System Hijackers

[Guest]

How to prevent my computer being infested by hijackers' program?

I always update my Windows xp, I have anti virus program and I also use Spybot Search & destroy.

Some how all these steps are still not enough to prevent my computer from being HIJACK.

Help please.

 

[Guest]

You need a firewall with this. Norton Firewall latest version i recommend.

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

Have you got at a Firewall installed/enabled?

Try these programs as well:

Ad-Aware - www.lavasoftusa.com
CWShredder - http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html

Also see the following link:

http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://www.microsoft.com/security/articles/spyware.asp

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| How to prevent my computer being infested by hijackers' program?
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| I always update my Windows xp, I have anti virus program and I also use
Spybot Search & destroy.
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| Some how all these steps are still not enough to prevent my computer from
being HIJACK.
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| Help please.

 

[Chuck]

How to prevent my computer being infested by hijackers' program?

I always update my Windows xp, I have anti virus program and I also use Spybot Search & destroy.

Some how all these steps are still not enough to prevent my computer from being HIJACK.

Help please.

There are many hijack exploits present right now. Spybot is one tool, but not
the only tool, necessary to identify and remove some exploits. Many exploits
are quite devious, and need extensive analysis.

Start by downloading each of the following free tools:
CWShredder <http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4086.html>
CoolWWWSearch.SmartSearch (v1/v2) MiniRemoval
<http://www.safer-networking.org/minifiles.html>
HijackThis <http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=3155>
LSP-Fix and WinsockLSPFix <http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm>
Stinger <http://us.mcafee.com/virusInfo/default.asp?id=stinger>

Install and run Stinger.
<http://us.mcafee.com/virusInfo/default.asp?id=stinger>

Create a separate folder for HijackThis, such as C:\HijackThis - copy the
downloaded file there. Spybot S&D has an install routine - run it. The other
downloaded programs can be copied into, and run from, any convenient folder.

Start by closing all Internet Explorer and Outlook windows, and running
CoolWebSearchSmartKiller, then CWShredder. Have the latter fix all.

Then, run HijackThis ("Scan"). Do NOT make any changes immediately. Save the
HJT Log.
<http://forums.spywareinfo.com/index.php?showtopic=227>

Finally, have your HJT log interpreted by experts at one or more of the
following forums (and post it, or a link to your forum post, here):
<http://forums.net-integration.net/>
<http://forums.spywareinfo.com/>
<http://spywarewarrior.com/index.php>
<http://forums.tomcoyote.org/>
<http://www.wilderssecurity.com/>

If removal of any spyware affects your ability to access the internet (some
spyware builds itself into the network software, and its removal may damage your
network), run LSP-Fix and / or WinsockXPFIx.

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.

 

[Jeffrey Struyk - MVP]

How to prevent my computer being infested by hijackers' program?

I always update my Windows xp, I have anti virus program and I also use Spybot Search & destroy.

Some how all these steps are still not enough to prevent my computer from being HIJACK.

Help please.

You've got some good advice already, but I thought I'd throw my $0.02
in as well. I've been using a program called Spyware Blaster, and
ever since installing it I've not had a single problem with my system.

http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html