[Lila88]

So apparently I have a virus (?!) and I'd really love some trustworthy advice. I've looked things up but I don't understand what the sites are asking me to do.

Everyday I have these sites appearing in my history:

88.80.7.66
a.doginhispen
b.skitodayplease

I've read that this is pretty bad. I know it's a trojan and that's all I got, lol. I've since blocked the sites but of course, that hasn't helped and they've returned within a few hours. Apparently this is common. The only issue I've had related to this is that any new windows I try and open take forever to load. As in, 2-3 minutes to open any new window or link. Then it's fine or at least it seems so.

Any advice? How did this get on my computer? I've seen a very limited number of success stories but again, I just don't understand how to do this. I'm moderately computer savvy but this is way over my head. I read something about the FindAWF program which is what lead me here. I searched a.doginhispen here to try and avoid duplicate threading so I appologize if this is a repeat.

Help?!
Thanks!

Edited by Lila88, 28 February 2008 - 09:39 PM.

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You need to read the Sticky threads in the Malware Removal forum, and follow the steps there

[Rorschach112]

You need to read the Sticky threads in the Malware Removal forum, and follow the steps there

[Lila88]

Thank you I didn't even know what "malware" was so that's why I started a new thread here.

Unfortunately, now that I've read through the stickies, I'm still confused. I went through some FAQ's also but am just totally lost. What steps should I follow? What do I do with this FindAWF program? What's a Hijak This Log, and how can that help? I'd love a link to this problem set in another forum and appologize for my serious lack of ability to find it on my own. I know my answers are here somewhere but I'm just having a very hard time finding them. I keep reading that this is a specific trojan and that it has to be dealt with in a specific way or it will continue to come back. I just don't understand how to actually go about removing it.

Again, thank you for your time!

[Rorschach112]

Read this topic

http://www.geekstogo...-Log-t2852.html

If the problem remains after running the scanners in the above link, follow this step

Step Five: Posting a Hijack This Log

It says it all there. You will need to post your HijackThis log in the Malware Removal forum, don't worry about the FindAWF program at the moment

[Lila88]

Ok thank you so much! I'll go through all the steps and try it from there. I had already read that but didn't know if it would apply to this problem or not.

Again, Thank you!