Urgent Help Needed-pc Very Weird Today/yesterday

[davidjones90]

I attempted to download a song, and loada security warnings came up, warnin of very dodgy companys, i stupidly accept, and i got 2 virus warnings from norton, from their onwards i have got some stupid search tool bar, i got 5 desktops items which offered gambelling. It changed my home page to www.amazingsearch.com (http://www.amazingsearch.com) i tried to change it to hotmail, it did, but when i start it agian, it reverts it.

Tried a virus scan-no virus
Pestpatrol-done yesterday had a couple. Had Kazaa lite which gav 2 but thats suppose to happen, and Family Key Logger.
Trying to stop some process.

It has taken HOURS to get here. It takes 3 mins to start internet explorer!

What can i do advice, tips ANYTHING????

Kind Regards

Safe.

[colin7616]

i have downloaded music mp3s from sites and ended up with spyware/adware not as bad as yours.somebody may give better advice then me but i will try to help what i know. you sound like you have downloaded adware/spyware.try spybot suppose to be good at getting rid of this type of thing.try www.download.com (http://www.download.com) for downloading spybot.also if you have xp not sure your system let us know. you could try system restore with going back to a good restore point.another good site which has dealt with these spyware problems and you should find some help is www.the-scream.co.uk (http://www.the-scream.co.uk). they have dealt extensively on this subject in the pc security section.hope you get it solved.as i have had spyware viruses trogens and found a solution.colin

[anou2]

http://www.dvdrom-guide.com/forums/showthread.php?t=783

My problem is kinda the same mate? I am getting gambling ads and my search engine has changed to 123search and it changes back to that even tho i have made google my default. But as you can see my main concern was the random dialing of this xxx server

[BlackDiamondJr]

Your browser has been hijacked. See Hijacked (http://www.spywareinfo.com/articles/hijacked/) for more information.
It is possible that you were infected with the CWS Trojan. The CWShredder (http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/cwshredder.zip) utility has been very effective in its removal in some cases. I've used this tool effectively on friends computers for hijack removal on many occasions.

In addition, you need to download Ad-aware (http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/) spyware remover along with Spybot Search & Destroy (http://www.safer-networking.org/).
Make sure that you download the latest updates for each of these programs before you run the scans.
It is recommended that you clear your IE cache and Temporary Internet Files before you scan.

Internet Explorer is very vulnerable to these exploits and is often targeted. You might want to consider a safer browser to use from now on. Try Opera (http://www.opera.com/) or .Mozilla (http://www.mozilla.org/)

[davidjones90]

http://www.dvdrom-guide.com/forums/showthread.php?t=783

My problem is kinda the same mate? I am getting gambling ads and my search engine has changed to 123search and it changes back to that even tho i have made google my default. But as you can see my main concern was the random dialing of this xxx server
exactly the same, how do i know i dont have a dialer running, i dont want to have a nastly bill, im now using the laptop, i have used pestpatrol, am now downloadin spybot, will there be any difference?

kind regards

[BlackDiamondJr]

Spybot Search & Destroy will detect and remove most Dialers and Keyloggers from your system.

[anou2]

i have used spybot mate a few times now its picking up a few things but aint seen anything with dialers in it.

I have also used mcafee but thats not finding anything.

It does seem to have come from kazaa i think as there is another icon in the bottom left for peer2peer....... i never had this running before when i had kazaa

[anou2]

Your browser has been hijacked. See Hijacked (http://www.spywareinfo.com/articles/hijacked/) for more information.
It is possible that you were infected with the CWS Trojan. The CWShredder (http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/cwshredder.zip) utility has been very effective in its removal in some cases. I've used this tool effectively on friends computers for hijack removal on many occasions.

In addition, you need to download Ad-aware (http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/) spyware remover along with Spybot Search & Destroy (http://www.safer-networking.org/).
Make sure that you download the latest updates for each of these programs before you run the scans.
It is recommended that you clear your IE cache and Temporary Internet Files before you scan.

Internet Explorer is very vulnerable to these exploits and is often targeted. You might want to consider a safer browser to use from now on. Try Opera (http://www.opera.com/) or .Mozilla (http://www.mozilla.org/)
you know mate i think you have sorted my problem i downloaded the CWShredder and it found a variant of the virus it said. it cleaned it up and now there is no slowdown in the typing on the machine either. Just hope this xxx stays away

[davidjones90]

all sorted, cheers ladz