Whats wrong with my computer

[Paddyb]

It wont shut down normally, i hit ctrl/alt/del and there things running named Wupdater, Mad and Motivedirectory, that dont respond when u try to end task, also now my broadband connection keeps disconnecting, i tried to download a spyware programme and broadband disconnected any help advice would be appreciated

[Elaine]

I've sent you the HijackThis program. (It was the best program that I could find that wouldn't be too large for your yahoo mail account.) Please unzip it, run it, and post the log here.

[Paddyb]

thanks Elaine, I downloaded it and it says dont delete programs if u arent sure about (ie if they crucial to the running of the computer) , but im not computer literate enough to know what to keep or delete , spoke to my brother Scrabo(BST) and he sent me a link to Ad-aware and it detected 333 files that needed fixed/quaruntined. Hopefully the problem is sorted, before i did anything including logging this i did look into it myself by going into add/delete programs and deleted programs that looked dodgy but there was 1 that said newnet6.61 or something like that and it seems this is were it was coming from, it looked to me like a prog. that was needed for internet but obviously not...

How did i get this on my computer... I know... i downloaded 2 screensavers from a cover site cd.covers.cc( mods please delete site name if not allowed to mention site name), but it must be the most popular cover download site about, my brother told me that no screensaver is safe and Anti virus progarms will not protect u against spyware

To Elaine thank u for your help and i will buy u a drink :beer:

[Paddyb]

ps i will post the link to ad-aware if a mod says its ok

Thanks Paddyb

[Elaine]

Glad to hear you got it sorted. However I would recommend installing SpywareBlaster (http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html) to prevent this sort of problem in the future. You also need to remember to update it regularly. You are allowed to post the link to Ad-aware, however it doesn't always solve the more stubborn problems. And thanks for the beer. :)
thanks Elaine, I downloaded it and it says dont delete programs if u arent sure about (ie if they crucial to the running of the computer) , but im not computer literate enough to know what to keep or delete , spoke to my brother Scrabo(BST) and he sent me a link to Ad-aware and it detected 333 files that needed fixed/quaruntined. Hopefully the problem is sorted, before i did anything including logging this i did look into it myself by going into add/delete programs and deleted programs that looked dodgy but there was 1 that said newnet6.61 or something like that and it seems this is were it was coming from, it looked to me like a prog. that was needed for internet but obviously not...

How did i get this on my computer... I know... i downloaded 2 screensavers from a cover site cd.covers.cc( mods please delete site name if not allowed to mention site name), but it must be the most popular cover download site about, my brother told me that no screensaver is safe and Anti virus progarms will not protect u against spyware

To Elaine thank u for your help and i will buy u a drink :beer:

[gooner]

Paddy, it might still be useful posting theHijackthis log, As Elaine has said it doesn't really tackle the more stubborn spyware and the hicjack log will also show if there are any other 'bits and pieces' that shouldn't be there. Also download CWShredder and run that as well.

[Paddyb]

I have downloaded Spybot and it has found more stuff :bawling:

[gooner]

Spybot does tend to pick up more than adaware, I suggest you take the advice above and install spyware blaster and also post your hijackthis log - but please do it qwithout any other applications running at the time