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A worm? virus? or what? helpme 10-22-2006
Posted by =?Utf-8?B?aGVscG1l?= on October 22, 2006, 10:58 am
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When i sign in to my Yahoo! Messenger after a few minutes something changes
my status message and sends links in messages to everyone on my list. If i
change my status message after a few minutes i have the same problem again.
I already changed my password, but it didn't help.
I opened a new account and i signed in to my messenger with that ID and
password, but i experienced the same problem with my new account too.
When i start Windows XP Professional also appears an error message about
svchost.exe and when i want to start task manager i also get a message that
is disabled.

I scaned my PC with F-Secure anti-virus and with Ewido anti-spyware, but
they found NOTHING! + I'm also using F-Secure firewall...so i don't know what
can be the problem. What do you think? Do you know a good virus removal tool
that is free and can solve my problem?

Posted by Malke on October 22, 2006, 11:15 am
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helpme wrote:

> When i sign in to my Yahoo! Messenger after a few minutes something
> changes my status message and sends links in messages to everyone on
> my list. If i change my status message after a few minutes i have the
> same problem again. I already changed my password, but it didn't help.
> I opened a new account and i signed in to my messenger with that ID
> and password, but i experienced the same problem with my new account
> too. When i start Windows XP Professional also appears an error
> message about svchost.exe and when i want to start task manager i also
> get a message that is disabled.
>
> I scaned my PC with F-Secure anti-virus and with Ewido anti-spyware,
> but they found NOTHING! + I'm also using F-Secure firewall...so i
> don't know what can be the problem. What do you think? Do you know a
> good virus removal tool that is free and can solve my problem?

Since I don't know how you scanned or if you did any preparatory work:

Go through these general malware removal steps systematically -
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware

Include scanning with either Sysclean or Multi_AV, plus Ewido. Do all
prep/finishing work and follow instructions to do all scans in Safe
Mode.

When all else fails, run HijackThis and post your log in one of the
specialty forums listed at the link above (not here, please).

If the procedures look too complex - and there is no shame in admitting
this isn't your cup of tea - take the machine to a professional
computer repair shop (not your local version of BigStoreUSA).

Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

Posted by David H. Lipman on October 22, 2006, 1:50 pm
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| When i sign in to my Yahoo! Messenger after a few minutes something changes
| my status message and sends links in messages to everyone on my list. If i
| change my status message after a few minutes i have the same problem again.
| I already changed my password, but it didn't help.
| I opened a new account and i signed in to my messenger with that ID and
| password, but i experienced the same problem with my new account too.
| When i start Windows XP Professional also appears an error message about
| svchost.exe and when i want to start task manager i also get a message that
| is disabled.
|
| I scaned my PC with F-Secure anti-virus and with Ewido anti-spyware, but
| they found NOTHING! + I'm also using F-Secure firewall...so i don't know what
| can be the problem. What do you think? Do you know a good virus removal tool
| that is free and can solve my problem?


Download MULTI_AV.EXE from the URL --
http://www.ik-cs.com/programs/virtools/Multi_AV.exe

To use this utility, perform the following...
Execute; Multi_AV.exe { Note: You must use the default folder C:\AV-CLS }
Choose; Unzip
Choose; Close

Execute; C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT
{ or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS }

NOTE: You may have to disable your software FireWall or allow WGET.EXE to go
through your
FireWall to allow it to download the needed AV vendor related files.

C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT -- { or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS}
This will bring up the initial menu of choices and should be executed in Normal
Mode.
This way all the components can be downloaded from each AV vendor's web site.
The choices are; Sophos, Trend, McAfee, Kaspersky, Exit this menu and Reboot the
PC.

You can choose to go to each menu item and just download the needed files or you
can
download the files and perform a scan in Normal Mode. Once you have downloaded
the files
needed for each scanner you want to use, you should reboot the PC into Safe Mode
[F8 key
during boot] and re-run the menu again and choose which scanner you want to run
in Safe
Mode. It is suggested to run the scanners in both Safe Mode and Normal Mode.

When the menu is displayed hitting 'H' or 'h' will bring up a more comprehensive
PDF help
file. http://www.ik-cs.com/multi-av.htm

Additional Instructions:
http://pcdid.com/Multi_AV.htm


* * * Please report back your results * * *


--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm



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