Recently my computer was "hijacked". So I restored my system back a fews days to get rid of the "hijack". Does that get rid of it? If not then how do I get rid of it?
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2007-12-13 10:11:53 · 24 answers · asked by Cherry 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
A message popped up saying it was "hijacked"-hence the quotes, thats why I used it. I'm pretty sure "hacked" and "hijacked" mean the same thing.
2007-12-13 10:33:31 · update #1
That should it.
Also get a good anti virus software product and scan it for viruses.
Also find all files using the "Search" function and look for all files created after the day before you computer was hyjaked.
Then you'll see what other data file might have been left on your computer.
If you need more help, let me know.
2007-12-13 10:16:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, if your restore point is prior to the "hijacking".
If not, or, if you don't have a good restore point... then wiping out the harddrive and reloading the OS would be your best solution.
You can try to clean it, but many of these viruses/spyware get so deep in the registry that a reformat and reload of the OS may take much less time (and less frustration) than a cleaning.
And personally, I keep my system pretty lean and mean... I don't like running all those anti-spyware and anti-virus programs (which I have done in the past), they take up valuable resources and slow the entire machine down.
However, if the weak link is between the seat and the keyboard! Then an anti-virus & anti-spyware program is probably a good recommendation!!! ;-P
2007-12-13 18:21:28 · answer #2 · answered by Sage Daily 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It may clean the system files, yes, but whatever allowed your computer to be 'hijacked' may still be there. You should still download some anti-spyware software like Spybot Search and Destroy and Adaware (both free) and scan your computer. Also check out AVG free for antivirus, and make certain your computer has all its recent windows updates, so that you don't have any known security holes open.
Don't click on any attachments that you received recently that may have had a trojan embedded. Hopefully the above action will find the files and clean them before they reinfect your system.
If a message popped up claiming you were hijacked, I'd be curious where it originated. If you were on the web, and it was a web popup, it was probably fake... and attempt to get you to download / pay for someone's anti-spyware / anti-virus program which itself may be spyware.
2007-12-13 18:16:16 · answer #3 · answered by Krista 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I also want to mention... If you had done something that originally caused the hijack to get into ur computer... doing a restore and not doing that same thing will prevent it from coming back... But the executable files are still in ur registry... Just waiting for it to happen again.
2007-12-13 18:16:26 · answer #4 · answered by anonymous m 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi,
Yes that should do it as any changes will be wiped out by effectively turning the clock back with the system restore.
Although to be fair it will depend on how long the infection or whatever it was has been on the computer.
If you now know what has occurred I'd restore then run a fully updated security check for virus's and ad-ware.
Arnak
2007-12-13 18:17:01 · answer #5 · answered by Arnak 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As you can tell, your terminology has caused confusion because "hijacked" usually means someone has hacked into your computer and is using it. I don't think that's what you mean.
I can't imagine any spyware, adware, virus, or whatever that a restore will solve.
My suggestion is to get an anti_ for each of them and keep it up to date and run it weekly.
2007-12-13 18:23:42 · answer #6 · answered by snvffy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To tell you the truth, some viruses can stay on your computer even if you set it back to a date when the computer wasn't hijacked. What I would do, is go to a store such as Best Buy or if you belong to a Club like Sam's...and buy Norton Anti-Virus or other software, and run it on your computer. It works really good. Message me if you have any questions!
Good luck!
2007-12-13 18:16:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A system restore will not get rid of it, sytem recovery will. Try checking the system for viruses and spyware etc. first. If you don't have a virus checker installed you should but here is a good online virus scanner that should help.
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
2007-12-13 18:24:09 · answer #8 · answered by jaydkast 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well, i wouldnt really know. usually a hijack is a virus or intrusion......a good virus program will prevent you from getting them.........im not sure that a restore was a good solution, but it should get rid of the hijacked.
2007-12-13 18:15:39 · answer #9 · answered by Hippo-Pot-A-Moose 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well you can do a restore and it will take your computer back to where it was before the problem but I would still run spyware and virus software to make sure everything is gone.
2007-12-13 18:15:33 · answer #10 · answered by ffmed124 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋