Robin
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but my antivirus isnt picking it up
what can i do? i think i know where it is... can i just delete it? (i have the filepath)
failing that, if i return my laptop to factory settings, will it disappear?
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Robin
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oh, and its making my IE go to a certain page everytime i start up, even though i have deleted my cookies/history/temp files
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DarkBahamut
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Whats it doing exactly? If its just diverting your IE pages then it could just be spyware.
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Robin
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if i click on my home button (CS General chat, it goes to www.securitynetpage.com, and tells me to download some antivirus
i've tried spyware doctor, and it didnt do anything, i'm currently running AVG again, but im not holding my breath
apparently i have a torjan horse virus in "vwlummc.dll" but i dont know how to get to it, or delete/fix it
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DarkBahamut
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Its not a trojan really, just a spyware injection. If you stick the dll name into google loads of stuff comes up about it.
http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=si_hijack&message.id=42046
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Robin
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ok, so if i follow what that tells me to, it should all be ok?
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DarkBahamut
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Probabaly .
Alot of the links seemed to recommend running Hijack this. Give that a run and follow one of the links. As long as you dont delete anything important nothing should break.
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Robin
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I ran SmitFraudFix, and its done the trick
cheers for the help
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abdus
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you can also use AVG free next time
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Dom
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should run spyware blaster as that prevents any spyware being installed by filling up your reg with keys that the spyware use - works pretty well, yet to have any problems
also, it has a few bits and bobs to stop sypware taking over your 'home' address etc
[Edited on 09-08-2006 by Dom]
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Robin
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abdus, i used AVG, but it didnt pick up on it.
Dom, I'll get hold of that, cheers
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Cybermonkey
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Spybot S&D
Ad-Aware SE Personal
CCleaner
AVGFree (anti-viral also)
run these once a fortnight and stay as clean as a whistle, and keeps your machine ticking over perfectly
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Steve
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once you get loads of spyware or a virus, even if you clean it with something its never the same, always a rebuild for me if it happens
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drax
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It most probably would have changed ur hosts file as well, which if you do something wrong you will be rendered without use of the internet.
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Robin
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how do i find out if it has? or how do i fix that?
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Marc
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