when i start my computer a box comes up saying "missing shortcut" and a few of the shortcuts that it says are missing is:
morze5.exe
nbjikk9x.exe
j635cgrl.exe
3x23gli3.exe
and everytime i click one box off another one comes up. i looked them up on the net and the only one i found was morze5.exe and i know its some sort of spyware and what not so i downloaded Ad-aware and XoftSpy. the ad-aware found some Malware and deleted that stuff but i still get the missing shortcut boxes, and when i run the ad-aware again it finds the same stuff that it said it deleted. after i run those programs and restart my computer it seems like i get even more missing shortcut boxes.
are these problems something i can fix or should i give in and take my computer to get fixed before it dies?
Looks like you have/had a virus. Might be an idea to have an online scan, so go to http://housecall.trendmicro.com/ for an on-line scan & set it to autoclean for you.
I know you have Adaware, but I have a 'canned' message that includes it that i will paste here with instructions on how to set it up. Very important to update it often before running it.
Download & instal Adaware from http://majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=506
& update it B4 scanning.
In settings under 'scanning,' have it set to
'scan within archives,'
'scan active processes,'
'scan registry,'
'deepscan registry'
'scan my IE Favourites for banned URL's,'
'scan my host's file.'
Also in tweaks under 'cleaning engine' set it to 'Automatically try to unregister objects prior to deletion.'
Remove what it finds by placing a check in the box to the left of the object.
Download & instal Spybot S&D from http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=download Update it B4 scanning.
After the scan is complete, have spybot fix everything marked RED.
On the page that first opens when you start Spybot there is an option to immunise, you should do this. In the immunise section there is also a link to download Spywareblaster. Download that & you can keep it updated by selecting the same link that you use to download it.
To be extra sure that everything is gone you can also download a program called 'HijackThis' which is used to identify & remove foreigners.
Download HijackThis from http://209.133.47.200/~merijn/files/HijackThis.exe & unzip it into it's own, permanent folder, not a temporary one. Start HJT & press the scan button. When the scan is finished the scan button will change to save. Save the log to a text file & paste it into the body of your post. DO NOT FIX ANYTHING YET.
thanx i did everything that u said, heres the log, i hope this is what u wanted:
Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7
Scan saved at 5:41:26 PM, on 4/1/04
Platform: Windows 98 SE (Win9x 4.10.2222A)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106)
Then download the attatchment here (Adtomi Cleanup.zip).
And follow the instructions.
Unzip it to C:\Windows
See if there is an Adtomi icon in your system tray , and if so exit from it.
Now locate and Double Click Cleanup.bat that is in the folder you unzipped ( C:\Windows\Adtomi Cleanup )
***Do not Touch the VBS files. The bat file will run the scripts.
It will remove the Adtomi Spyware files from the Windows Folder
Clean the Startup Folders
Create Backups of the Adtomi exe files it deletes and save them in this folder
Create a list of all oddly named files deleted from the Windows Folder
Uninstall the BHO
Start HijackThis and give you directions on what to remove.
Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7
Scan saved at 12:51:27 AM, on 4/5/04
Platform: Windows 98 SE (Win9x 4.10.2222A)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106)
Ok. Will have to do the Adtomi thing again.
First up press ctrl+ ALT+DEL once to bring up task manage & stop the running process on the funny named file with 8 assorted letters & numbers, that will be listed towards the bottom of the running process list in your hijackthis log,
and there might also be morze1 running, if so end that process as well
In your case the file/ process to stop is : C:\WINDOWS\I3KY1Q03.EXE
Now locate and Double Click Cleanup.bat that is in the folder you unzipped ( C:\Windows\Adtomi Cleanup )
***Do not Touch the VBS files. The bat file will run the scripts.
It will remove the Adtomi Spyware files from the Windows Folder
Clean the Startup Folders
Create Backups of the Adtomi exe files it deletes and save them in this folder
Create a list of all oddly named files deleted from the Windows Folder
Uninstall the BHO
Start HijackThis and give you directions on what to remove.
When you have finished please restart the computer.
Run HijackThis again and post the contents of your new log and the contents of Adtomi.txt in your next reply in your Forum Topic.
here u go, i wasnt sure what the adtomi.txt was but i put "adtomi.txt" in the FIND thing on my computer and it found it for me, i hope thats the right thing u were looking for...
Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7
Scan saved at 12:29:33 AM, on 4/6/04
Platform: Windows 98 SE (Win9x 4.10.2222A)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106)
are those good files, or should they be removed also? and some of the backups to the files with the number/letter combinations ended up in my folder, so what do i do with them? i put them in their own folder, but should i delete them?