Well I have some news, I looked at one of the programs promoted by the site, "XoftSpySE" and ran a scan. I have the program, "Viewpoint" on it. I paid for the program and removed all but one file. It's a Mozilla Plugin, end of key reads, viewpoint.com/VMP
I knew something was going on, and I'm not sure I or you have found it all now. Please help.
It's a Mozilla Plugin, end of key reads, viewpoint.com/VMP
You decide if you want to keep it.
http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_137262.htm
I knew something was going on, and I'm not sure I or you have found it all now. Please help.
One of the best spyware programs we use is: AVG Anti-Spyware
Download AVG Anti-Spyware from HERE and save that file to your
desktop. This is a 30 day trial of the program
Once you have downloaded AVG Anti-Spyware, locate the icon on the desktop
and double-click it to launch the set up program.
Once the setup is complete you will need run ewido and update the definition
files.
On the main screen select the icon "Update" then select the "
Update now" link.
Next select the "Start Update" button, the update will start and a
progress bar will show the updates being installed.
Once the update has completed select the "Scanner" icon at the top of
the screen, then select the "Settings" tab.
Once in the Settings screen click on "Recommended actions" and then
select ""Quarantine" .".
Under "Reports"
Select "Automatically generate report after every scan"
Un-Select "Only if threats were found"
Close AVG Anti-Spyware, Do Not run a scan just yet, we will shortly.
Reboot your computer into SafeMode. You can do this by restarting
your computer and continually tapping the F8 key until a menu appears.
Use your up arrow key to highlight SafeMode then hit enter. IMPORTANT: Do not open any other windows or
programs while AVG Anti-Spyware is scanning, it may interfere with the scanning proccess:
Lauch AVG Anti-Spyware by double-clicking the icon on your desktop.
Select the "Scanner" icon at the top and then the "Scan" tab
then click on "Complete System Scan".
ewido will now begin the scanning process, be patient this may take a little
time. Once the scan is complete do the following:
If you have any infections you will prompted, then select "Apply all
actions"
Next select the "Reports" icon at the top.
Select the "Save report as" button in the lower left hand of the
screen and save it to a text file on your system (make sure to remember where
you saved that file, this is important).
Close AVG Anti-Spyware and reboot your system back into Normal Mode and post the
results of the AVG Anti-Spyware report scan along with a new HijackThis log.
I have ran AVG 4-5 times and found nothing, even updated it 2-3 times to be sure. Something still has my home page hijacked and locked. Here is what you asked for, I will do nothing else untill I see your post. Thanks
Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1
Scan saved at 8:26:08 PM, on 4/13/2007
Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180)
I'll look into that. Looks like the site recomends AVG over Norton. I use it because I got it free, a Corp. Edition. So I thought it was better than most. I know one thing though, my PC is faster now. If AVG is that good, I'll buy it and use it alone.
I'll look into that. Looks like the site recomends AVG over Norton. I use it because I got it free, a Corp. Edition. So I thought it was better than most. I know one thing though, my PC is faster now. If AVG is that good, I'll buy it and use it alone.
AVG uses alot less resources. Norton's has alot more bells and whistles. There's no one program that will do it all.
Suggested reading:
Author: Oli
Written: 10 Sep '06
I un-installed Norton and did a quick reg clean, just as you said, Norton froze the home page. It's an old program given to me when XP came out. 72mb worth. Did a quick read about the various AV programs, it's something to me that Norton is the slowest and largest. I'll give my lap top a little testing and get back with you. Seems faster now though.
Again, thank you very much.
Do you think now is a good time to upgrade to IE-7? That's when the original error in memory showed up.
I installed the free ZoneAlarm fire wall and have seen PC's trying to access my PC already. It does runs good now.
