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Join Date: Nov 2007
07-Nov-2007, 12:54 AM #1
Windows Live Messenger virus
Last night, I was chatting to my friend on WLM, when she 'sent' me a message saying

"hey is it ok if i put these pics of you on my profile"

and it was accompanied by an 11kb file, which was called "Image11.zip"

I was foolish enough to accept, extract and run the file inside the .zip.

Now, I can't figure out how to get rid of it.

I've run Ad-Aware and AVG. AVG picked up nothing, Ad-Aware picked up somethings but its still there.

It makes all my contacts pop up on the screen for a second and then go away, so I think it's trying to send the virus to them too.

Does anyone know what to do?

I need help!!!

PLEASE!!
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07-Nov-2007, 03:01 PM #2
Hi and welcome

* Click here to download HJTsetup.exe.
Save HJTsetup.exe to your desktop.

Double click on the HJTsetup.exe icon on your desktop.
By default it will install to C:\Program Files\Hijack This.
Continue to click Next in the setup dialogue boxes until you get to the Select Addition Tasks dialogue.
Put a check by Create a desktop icon then click Next again.
Continue to follow the rest of the prompts from there.
At the final dialogue box click Finish and it will launch Hijack This.
Click on the Do a system scan and save a log file button. It will scan and then ask you to save the log.
Click Save to save the log file and then the log will open in notepad.
Click on "Edit > Select All" then click on "Edit > Copy" to copy the entire contents of the log.
Come back here to this thread and Paste the log in your next reply.
DO NOT have Hijack This fix anything yet. Most of what it finds will be harmless or even required.
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