged onto mine some filth had downloaded its self. its not porno or owt like that just extremely annoying!

Whenever i click to go onto my emails (i use msn explorer on windows xp) it sends me to a naff search page and loads of pop up ads appear saying im infected with something. (see this here :http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v221/franc1987/infected.jpg ) this also happens when i try to post a message in one of my msn groups too.
I have looked in my add and remove programs list and the only thing i can find that looks slightly odd is "search assistant unistall" and when i click uninstall its like it uninstalls it really fast and then its downloaded back onto my PC if that makes sense cos it just reappears as soon as iv deleted it. There is also a long list of things called "windows xp hot fix" and i do not know what they are. There are tons of them! (see screen shot here: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v221/franc1987/infected2.jpg
So aswell as all this going on i log on this morning and theres loads of strange icons on my desk top that simply wont delete like poker, holidays and card games?? (as seen here http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v221/franc1987/desktop.jpg )

To add to the problems a few weeks ago my norton anti virus just stopped working and dad hasnt been able to get new software from work.

I am praying it isnt virus' or spy ware cos i just dont have the money to buy new software! help! does anyone know whats going on.

Oh yeh and these are new things iv installed recently (that i can think of)

Canon camera software
MP3 player software
bear share downloading thing
webcam software
CDex converter
this other naff converter that didnt work


thanks!

EDIT: the link for the windows "windows xp hot fix" thing wont work and iv tried loading it onto photo bucket again but its diverting like it does with my emails. is it slowly over taking my pc? :gag:

EDIT #2: the windows hot fix link should be working now.

Those peer to peer downloading things are notorious for getting virus infected downloads onto your PC.

Just thought I'd point this out.

It could be something you've downloaded with bearshare that's causing teh problems.

Originally posted by franc1987
hey did u mean for me to download all of these or just one of them?

If you have no antivirus installed then you should install AVG7.
If you have not got a Firewall installed then install Sygate.
These two will work in the background on your pc making sure you don't get any viruses.

Ad-aware and Spybot are two programs that will search your pc for spyware and remove it. I recommend installing both of them because one will find objects that the other one may miss.

CWShredder is a program that has been specifically designed to hunt down and remove items from the 'CoolWebSearch' family. These are usually the toolbars that people see appear from nowhere. They can also redirect your browser to any page it wants.

I would/have installed them all as well as a couple more to stop spyware getting on my system in the first place. :thumbsup:

Originally posted by franc1987
hey did u mean for me to download all of these or just one of them?
find out what they are.

by the time you understand this thread will be long dead and your pc infection free.

does the sygate firewall stop the network connection? cos sinse i installed it my bro cant get on the internet thru the network