any one with the hijack this trojan problem

[golden69_ca]

i have been geting this message when i shut down that a file wants to be renamed from host to hostsagf . i have tracked down that its linked to a trojan and ads gone but have yet been able to fix it . if any one has had this broblem and fixed it help would be loved . it sure slowes the computer down and screws with u when your online .

thanx aaron

[Willow]

have you tryed running spybot? it's pretty good about removing crap.

http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html

[golden69_ca]

this trojan will disable spybot i run spybot and have he newest update still to no avail

[powerboy]

Go get the "new" Microsoft antispyware beta, which is just Giant antispyware. This is byfar the best spyware/malware remover available.

It'll wipe whatever ails your machine.

[Beermaster]

Go get the "new" Microsoft antispyware beta, which is just Giant antispyware. This is byfar the best spyware/malware remover available.

It'll wipe whatever ails your machine.



LMAO "Microsoft and Best" those are 2 words that should never be in the same sentence!!!


First of all what have you attempted yourself? just so we dont tell you things that you have already done

secondly, goto trendmicro and run a online scan that whay the trojan cant disable and software that you are trying to run

have you attemped to use hijackthis to remove the trojan?

[EmilyB]

Does a person simply remove ALL the things a program like "hijack this" finds on your system? :redface: Or do you just remove the high threat issues ?

[Beermaster]

high threat issues, or PM the log and i can help you if you wish

[powerboy]

LMAO "Microsoft and Best" those are 2 words that should never be in the same sentence!!!

In this case they can be. As I stated, M$ anti spyware beta is just Giant antispyware software. Microsoft bought them out. It IS the best, and honestly, if someone is asking for software to remove it, its probably safe to say going into the system32 folder and the registry to delete malware is beyond their capability.

golden69_ca, go grab the software and run it, its really good.

[Quinn]

One single program is rarely enough to get rid of the particularly bad stuff, in my experience... I use Hijack This to start, and then a suite of about six apps, and often some good ol' Regedit.

[Willow]

what the hell are you doing to get that many trojans? this workstation never gets anything and i play a lot of online games and look at sites all day.

[christyf5]

Well I found out for me it was only downloading a single thing of limewire and I had a whole bunch of various spyware and trojans. I guess thats what I get for not paying for my software :razz:

Things I tried using and had limited success. It seemed that every program picks up some spyware but none hit them all.

pandasoftware - online scanner
bullguard - online scanner and downloadable program
adaware - downloadable
spybot - downloadable
xoftspy - online (i think)
cwshredder
AVG
hijack this
winpatrol

Eventually winpatrol would just alert me to certain programs that wanted to start. I would go in and delete them. After figuring out what the filenames were I ended up putting my computer in safemode, manually deleting them and then running all of the antivirus/spyware programs I had installed at the moment (bullguard, spybot and Microsoft Antispyware). Then I restarted my computer and I've been good so far.

Good luck!

Christy :)