Anti Virus Software & Internet protection

[sccsux 10]

We originally listed Spyware Terminator

 

No; we didn't. Google shows us that these sites did though.

[swarfendor437 14]

Might I suggest to the OP (and waddler8 ) that you could use pastebin.ca to upload large text files and just enter the pastebin reference number that will be issued to you via e-mail?

 

swarfendor43

[Panther Rose 10]

Hi Waddler8, I did what you suggested and nothing opened up in notepad. I just kept getting some error messages. Would it not be easier and better for me to purchase a anti-virus that will deal with this problem of mine?

[waddler8 10]

No, I don't believe paying for an anti-virus would solve your problem.

 

This is Windows 7, right?

 

Did HijackThis install?

 

Try it again as above, but this time instead of double clicking the icon, right click on the icon and choose "Run as Admininstrator"

[Paul Blade 10]

Hi Waddler8, I did what you suggested and nothing opened up in notepad. I just kept getting some error messages. Would it not be easier and better for me to purchase a anti-virus that will deal with this problem of mine?

 

No, I don't believe paying for an anti-virus would solve your problem.

 

This is Windows 7, right?

 

Did HijackThis install?

 

Try it again as above, but this time instead of double clicking the icon, right click on the icon and choose "Run as Admininstrator"

 

As Waddler8 said buying any Antivirus won't solve your problem if its malware

All you have to do is bare with him he has sorted lots of people out with this sort of problems

[Panther Rose 10]

No, I don't believe paying for an anti-virus would solve your problem.

 

This is Windows 7, right?

 

Did HijackThis install?

 

Try it again as above, but this time instead of double clicking the icon, right click on the icon and choose "Run as Admininstrator"

 

Yeah, it windows 7. What I've done is unistall it and now preparing to reinstall it

[Panther Rose 10]

As Waddler8 said buying any Antivirus won't solve your problem if its malware

All you have to do is bare with him he has sorted lots of people out with this sort of problems

 

It is a malware and its proper p*****g me off.

[Panther Rose 10]

Waddler8, a message came up saying "For some reason your system denies write access to the Host file. If any hijacked domains are in this file, HijackThis may NOT be able to fix this" Does this make any sense to you? It then goes on to say that to deal with this I have to:

Start - Run (type: notepad C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts

Then press ENTER. I'm then supposed to find the line(s) that say HijackThis reports and delete them. Then to save file as 'hosts' (with quotes) and then reboot

Does this sound right?

[Panther Rose 10]

I'm so SICK and tired of inappropriate screens showing up when I'm on the Sheffield Forum website. All this s**t started when I accepted a 'gift' from a friend on Facebook. I am NOT a happy bunny!!!

[waddler8 10]

Waddler8, a message came up saying "For some reason your system denies write access to the Host file. If any hijacked domains are in this file, HijackThis may NOT be able to fix this" Does this make any sense to you? It then goes on to say that to deal with this I have to:

Start - Run (type: notepad C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts

Then press ENTER. I'm then supposed to find the line(s) that say HijackThis reports and delete them. Then to save file as 'hosts' (with quotes) and then reboot

Does this sound right?

 

Yes, that makes sense and it is exactly one of the things I am trying to look for - entries in your hosts file. A default Windows 7 hosts file should look like this:

 

# Copyright © 1993-2009 Microsoft Corp.

#

# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.

#

# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each

# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should

# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.

# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one

# space.

#

# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual

# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.

#

# For example:

#

# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server

# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host

 

# localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself.

# 127.0.0.1 localhost

# ::1 localhost

 

 

You may find yours has additional entries similar to this:

 

74.125.45.100 4-open-davinci.com

74.125.45.100 securitysoftwarepayments.com

74.125.45.100 privatesecuredpayments.com

74.125.45.100 secure.privatesecuredpayments.com

74.125.45.100 getantivirusplusnow.com

74.125.45.100 secure-plus-payments.com

74.125.45.100 www.getantivirusplusnow.com

74.125.45.100 www.secure-plus-payments.com

74.125.45.100 www.getavplusnow.com

74.125.45.100 safebrowsing-cache.google.com

74.125.45.100 urs.microsoft.com

74.125.45.100 www.securesoftwarebill.com

74.125.45.100 secure.paysecuresystem.com

74.125.45.100 paysoftbillsolution.com

74.125.45.100 protected.maxisoftwaremart.com

173.232.108.157 www.google.com

173.232.108.157 google.com

173.232.108.157 google.com.au

173.232.108.157 www.google.com.au

173.232.108.157 google.be

173.232.108.157 www.google.be

173.232.108.157 google.com.br

173.232.108.157 www.google.com.br

173.232.108.157 google.ca

173.232.108.157 www.google.ca

173.232.108.157 google.ch

173.232.108.157 www.google.ch

173.232.108.157 google.de

173.232.108.157 www.google.de

173.232.108.157 google.dk

173.232.108.157 www.google.dk

173.232.108.157 google.fr

173.232.108.157 www.google.fr

173.232.108.157 google.ie

173.232.108.157 www.google.ie

173.232.108.157 google.it

173.232.108.157 www.google.it

173.232.108.157 google.co.jp

173.232.108.157 www.google.co.jp

173.232.108.157 google.nl

173.232.108.157 www.google.nl

173.232.108.157 google.no

173.232.108.157 www.google.no

173.232.108.157 google.co.nz

173.232.108.157 www.google.co.nz

173.232.108.157 google.pl

173.232.108.157 www.google.pl

173.232.108.157 google.se

173.232.108.157 www.google.se

173.232.108.157 google.co.uk

173.232.108.157 www.google.co.uk

173.232.108.157 google.co.za

173.232.108.157 www.google.co.za

173.232.108.157 www.google-analytics.com

173.232.108.157 www.bing.com

173.232.108.157 search.yahoo.com

173.232.108.157 www.search.yahoo.com

173.232.108.157 uk.search.yahoo.com

173.232.108.157 ca.search.yahoo.com

173.232.108.157 de.search.yahoo.com

173.232.108.157 fr.search.yahoo.com

173.232.108.157 au.search.yahoo.com

[waddler8 10]

I'm so SICK and tired of inappropriate screens showing up when I'm on the Sheffield Forum website.

I can assure you, it's nothing to do with Sheffield Forum.

 

Download this file and save it to your desktop.

 

• Double-click on the hosts-perm.bat file that is now on your desktop.
  
• If Windows asks if you if you are sure you want to run it, allow it to run.
  
• You will see a black command window open & then close.
  

 

Then go to the Start search box and copy & paste the following into it:

 

notepad c:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

 

Notepad should open with the contents of your hosts file. Copy the contents and paste them into a reply here.

[Panther Rose 10]

Waddler8, I did as you asked but a message box came up saying "The filename,directory name or volume label syntax is incorrect" What the heck does this mean?