Google Hijack Malware - Windows 7

15January2011

[=8 mrrabbit 8=]

Wow...this thread is still alive...great!

1. Very true that no one OS is 100% virus/trojan/worm safe. Even with so-called “bullet-proof” OSes the end user or sysadmin is and always will be the weak point.

2. Been working in the IT business for over 2 decades - porno, free stuff (warez), and failure to filter unsolicited emails and opening email attachments is the cause 99% of the time.

3. “My social network account got hacked” or my “eBay account got hacked!” isn’t really a hack. Number one cause is lazy people opening up what looks like a Facebook URL or eBay URL in an email instead of browsing directly to the sites themselves. In doing so - they literally give their username and password away to the phony site they end up at.

4. In my work, I actually give breaks rate and hours-wise to customers who follow my recommendations...I appreciate customers who do so. I don’t for those who just refuse to listen...I’m not in the IT business to be an electronic janitor. You never get paid enough to do it...ever. Even at 250.00/hr it’s just not enough.

As noted by another poster - ComboFix is something to use as a last resort...

=8-)

[Professional]

If it’s 99%, then shut up.

I got my malware or whatever it is, from doing google searches on the Japan quake.

If you’re not going to be of service on a thread like this, then leave folks alone.

Computer issues can impact people’s livelihood, and chew up hours at a frustrating rate.

Again, nobody appreciates a pompous a$$, and you wouldn’t appreciate a smart alec plumber, car repairman, roof doctor, or whatever if it was you in need.

Right now, I got something that is hijacking the browser, and it refuses to allow me to connect to windows update, or an update on msft security essentials. I have two computers to work with, so I download stuff from the clean one.

I’ve been on MSFT toll free help desk, and even their back up security scan using remote assistance can’t seem to find this devil.