How Do You remove a Hijacker?(PC Pros Only)?

Question

I installed a toolbar from the web and after it was Done Downloading my anti-virus went crazy and also my browser displayed a error/server is not found message is displayed after i typed the url and clicked go. So Please Help Me!!!!!!!!!

Answer 1

Use the following programs to remove the nuisance.

Free programs no person should be without:

AVG anti-virus (the best anti-virus out) - http://free.grisoft.com/doc/5390/lng/us/tpl/v5#avg-free
Spybot Search and Destroy (gets rid of all spyware) - http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/
Ccleaner (cleans old files and corrects registry problems) - http://www.ccleaner.com/download/
Lavasoft Ad-aware (gets rid of nasty adware) - http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/

My IM is shmifty_14 feel free to message me if you need help.

Answer 2

I believe that you should start with the simplest measures and work up from there.

So, the first thing that you should do is to uninstall the toolbar from the Add/ Remove programs located in the Control Panel, if you can. Or check on the Toolbar itself (right click on it) for an uninstall option. (If you can't uninstall it, please edit your post to indicate that.)

Next, (after it's uninstalled) do a scan with your anti-virus and your anti-malware programs; (and you should have several, because none of them finds everything.
(If you don't have any, then I suggest that you install and run "Ewido".
It's a heavy duty, industrial strength, anti-malware program that will check for everything, and the two-week free trial is all that you need at this point.)
http://www.ewido.net/en/

If they show that your system is clean, then I'd say you were okay, and please DO NOT install anything else without first thoroughly checking it out!

Please edit your post to indicate whether you need more steps to help you get your system free from this nastie, because there's more that we can do, if necessary.

EDIT:
If you choose to use HighjackThis, then PLEASE let a trained expert analyze the log and help you with it.

You can find expert help at either of these sites:
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/
http://www.techsupportforum.com/

Answer 3

You could try downloading HijackThis. I don't know the exact url but try searching in google. Run the program and scan. In the list remove the things that you suspect as spyware.

NOTE: **You Should Use It With Caution As It Could Damage Your Computer**

Don't disable things that you are not sure about.

Answer 4

Run online free virus scans you can yahoo them and find some. Get zonealarm free firewall.
Download hijackthis just yahoo it
Run that program and submit it here for me to review or try taking stuff out on your own
Yes do spybot its free and good but always good to have a second like adware

Answer 5

There is some serious trojan or virus. Remove them. If that won`t help use "System Restore". Accessories->System Tools. If that won`t help restart PC. When starting press F8 and select "Last Configuration That Most Worked".

Answer 6

go to your control panel, override defribulator, and check boxes 3, 7, 9, and 28. If the reciprocal is the reverse of the square root of 175, then reconfigure your display pref.'s to less than the equivalent of the sum.

Answer 7

You have to enter the reciciprocator problator drive and remove the virus from the system.

Answer 8

Download Webroot Spysweepwe at www.webroot.com (sorry it's gonna cost some $$)
It will do the job, nothing else seems to work for your virus.

Answer 9

The easiest way is this.

Go to start, run, type "msconfig", then restore your computer to yesterday's date (or some other past date)

This will revert everthing, even the registry to the way it was yesterday (or previous date).

Answer 10

Download this program. It will fix that problem http://www.superantispyware.com It is VERY VERY effective and it is free.