Today I got on the net and all of a sudden my laptop was loaded with spyware. I ran search and destroy and adaware(both updated), they got rid of the spyware, but the spyware came back. I ran avast, it restart my cpu, it ran at start up, but then it stopped running. A message came up saying that it couldn’t run because it couldn’t find a file. Now my home page has been hijacked, there is this annoying tool bar, and my history doesn’t work. I also got some virus alerts before avast restarted my computer.
→ do a scan with avast in SafeMode or a boot-time scan, tell avast to repair infected files, if repair’s not possible, move them to the chest
do this twice…
reinstall & rerun Ad-Aware, Spybot & cwshredder in safeMode,
repeat until nothing is found any more…
reboot normally, and do onlinescans with Trend (see below) and www.ravantivirus.com
note exact findings (virusname & location/path/folder/filename)
fix according to virusinfos from Trend or VGREEP below
MsgPlus.exe
Third party MSN Messenger extension that hides banner ads and adds archiving and other useful features. Appears not to work unless checked, but may be activated after startup. Not recommended as it includes Lop.com - see here
You have to post an actual log to say. Please copy/past the result of Hijackthis into an answer. Do not attach the TXT file. It is easier for people who wants to help.
