PLEASE HELP - someone hacked into brother computer

scottishlass05

can anyone help? i dont know what to do? he keeps getting this message

Attention! Your system is under control of remote computer with IP address 227.4.167.118. The remote computer has access to the following folders on your PC:
- \WINDOWS\System32
- \Program Files\Internet Explorer
- \My Documents
- Drive C:\ files

Your private info is collected by W32.Sinnaka.A@mm
Your Country: GB, United Kingdom
They know you're using: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322)
Operation System: OS Windows
Risk status for futher investigation: VERY HIGH RISK
Time of investigation: Mon Jan 9 15:14:23 PST 2006

ANYONE HELP??

timread

It sounds like adware/spyware has got onto your friend's PC. From that error message, it may be something called SpyAxe.

There are several anti-adware tools you can install and run: Lavasoft's Ad-Aware SE Personal; the excellent SpyBot Search & Destroy http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html; or Microsoft's AntiSpyware Beta http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=321cd7a2-6a57-4c57-a8bd-dbf62eda9671&displaylang=en

If it is SpyAxe, there are removal instructions from McAfee here: http://tools.mcafeehelp.com/doc.php?siteid=1&docid=395886&support=ts

albertross_2

you could try this http://safety.live.com/site/en-US/default.htm

Also see TOG's link to smitrem on this page:

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=133198&page=2

skiddy2k

check the files which open up when your computer turns on and look for anything suspicious (start>run>msconfig(services/startup))... google the suspicious files and see if its a virus/spyware or not. if it is a virus/spyware, untick the box next to it.

Ivrytwr3

see here:

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.sinnaka.a@mm.html