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Name: madskillz10
Date: March 10, 2007 at 10:49:59 Pacific
OS: XP Home
CPU/Ram: intel celeron M /256MB
Product: Dell Inspiron B120
Comment:

i recently used an sd card to transfer file to my friends computer since then i've seen some folders with .exe extentions on my card and on my pc. the folders have the same name as the folder they are in. and since then my pc began restarting my itself and put the card in my laptop and same thing happened when i delete the files it comes back. can anyone help please?



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Name: LL
Date: March 10, 2007 at 12:35:41 Pacific
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First run an online virus scan:
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

Below is a link to many free programs.

free malware programs

sLLs


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Response Number 2
Name: Johnw
Date: March 10, 2007 at 12:37:36 Pacific
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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/
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_...


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