keestha Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Since I consider my own internet behaviour as very low risk, not clicking on dubious attachments or links, and staying away from porn sites and so on, I thought this would never happen to me. This is the story: after googling for the telephone number of a hotel in Bangkok, I clicked on a link. The website was black, and a small gray pop up appeared informing me that my computer was infected by a virus, inviting me to click on a "yes" button to remove the virus. Of course I closed the pop up and the website right away. Since this happened, my laptop seems to have problems: doesn't close down properly sometimes, and regularly I have to restart in order to restore the wireless LAN connection. Tried the restore option, but a recently created restore point, and other restore points before that, seem to have vanished. I have run the Trend Micro housecall online virus removal program. It detected two malware objects (apart from the usual cookies), but after I clicked on the "remove" option nothing happened. Adaware likewise detected spyware (just cookies), but wasn't able to remove them. Any suggestions? Thanks for your time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 (edited) My guess - you have been hijacked - Download from http://www.freedrweb.com/ a program called CUREIT and run it. It's free. I trust it can also be found in the TV software download section Edited April 6, 2009 by webfact Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malcolmswaine Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 What were the malware objects it detected Keestha? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imaneggspurt Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 OFF topic ( but funny ) i was feeling not so good one day, my thai wife says to me " you spend too long on the pc, i think you have virus ! ,she wasnt joking ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keestha Posted April 6, 2009 Author Share Posted April 6, 2009 My guess - you have been hijacked -Download from http://www.freedrweb.com/ a program called CUREIT and run it. It's free. I trust it can also be found in the TV software download section Thank you very much, Webfact. I downloaded and ran the program, and it detected and deleted two trojans (or two parts of one), called comreplc.dll and hwpvsbsj.sys Hope everything is fine and dandy now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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