help....suspected virus

Browntoa

no, you need to run virus scanner + ewido in safe mode to delete

albertross_2

was it a cookie tracker, or a virus, 2 different things. Cookies are little files that get stuck on your PC when you browse, third part tracking cookies (doubleclick etc..) are cookies that companies use to track your browsing habits, and not a security risk in themselves, just a way of companies collating information about you. I doubt very much that this was the source of your problem, and suggest you carry out all the other checks mentioned in browntoa's sticky, and the rest of this thread.

PS you can turn off TP tracking cookies by going into IE, tools, internet options, privacy, advanced, and tick block third part cookies, and OK.

Browntoa

I think to be sure we need a hijackthis log to see whats running, it tells you how here

http://www.tomcoyote.org/hjt/

just cut and paste the log it produces back here for me to take a look at

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thanx for all your replies.
I have sent browntoa a pm with the results i got from 'hijack this' and would be v grateful if you could decipher it for me!thanks, im actually really worried by the fact somone could be spying on me!

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albertross wrote:

was it a cookie tracker, or a virus, 2 different things. Cookies are little files that get stuck on your PC when you browse, third part tracking cookies (doubleclick etc..) are cookies that companies use to track your browsing habits, and not a security risk in themselves, just a way of companies collating information about you. I doubt very much that this was the source of your problem, and suggest you carry out all the other checks mentioned in browntoa's sticky, and the rest of this thread.

but can a hacker see what im doing using cookies?or has it got to be something else for that to be possible?................this is all v confusing.....

albertross_2

no cookies have no executable component, so are harmless.

It will either be malware (trojan, virus etc..), or a browser or O/S exploit.. or a clever joke.

what was the site, where you using IE? Does the other person know you?

have you run windowsupdate yet?

Browntoa

I've checked that log and there are NO processes running there that should not be there so I would say that you are clean

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Browntoa wrote:

I've checked that log and there are NO processes running there that should not be there so I would say that you are clean

Thanks, I really appreciate ur help.

albertross_2

But the problem remains unexplained..unless ewido found a virus..

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albertross, ive sent you a pm with answers to ur questions!