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aim bogus link sending virus
Name: XghostbusterX Date: June 4, 2005 at 21:19:26 Pacific OS: windows xp CPU/Ram: pentium 4 1 gig of ram
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the other day i was a moron and clicked a random link from my friend and it told me to open a file so i opened it......now every few minutes while signed onto aim everyone on my buddy list gets sent a bogus link from me saying " this picture looks like you" or something else to get them to click on it and get redirected to some bogus site....i tried uninstalling and reinstalling aim but that has done no good ...i ran spyware programs and that hasnt helped either ....if any one has suggestions i am desperate-thank you
Name: Dirty_Sanchez Date: June 4, 2005 at 21:52:33 Pacific
Reply:
sounds more like a virus or malware than a spybot
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Response Number 2
Name: tanner231 Date: June 5, 2005 at 15:04:45 Pacific
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I have this same problem, but it is loading Party Poker on my desktop, a site I have never been too. Adaware won't seem to show it and neither does my anti virus, yet it keeps occuring. Can someone tell me what to do to remove this w/ step by step instructions. It buries it in windows/system and when i remove it it comes back and loads on desktop also.
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Response Number 3
Name: Derek Date: June 5, 2005 at 16:03:18 Pacific
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Download HijackThis (free) and get it to produce a log. Copy/Paste this log into this website: HJT DETECTIVE
Get HJT to remove any nasties it finds then run it again and copy/paste the new log into this website: HJT ANALYZER
The above shows all running items so is more to wade through. With the aid of Google you can probably clean up a few other items.
Name: tanner231 Date: June 7, 2005 at 13:08:51 Pacific
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and I still have this dang poker party downloading, I am about to give up.
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Response Number 5
Name: Derek Date: June 7, 2005 at 13:35:04 Pacific
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Fair enough.
Derek.W
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Response Number 6
Name: tanner231 Date: June 8, 2005 at 06:57:29 Pacific
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On with this darn link, now two times my antivirus has detected a virus, I was told thru this site that the party poker icon is a spyware, not a virus, but the coincidence of both loading same day are kinda odd. Here is what I am finding, any ideas how to get this off??
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