Vercetti Thug Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 Well, actually, he's more of a relative. Anyway, he has spybot and Avg, and he was surfing a site for an hour. Suddenly, he gets a message saying his spybot should allow a change. He did no downloads that day, and he suspects there is something wrong. I suspect it is scareare, but his AVG free could not detect it. What should I tell him? (Yes I know I posted just a minute ago, but this is an emergency for my friend) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huckleberry Pie Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 Well, actually, he's more of a relative. Anyway, he has spybot and Avg, and he was surfing a site for an hour. Suddenly, he gets a message saying his spybot should allow a change. He did no downloads that day, and he suspects there is something wrong. I suspect it is scareare, but his AVG free could not detect it. What should I tell him?(Yes I know I posted just a minute ago, but this is an emergency for my friend) Actually, the warnings for Spybot may suggest that some application is attempting to change the system's registry. Can you give me a HijackThis log, just to make sure? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vercetti Thug Posted June 27, 2008 Author Share Posted June 27, 2008 Whats a hijack this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huckleberry Pie Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 Whats a hijack this HijackThis is a tool used for diagnosis of malware and other threats; it gives you a list of programs and services that start whenever your system boots up. To use, download and install the utility, and then after you open it, click on Do a system scan and save a logfile. It will then generate a list of apps and services, and a Notepad window will then pop up. Copy all the contents of the log file, and then post it here. God Bless and I hope things will turn out well to you... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vercetti Thug Posted June 27, 2008 Author Share Posted June 27, 2008 Apology for double post. Ok, huckle, this is someone else's computer, and i've had this kind of problem before, so I thought I knew how to fix it. Could this be some spybot scareware? The exact screen he is getting says "major registry change, and gives two choices. (allow change) or (deny change) He's too scared to do either, and I dont want to give him a bad message. Tommorow, he'll probably call me back and ask me what me asking on an internet site helped. So help me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huckleberry Pie Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 Apology for double post. Ok, huckle, this is someone else's computer, and i've had this kind of problem before, so I thought I knew how to fix it. Could this be some spybot scareware? The exact screen he is getting says "major registry change, and gives two choices.(allow change) or (deny change) He's too scared to do either, and I dont want to give him a bad message. Tommorow, he'll probably call me back and ask me what me asking on an internet site helped. So help me. Give me a screenshot of it, and a HijackThis log... I'll tell you what to do later... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaz The Great Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 Male. Surfing A website for an HOUR......... And then gets a suspected virus? ...... Sounds like porn, to me. If he WAS surfing porn... My suggestion is to stop, because if you can't navigate around viruses, porn sites aren't for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huckleberry Pie Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 Male. Surfing A website for an HOUR......... And then gets a suspected virus?...... Sounds like porn, to me. If he WAS surfing porn... My suggestion is to stop, because if you can't navigate around viruses, porn sites aren't for you. Yeah; I've heard that some malware authors use porn as a bait for them to gain more victims... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vercetti Thug Posted June 27, 2008 Author Share Posted June 27, 2008 He told me this over the phone and said he was reading an article...for an hour. He's very religious, I dont think he'd be doin....that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vercetti Thug Posted June 28, 2008 Author Share Posted June 28, 2008 Sorry for double post, but I just wanted to thank ya'll for trying. I also want to say that it turns out I was able to help him fix it by myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huckleberry Pie Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 Sorry for double post, but I just wanted to thank ya'll for trying. I also want to say that it turns out I was able to help him fix it by myself. Good for you... God Bless and hope that you don't wind up having malware... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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