hijacked

[aries]

When I logged on this morning after shutting down the computer last night, I
noticed that my internet explorer history and passwords had been deleted. At
first I thought to myself, someone else must have used this computer and
deleted these files. But then when I went to Event Viewer, Security, I see
that some events have occurred that don't bear this out. Can some official
Microsoft person please look at my Event log and tell me if I've been
hijacked? The results are very strange.

 

[Malke]

When I logged on this morning after shutting down the computer last night, I
noticed that my internet explorer history and passwords had been deleted. At
first I thought to myself, someone else must have used this computer and
deleted these files. But then when I went to Event Viewer, Security, I see
that some events have occurred that don't bear this out. Can some official
Microsoft person please look at my Event log and tell me if I've been
hijacked? The results are very strange.

This is a peer-to-peer newsgroup where you can get free tech support
from other users, not Microsoft. While some MS employees occasionally
post here, the majority of helpers are volunteers who don't work for the
company. If you want official MS tech support, it is not free.

Contact MS - http://support.microsoft.com/gp/contactuswindows?sd=win
MS International Support -
http://support.microsoft.com/common/international.aspx

If you want help from the newsgroup, you can give a few examples of what
you think is happening. You also need to include information about what
security you have in place, how you connect to the Internet, what
version/Service Pack level of XP you have, etc.

How to Post:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Usenet
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 - How to Ask a Question

You can also run through some general malware removal steps as suggested
here:

http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware

Or you can have a local computer professional (not someone from
BigComputerStore/GeekSquad) come on-site and take a look.


Malke