[H8sDyFuca]

Bingo!


desktop tab-
just needed to change Color- from Black to White. got old wallpaper back.

Edited by H8sDyFuca, 16 April 2005 - 04:47 PM.

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Yes!! I'm so excited

Now how is your system running??

Michelle

[Michelle]

Yes!! I'm so excited

Now how is your system running??

Michelle

[H8sDyFuca]

perfectivly normal amigo!

[Michelle]

Sweet!

BTW, Thank you for all the screen shots! That helped me in seeing exactly what this infection was doing

Congratulations your log is clean! Great job on the clean up

Here are some tips, to reduce the potential for spyware infection in the future, I strongly recommend installing the following applications:

Detect and Remove Programs:

• How to use Ad-Aware to remove Spyware <= If you suspect that you have spyware installed on your computer, here are instructions on how to download, install and then use Ad-Aware.
• How to use Spybot to remove Spyware <= If you suspect that you have spyware installed on your computer, here are instructions on how to download, install and then use Spybot. Similar to Ad-Aware, I strongly recommend both to catch most spyware.

Prevention Programs:

• Spywareblaster <= SpywareBlaster will prevent spyware from being installed.
• Spywareguard <= SpywareGuard offers realtime protection from spyware installation attempts.
• MVPS Hosts file <= The MVPS Hosts file replaces your current HOSTS file with one containing well known ad sites etc. Basically, this prevents your computer from connecting to those sites by redirecting them to 127.0.0.1 which is your local computer
• Google Toolbar <= Get the free google toolbar to help stop pop up windows.

Other necessary Programs:

• AntiVirus Program<= An AntiVirus program is a must! Whether it is a free version like AVG or Anti-Vir, or a shareware version like Norton or Kapersky, this is a must have.
• Firewall<= A firewall is definitely a must have. Two good free versions are Sygate and ZoneLabs.

[Michelle]

Will you do a really quick favor for me?

Paste this into Registrar Lite:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Run\

Then copy everything that is in the run folder and paste it here.

Thank you!

[H8sDyFuca]

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\explorer\run\\(default)

only thing

MVPS Hosts file installed. sounded nice, i have most of the others.

thanks again for the help! you were wonderfull.

take care and good luck. hopefully i wont need to come back

Edited by H8sDyFuca, 16 April 2005 - 04:58 PM.

[Michelle]

Ok, that's awesome. Thank you!!

And you are very welcome! Glad I could help

Michelle