queenlil09 said:
Hi.
I recently had a virus on my computer and was able to clean it off and now
have virus scan. My question is, everytime I type a web address in wrong, IE
redirects me to errorplace.com and I get a prompt to download the exact
program that gave me the virus in the first place. I never got redirected
there in the past. Is there a way to change it maybe in the registry or
something so I do not get redirected to that page anymore? I would greatly
appreciate any help. Thanks
Hi,
Download Ad-aware and Spybot, update both and scan your system with them,
delete all that they find.
Sometimes,when you remove malware it will stop your TCP/IP
stack from working (Internet connection).
Winsock or LSP-fix will correct the problem,Download first.
Note to anyone using NOD32 Anti-Virus software,Do Not delete the
"imon.dll" this fix reports,That is your e/mail scanning engine.
YES-You need more than 1 malware program,the one's below are all free
and work well.
LSP-fix-
http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm
Spybot S&D -
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html
CWS Smart Killer-
http://www.safer-networking.org/minifiles.html
About Buster-
http://www.spychecker.com/program/aboutbuster.html
Ad-Aware SE -
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
CWShredder -
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4086.html
Hijack this -
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download3155.html\
Hijacjthis tutorial -http://forums.maddoktor2.com/index.php?showtopic=165
SpywareBlaster -
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
SpywareGuard -
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareguard.html
WinPatrol -
http://winpatrol.com
Win Patrol is NOT a malware program,but it will inform you if anything writes
to your registry or changes your home/search page,a nice little program.
BHODemon -
http://pcworld.com/downloads/file_download.asp?fid=23611&fileidx=1
Bazooka -http://
www.kephyr.com/spywarescanner/index.html
asquared2 "Trojan Remover" -
http://www.emsisoft.com/en/
Socklock-
http://nsclean.com/socklock.html
NOD32Anti-Virus Free 30 day trial
http://nod32.com/download/trial.htm
A link for free online virus and trojan scanners.
http://virusall.com/downscan.html
A listing of BHO's
http://www.spywaredata.com/bho.php?current_page=0
To see if that freeware program you are about to inststall
is infested with spyware check it out first at this link.
http://www.spychecker.com/
To help stop unauthorized downloads via your activex controls change your
default settings.
These settings are good for XP. The wording should be close for other systems
as well.
Go to control panel and open "internet options.
Click on the security tab then custom level.
make sure these settings are as follows.
Download signed active x controls>set to prompt
Download unsigned active x controls>set to disable
Initialize and script active x controls not marked as safe>set to disable
Run active x controls and pluggins>set to enable
Script active x controls marked safe for scripting>set to enable
Java permissions>set to high
Launching programs and files in a IFRAME" > Prompt
Installation of Desktop items"> Prompt
Navigate sub-frames across different domains>prompt
Recovery Console Password
On many XP installations you can't start the Recovery Console because it
won't recognize your password. This registry edit causes the Recovery Console
not to ask for a password. This works for both XP Home and XP Professional.
Start | Run | Regedit
Navigate to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Setup\RecoveryConsole
Set the DWORD SecurityLevel value to 1
Exit Registry and Reboot
Free Firewalls
ZoneAlarm (Free and up)
http://snipurl.com/6ohg
Kerio Personal Firewall (KPF) (Free and up)
http://www.kerio.com/kpf_download.html
Outpost Firewall from Agnitum (Free and up)
http://www.agnitum.com/download/
Sygate Personal Firewall (Free and up)
http://smb.sygate.com/buy/download_buy.htm
NTbackup link
http://www.onecomputerguy.com/software/ntbackup.msi
Erunt-
http://home.t-online.de/home/lars.hederer/erunt/index.htm