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Name: Luddite male
Date: June 8, 2007 at 03:56:40 Pacific
OS: Windows xp
CPU/Ram: 512mb
Product: Dell
Comment:

I recently went exploring on the net,(Yes I know it was stupid)! ever since, I keep getting some kind of virus? It says,Win32 Trojan dowwnloadZlob (4 objects) I have tried using AVG, Spybot, Adaware, and Super anti spyware, all to no avail! Can anybody help me with this please?

John



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Name: Johnw
Date: June 8, 2007 at 06:10:58 Pacific
Reply:

Use HiJackThis to track down or check for possible infections.
Here is all the the info needed to empower yourself, anything you are not sure of, put into a search engine like Google.
Read this link 1st, it has step by step.
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/show...
Important: Create a specific folder on your hard drive called HijackThis to keep its backups.
You can do this by going to My Computer (Windows key+e) then double click on C: then right click and select New then Folder and name it HijackThis. Download and unzip HijackThis.exe into this folder.
http://www.merijn.org/downloads.html Or, http://tomcoyote.com/hjt/ Or, http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/...
If possible run HJT in Normal mode ( not Safe ) with all your normal startup's working.
HijackThis Tutorial - How to Analyse your own log.
http://spywarewarrior.com/viewtopic...
http://hometown.aol.co.uk/jrmc137/h...
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tut...
http://www.malwarehelp.org/understa...
HijackThis log file analysis ( online )
http://hijackthis.de/index.php?lang...
Or,
http://startup.networktechs.com/pag...
http://hjt.iamnotageek.com
Malware Prevention: Prevent Re-infection
http://wiki.castlecops.com/Malware_...
http://www.offroaders.com/ralphtheg...


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Response Number 2
Name: XpUser4Real
Date: June 8, 2007 at 08:33:04 Pacific
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this online scan http://www.spywareinfo.com/xscan.php
should work for you.
remove all it finds

Hopefully my advice will help you...Please post back with your results....thanks


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Response Number 3
Name: Luddite male
Date: June 8, 2007 at 09:48:54 Pacific
Reply:

I would like to thank everybody for their help. With your assistance I have managed to rectify the problem.

John


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Response Number 4
Name: XpUser4Real
Date: June 8, 2007 at 09:57:51 Pacific
Reply:

what was the solution? What method did you use? All this info will help others that may have the same problem.

Hopefully my advice will help you...Please post back with your results....thanks


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