Group: microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin
From: Straight Talk
Date: Monday, March 10, 2008 12:57 AM
Subject: Re: HELP ! My PC has been compromised !!

On Sun, 9 Mar 2008 09:01:08 -0700 (PDT), giedrius.majauskas@gmail.com
wrote:

>
>> >Thank you !!
>>
>> You should of course revert to the latest known clean state - which
>> ultimately means flatten and rebuild.
>
>1. Get some nice free spyware remover, or at least scanner to get the
>names of parasites.

How about getting a clue instead.

>SuperAntiSpyware or Malwarebytes anti-malware to
>name a few that have free versions, spyware terminator, etc.

What makes you believe these will work? - Advertising?

>2. If you opt for software that offers free scans only (Spyware
>Doctor, CounterSpy, SpySpweeper, etc), google for spyware names it
>finds, there might be free solutions/information about these
>parasites. Especially if you want to get out from this freely. You can
>pay for them, if you wish.

Yeah, fill up your machine with anti-crap.....

>3. Post hijackthis logs in forums and wait for help.
>
>For the future, I strongly suggest updating browser if you still use
>IE older than 6. IE 7 is much better if your PC can handle it.

Better stay away from IE completely (with IE7 on Vista in protected
mode as a possible exception).