The above are known to be third-party cookie providers.
Do you think google subcontrcted to an outfit in Romania? pacificrack.com is a bit shady. Everytime one of those sites (the text) are accessed they go to the numerical site.
@BigmaccyD
Sorry I missed that in your post. By default Win7 will not allow you to save anything the any subfolder of the System32 folder. However an elevated notepad does have permission to edit the hosts.
We can clean up the tools.
From your desktop, please delete, if present
- any notepads/logs that we created
- DDS.scr
- mbr.dat
- mbr.zip
- aswMBR.exe
- AVG Removal Tool
You can also delete anything we saved to your usb device.
Nextpress the Windows key and the R key at the same time, a run box should open. Copy and paste the following line into the run box and click
OKCombofix /uninstallNextOpen
OTL then click the
Clean Up button. You may get prompted by your firewall that OTL wants to contact the internet - allow this. A cleanup.txt will be downloaded, a message dialog will ask you if you want to proceed with the cleanup process, click
Yes. This will do some clean up tasks and delete some of the tools you have downloaded plus itself.
I suggest you keep
MBAM. Keep it updated and use it regularly.
Some Recommendations and prevention tipsBasic security consists of 1 antivirus program, 1 resident antispyware program, 1 on demand antispyware program and a firewall. Windows7 firewall is pretty good so you have the basics.
You should also use
Spyware Blaster to help immunize your computer.
- SpywareBlaster will add a large list of programs and sites into your Internet Explorer
settings that will protect you from running and downloading known malicious programs.
ORA guide to understanding and using the hosts file.
Learn how your Hosts file can protect you and how you can protect it.
Besides the Hosts file information, there are links to a very good updated hosts file, a host file manager. and some programs that can protect your hosts file.
HOSTSPlease read the info on disabling the DNS Client before installing a custom hosts file.
-Secure your
Internet Explorer From within Internet Explorer click on the Tools menu and then click on Options.
- Click once on the Security tab
- Click once on the Internet icon so it becomes highlighted.
- Click once on the Custom Level button.
- Change the Download signed ActiveX controls to Prompt
- Change the Download unsigned ActiveX controls to Disable
- Change the Initialize and script ActiveX controls not marked as safe to Disable
- Change the Installation of desktop items to Prompt
- Change the Launching programs and files in an IFRAME to Prompt
- Change the Navigate sub-frames across different domains to Prompt
- When all these settings have been made, click on the OK button.
- If it prompts you as to whether or not you want to save the settings, press the Yes button.
Next press the
Apply button and then the
OK to exit the Internet Properties page.
- Make sure you have reset Automatic Updates to your chosen optionClick your start button > Control Panel > System and Security > Windows updates
- Keep your
antivirus program
updated, as well as any other security programs you have.
-More tips and programs can be found
HERE Please post back if you have any problems with these steps.
Thanks
