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XxXARNXxX View Member Profile	Aug 13 2008, 08:18 AM Post #1
New Member Group: Members Posts: 1 Joined: 13-August 08 Member No.: 229,652	whats is dis? i always saw it in the caption of the title bar of internet explorer how can i remove this? whenever i use internet explorer, i always directed to an unexplicit site plzz help me [Moderator edit: post moved to more appropriate forum. jgw] This post has been edited by jgweed: Aug 13 2008, 08:20 AM

boopme View Member Profile	Aug 13 2008, 09:53 AM Post #2
To INSANITY and BEYOND !! Group: Moderator Posts: 9,305 Joined: 10-September 04 From: NJ USA Member No.: 2,608	Hello are you running XP?? Please download Malwarebytes Anti-Malware and save it to your desktop. alternate download link 1 alternate download link 2 Make sure you are connected to the Internet. Double-click on mbam-setup.exe to install the application. When the installation begins, follow the prompts and do not make any changes to default settings. When installation has finished, make sure you leave both of these checked: Update Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware Launch Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware Then click Finish. MBAM will automatically start and you will be asked to update the program before performing a scan. If an update is found, the program will automatically update itself. Press the OK button to close that box and continue. If you encounter any problems while downloading the updates, manually download them from here and just double-click on mbam-rules.exe to install. On the Scanner tab: Make sure the "Perform Quick Scan" option is selected. Then click on the Scan button. If asked to select the drives to scan, leave all the drives selected and click on the Start Scan button. The scan will begin and "Scan in progress" will show at the top. It may take some time to complete so please be patient. When the scan is finished, a message box will say "The scan completed successfully. Click 'Show Results' to display all objects found". Click OK to close the message box and continue with the removal process. Back at the main Scanner screen, click on the Show Results button to see a list of any malware that was found. Make sure that *everything is checked, and click Remove Selected. When removal is completed, a log report will open in Notepad. The log is automatically saved and can be viewed by clicking the Logs* tab in MBAM. Copy and paste the contents of that report in your next reply and exit MBAM. Note: If MBAM encounters a file that is difficult to remove, you may be asked to reboot your computer so it can proceed with the disinfection process. Reagardless if prompted to restart the computer or not, please do so immediately. Failure to reboot normally (not into safe mode) will prevent MBAM from removing all the malware. -------------------- Can you spare some PC cycles to help FIND A CURE .. BC FOLDING TEAM Click me /info.. ThoughtVent a goodplace to discuss.<<>>>Staying Updated Calendar of Updates. For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear....

quietman7 View Member Profile	Aug 13 2008, 11:27 AM Post #3
Bleepin' Janitor Group: Global Moderator Posts: 13,432 Joined: 9-July 05 From: Virginia, USA Member No.: 26,513	After the above, continue as follows: Reboot your computer in "Safe Mode" or "Safe Mode With Command Prompt" using the F8 method. To do this, restart your computer and after hearing your computer beep once during startup (but before the Windows icon appears) press the F8 key repeatedly. A menu will appear with several options. Use the arrow keys to navigate and select the option to run Windows in "Safe Mode With Command Prompt". Go to Start > Run and type: cmd press Ok. At the command prompt, type in your primay drive location, usually C: You may need to change the directory. If so type: cd \ Hit Enter. Type: attrib -s -h -r -a autorun.inf Hit Enter. Type: dir Hit Enter. This will allow you to see and confirm the Autorun files. Type: del autorun.inf Hit Enter. Repeat the above commands for each drive on your computer including your flash/usb drive. Now search for and remove sowar.vbs, SysRes.vbs, Cool USEP Scandal.vbs if still present At the command prompt, type in your primay drive location, usually C: Hit Enter. Type: *attrib sowar.vbs. -s -h -r -a Hit Enter. Type: dir /s sowar.vbs Hit Enter. If the file is present, type: del sowar.vbs Hit Enter. Repeat the above commands for each drive on your computer including your flash/usb drive. Then repeat these instructions to search for and delete SysRes.vbs, Cool USEP Scandal.vbs on each drive if present. Exit the command prompt and reboot normally. Please download Flash_Disinfector.exe by sUBs and save it to your desktop. Double-click Flash_Disinfector.exe to run it and follow any prompts that may appear. The utility may ask you to insert your flash drive and/or other removable drives. Please do so and allow the utility to clean up those drives as well. Hold down the Shift key when inserting the drive until Windows detects it to keep autorun.inf from executing if it is present. Wait until it has finished scanning and then exit the program. Reboot your computer when done. Note: Flash_Disinfector will create a hidden folder named autorun.inf in each partition and every USB drive that is plugged in when you ran it. Don't delete this folder...it will help protect your drives from future infection. When done, check for and remove any Startup RUN values by downloading and using Autoruns. -------------------- "THE BAD GUYS DON'T NEED A SEARCH WARRANT. ARE YOU PROTECTED?" Microsoft MVP - Windows Security 2007-2008**

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