We're going to try and get rid of
VS Toolbar through HJT.
- Open HiJack This
- Click on Open Misc Tools
- Click on Open Uninstall Manager
- Highlight VSToolbar
- Click on Delete this entry
- Close HJT
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Congratulations. Your logs are now clean. Please complete the next "housekeeping" steps and read through the
information below
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Windows XP - Reset Hidden Files
- Click Start.
- Open My Computer.
- Select the Tools menu and click Folder Options.
- Select the View tab.
- Deselect the Show hidden files and folders option.
- Select the Hide file extensions for known types option.
- Select the Hide protected operating system files option.
- Click Yes to confirm.
- Click OK.
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CLEAR AVG A/S QUARANTINE
- Launch AVG A/S
- Click on Show Quarantine
- Click on Select All
- Click on Remove Finally
- Close AVG A/S
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CLEAR NORTON QUARANTINE
Please follow the instructions
HERE to clear Norton's Quarantine.
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RE-ENABLE ANTI-SPYWARE APPLICATIONS
If you were instructed to dis-able Anti-spyware applications during this fix, you may re-enable them
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Please read through the following information to help protect your computer in the future.
KEEP YOUR OPERATING SYSTEM UPDATED
Please ensure that you have already patched your system against the recent WMF exploit. Go to
this page to get the KB912919 patch
MICROSOFT UPDATES
It is very important that you get all of the critical updates for your Operating System and Internet Explorer. Keeping your OS and browser
up to date will help make you less susceptible to attacks by Trojans and viruses. Please go to
Microsoft
and download all the critical updates to help prevent possible re-infection.
ENABLE WINDOWS AUTO UPDATE
Go to Start>Run - type
wuaucpl.cpl
tick on the checkbox - "Keep my computer up to date"
Under settings, choose "Automatically download the updates, and install them on the schedule that I specify".
Click on "OK".
TOOLS TO HELP KEEP YOUR SYSTEM CLEAN
Now that you are clean, to help protect your computer in the future I recommend that you get the following
free programs:
SpywareBlaster to help prevent spyware from installing in the first place.
- Install & update SpywareBlaster with the latest definitions.
- After you have updated, click the button - enable protection for all unprotected items
SpywareGuard to catch and block spyware before it can execute.
SPYBOT - SEARCH & DESTROY Download and install Spybot - Search & Destroy with its
TeaTimer option.
This will provide realtime spyware & hijacker protection on your computer alongside your virus protection. You should also scan your computer with
the program on a regular basis just as you would an antivirus software. A tutorial on installing & using this product can be found
here
AD-AWARE Download and install Ad-Aware. You should use this program to scan
your computer on a regular basis just as you would an antivirus software in conjunction with Spybot. A tutorial on installing & using this product
can be found
here
IE-SPYAD IE/Spyad places more than 4000 dubious websites and domains in the IE Restricted list. This severely impair attempts to infect your system. It basically prevents any downloads (Cookies etc) from the sites listed, although you will still be able to connect to the sites.
- Download IE-SpyAD - Extract the contents to a new folder
- From within the folder, double-click install.bat
- Select Option #2 - Install the new IE-SPYAD list.
- Then return to the main menu.
- Select option #4 - Add the old porn sites domain
A tutorial for IE-SPYAD can be found
here
MVPS HOST FILE The MVPS Hosts file replaces your current HOSTS file
with one that will restrict known ad sites form serving you unsolicited advertisements. Basically, this prevents your computer from connecting to
those sites by redirecting them to 127.0.0.1 which is the IP of your local computer.
- Download Host.zip to your desktop.
- From your Desktop right-click (hosts.zip) and select:
Extract All from the menu.
- Click Next, click Next, select the option:
"Show Extracted files"
- Click Finish
This will open the newly created hosts folder on your Desktop.
Double-click on the included mvps.bat file, this will rename the existing HOSTS file to HOSTS.MVP, then it will copy the included updated
HOSTS file to the correct location on your machine.
MCAFEE SITE ADVISOR SITE ADVISOR is a free IE plug-in (also suport for Firefox browser)
which is used in conjunction with the Google search engine. It advises which web sites are considered safe and which sites could pose a problem.
It also shows what problems were encountered with each site, such as malicious downloads, spam, and related links.
ANTI-VIRUS AND FIREWALL PROGRAMS
ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE It is very important that you have anti-virus software running on your machine.
This alone can save you a lot of trouble with malware in the future.
See this link for a listing of some online antivirus scanners:
Anti-Spyware Tutorial
Here are some very good
free Antivirus products which are available:
If you do not have a firewall, here are 4
free ones available for personal use:
Understanding and Using Firewalls
INFORMATIONAL READING
In light of your recent troubles, I'm sure you'll like to avoid any future infections. Please take a look at these well written articles:
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