I'm infected!!! Damn those online hookers & their STD's.. HELP!

DumNDuMMerDumNDuMMer New
edited January 2008 in Spyware & Virus Removal
There's something gobbling up all my memory slowing down my computer to a crawl or slower than a that, a stand still. I can barely load up a webpage, or yet alone do anything else other than to run a scan but that doesn't seem to be helping. A few days ago everything was fine, but today... nothing.
The pc is an emachine T5026 3.06ghz 1gbram and so on...

By the way, I'm almost 99.99% sure it has to do something with spyware... so I checked all steps so I'm clueless now... as always... any help is always apreciated

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  • VekaVeka Finland
    edited January 2008
    Hello there, and welcome to Icrontic. :)

    Please read and follow this topic

    http://icrontic.com/forum/showthread.php?t=43902
  • DumNDuMMerDumNDuMMer New
    edited January 2008
    vekarppe wrote:
    Hello there, and welcome to Icrontic. :)

    Please read and follow this topic

    http://icrontic.com/forum/showthread.php?t=43902

    I did read and follow "such" topic. My name indicates I'm DumN but you'd be surprized. Coming here is always my last resort. I try everything I can once, then come here to see what else I can do on my own, and if all else fails, short-media, I mean Icrontic.com is my last resort (I thought I got lost on my way here:confused: I figured I was getting my pages redirected again) But I still have the slow pc problem. If I come off as being rude, well it's not my intention and I appologize. I am not a n00b, I just tend to forget a few important things here n there like most people do from time to time. ;)
  • VekaVeka Finland
    edited January 2008
    How may I help you, then?
  • DumNDuMMerDumNDuMMer New
    edited January 2008
    vekarppe wrote:
    How may I help you, then?
    In any way you can. Defragmenting, cleaning up, removing unwanted stuff and so forth doesn't seem to be working. Task Manager shows an item "ALEupdat.exe" gobbling up my memory, all 1gb of it and I know it's spyware or something similar because a few days ago everything was fine, and now everything isn't fine.
  • VekaVeka Finland
    edited January 2008
    In order to help you, I need to see you HijackThis log. That's why I asked you to read that topic.

    Please do the followings...


    STEP #1

    Download ATF Cleaner© to your desktop.
    This program is for XP and Windows 2000 only!

    Double-click ATF Cleaner.exe to open it.

    Under Main select the following:
    • Windows Temp
    • Current User Temp
    • All Users Temp
    • Temporary Internet Files
    • Prefetch
    • Java Cache
    *The other boxes are optional*
    Then click the Empty Selected button.

    If you use Firefox:
    • Click Firefox at the top and choose: Select All
    • Click the Empty Selected button.
    • NOTE: If you would like to keep your saved passwords, please click NO at the prompt.
    If you use Opera:
    • Click Opera at the top and choose: Select All
    • Click the Empty Selected button.
    • NOTE: If you would like to keep your saved passwords, please click NO at the prompt.
    Click Exit on the Main menu to close the program.

    For Technical Support, double-click the e-mail address located at the bottom of each menu.


    STEP #2

    Scan your computer with Kaspersky Online Virus Scan

    Note: The scan must be done using Internet Explorer!

    Click on Kaspersky Online Scanner

    You will be promted to install an ActiveX component from Kaspersky, Click Yes.

    Note for Internet Explorer 7 users: If at any time you have trouble with the accept button of the licence, click on the Zoom tool located at the right bottom of the IE window and set the zoom to 75 %. Once the license accepted, reset to 100%.
    • The program will launch and then begin downloading the latest definition files:
    • Once the files have been downloaded click on NEXT
    • Now click on Scan Settings
    • In the scan settings make that the following are selected:
      • Scan using the following Anti-Virus database:
      • Extended (if available otherwise Standard)
      • Scan Options:
      • Scan Archives
        Scan Mail Bases
    • Click OK
    • Now under select a target to scan:
      • Select My Computer
    • This will program will start and scan your system.
    • The scan will take a while so be patient and let it run.
    • Once the scan is complete it will display if your system has been infected.
      • Now click on the Save as Text button:
    • Save the file to your desktop.

    STEP #3


    Download HJTInstall.exe to your Desktop.
    • Doubleclick HJTInstall.exe to install it.
    • By default it will install to C:\Program Files\Trend Micro\HijackThis .
    • Click on Install.
    • It will create a HijackThis icon on the desktop.
    • Once installed, it will launch Hijackthis.
    • Click on the Do a system scan and save a logfile button. It will scan and the log should open in notepad.
    • Save the log to a convenient location as you'll need to post it soon.
    • Don't use the Analyse This button, its findings are dangerous if misinterpreted.
    • Don't have Hijackthis fix anything yet. Most of what it finds will be harmless or even required.
    Please post Kaspersky's log and HijackThis log.
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