siliconman01
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Re: Another Swizzor victim.
« Reply #14 on: Jan 21st, 2007, 2:09am » |
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Arson Here are some recommendations for your system. 1. Your System Restore folder is probably tainted with malicious items that were found on your system. Please clean out this folder by following the instructions at the link below. http://www.misec.net/forum/board/FAQ/1139255588 2. Your Java plug-in is out-of-date. The latest version is 1.6.0.-b105. To upgrade, go START>SETTINGS>CONTROL PANEL>JAVA>UPDATE tab. This will lead you to the new version. Once you have the new version installed, use Add/Remove Programs in the Control to remove the old version. 3. Install freebie SpywareBlaster which will protect you from thousands of malicious elements. This program requires no memory resources because it adds its protection by implementing kill bits in the system registry. This program can be obtained from: http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html 4. Keep CCleaner on your system and run it routinely to clean out your junk/temp files and folders. I normally run it 3-4 times a day if I'm doing a lot of Internet work. 5. From the TrojanHunter scan log, it appears that you have some Windows Update uninstaller directories on your system. If you open the Windows folder using Windows Explorer, these are the blue folders that look like $NtUninstallKB835732$. These allow you to uninstall updates/hotfixes that Windows has installed via Windows Update. Odds are that you will not want to uninstall these hotfixes and these uninstaller are just consuming space on your hard drive. Personally, I delete these folders within 5-7 days after the updates once I see that everything is working okay. CCleaner has an option that will remove all these uninstaller folders for you automatically. - Open CCleaner - Under the Windows tab, checkmark Advanced. - Under Advanced, checkmark "Hotfix Uninstallers" - Under Advanced, checkmark "Old Prefetch Data" (This will cleanup the prefetch folder each time your run CCleaner.) - Run the Cleaner component. - Then under Advanced, uncheck "Hotfix Uninstallers" so that CCleaner will not remove future update uninstallers until you want it to. - Close CCleaner. 6. I recommend that you update Internet Explorer from IE6 to IE7. This new Internet Explorer 7 provides greater security features on your system. Info about it can be viewed at the link below. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.mspx?mg_ID=10010
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