Evil_inc Posted July 12, 2006 Posted July 12, 2006 I seemed to have picked up a bug that I can't shake. It delivers pre programed popup messages through "Messenger Service" and... well I will let you all check this out. These are the variants of all the messages I have been getting. I have preformed full scans with norton and adaware and turned up the usual junk but nothing out of the ordinary. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shatteredsteel Posted July 12, 2006 Posted July 12, 2006 that would be a variation of the winfixer spyware/virus...I actually just had to take it off a dell at the shop. Its a pain in the @$$ to remove but it is possible, reboot into safe mode and run a free ewido scan. if that doesn't get rid of it on reboot, rerun th escan and take note of what registry entries are being infected...you can guess where this is going. open up your registry and remove the invalid entries. Vuvundo fix may also work (Google it) Linky goodness. http://www.ewido.net/en/onlinescan/ Hope this helps, Barry Benton (AKA shatteredsteel) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
red930 Posted July 12, 2006 Posted July 12, 2006 Go into your Registry and look into your RUN and delete what you know it's not suppose to be there. If you're using I.E. make sure you clean out all of your cookies, temps, temp. Internet Folders. Run Ad-Aware, Spybot, and maybe do SPYWAREGUIDE.com first. It's an ACTIVE-X application that scans on-line which has been working great for me unless you get something really really bad. So no more pron sites okay? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shatteredsteel Posted July 12, 2006 Posted July 12, 2006 Spyware's a killer Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil_inc Posted July 13, 2006 Posted July 13, 2006 Since I cant restart right now I just dragged it to the bottom left hand corner of my two monitors and am just ignoring it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kobalt Posted July 13, 2006 Posted July 13, 2006 Why not just turn OFF messenger? Looks to me someone is just broadcasting spam to you via messenger. Here: http://www.itc.virginia.edu/desktop/docs/messagepopup/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReelFiles Posted July 13, 2006 Posted July 13, 2006 Messenger is disabled by default in XP SP2, did you enable it? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil_inc Posted July 13, 2006 Posted July 13, 2006 My system has crashed many times and I have reinstalled windows 4 times. Sp2 screws with my printer so I do not have it installed. I had had messenger disabled but it was enabled when I checked it so I disabled it again. I am also running symantec's Trojan.Vundo remover to see if I can scrape up any mess. I also ran Vundofix but that turned up nothing. I haven't gotten a message since I disabled messenger again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jm76 Posted July 13, 2006 Posted July 13, 2006 I've always liked using HiJackThis for these problems... Give it a try in safemode if you haven't gotten rid of the problem yet and then search online for a parser for the log file and you will be able to clean up a lot of crap on your system. Jim Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nibs Posted July 13, 2006 Posted July 13, 2006 I've found that Hosts Secure and a properly configured CORE FORCE help to prevent spyware from functioning even if you manage to become infected. Good luck. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
red930 Posted July 13, 2006 Posted July 13, 2006 You know what you can do is install Ad-Aware and use it's tool to perm. disable Messanger. You did disable it through the services, correct? You should try out my suggestions as well, you'll notice a nice boost in your hd. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil_inc Posted July 13, 2006 Posted July 13, 2006 where can I pick up extentions for adaware? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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