Having possible virus problems

Hopefully, someone will have the answer. Just a few days
ago, I started having problems, accessing websites.
Sometimes when I get on the internet, I can access certain
websites and not others. For instance, I might be able to
access Ebay, but yet yahoo wont let me do a search. Then
sometimes when I get on, its the other way around. It also
seems, that certain images will not appear on webpages at
times. It seems, like there is something (maybe a virus of
some sort), blocking access or other things. I also have
noticed, some odd things in my Norton AntiVirus Log
Viewer. I ran a complete system scan, with my Norton Anti
Virus. I also ran AdAware and SpyBot. I have no idea, what
else to do. It's driving me crazy. Any help, would be
greatly appreciated. Thanks!

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Woody

Woody,

Whilst you have used NAV, AdAware and SpyBot still read what follows and
make sure that you are using updated versions and signatures such as
AdAware SE and SpyBot 1.3

If you haven't already done so I would strongly recommend that you check
your system for possible viruses using your preferred anti virus
application equipped with an updated set of viral signatures. However you
might first want to check your PC using one of the online virus checks
such as McAfee's online checker
(http://us.mcafee.com/root/mfs/default.asp) or Trend Micro's Housecall
(http://housecall.antivirus.com).

This would be a good time to download yourself a copy of the free Ad-Aware
SE Personal edition from Lavasoft
(http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/) and also SpyBot Search &
Destroy (http://www.safer-networking.org/) and use them to check your
system for other commercial parasites remembering that they are only as
good as when you last updated their reference files. I also use a program
called BHODemon (http://www.definitivesolutions.com/bhodemon.htm) that
checks for unwanted Browser Help Objects and SpywareBlaster
(http://www.wilderssecurity.net/spywareblaster.html) which can help
prevent some parasites getting a grip on your PC.

Then there is CWShredder
(http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/cwshredder.zip) which is the
best way of getting rid of the many forms of the CoolWebSearch hijacker
details of which can be found at
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/cwschronicles.html and also
http://www.pestpatrol.com/pestinfo/c/cws.asp..

Finally if you still continue to experience problems download a copy of
HijackThis from (http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html).
Create a folder called HJT on C: (not on your desktop nor in your temp
folder) and copy the file you downloaded to that folder. Close as many
applications as you can including all instances of Internet Explorer.
Enable Explorer to see all files and folders (Tools | Folder Options |
View and check "Show hidden files and folders" and uncheck "Hide protected
operating system files") and then run hijackthis.exe and post back the log
to either the HijackThis Forum at http://forums.spywareinfo.com/ or
alternatively http://forum.aumha.org/viewforum.php?f=30 and hopefully this
will enable someone to identify the cause of your problem.

See also: Dealing with Unwanted Malware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search
Engines http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm and also Browser
Hijacking http://www.spywareinfo.com/articles/hijacked/
--?
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



woody wrote:

Hopefully, someone will have the answer. Just a few days
ago, I started having problems, accessing websites.
Sometimes when I get on the internet, I can access certain
websites and not others. For instance, I might be able to
access Ebay, but yet yahoo wont let me do a search. Then
sometimes when I get on, its the other way around. It also
seems, that certain images will not appear on webpages at
times. It seems, like there is something (maybe a virus of
some sort), blocking access or other things. I also have
noticed, some odd things in my Norton AntiVirus Log
Viewer. I ran a complete system scan, with my Norton Anti
Virus. I also ran AdAware and SpyBot. I have no idea, what
else to do. It's driving me crazy. Any help, would be
greatly appreciated. Thanks!

You can post a reply here or e-mail me at:

Mike:

Here's a few more online scanner's for your list ;-)

F-Secu
http://support.f-secure.com/enu/home/ols.shtml

Panda:
http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/

Kaspersky:
http://www.kaspersky.com/de/scanforvirus

Symantec:
http://security.symantec.com/

BitDefender
http://www.bitdefender.com/scan/license.php

Dave