Distracted Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 Ok, so here's the deal. A friend of mine sent me an automated message that said "Photo: <link>". I didn't think much of it, thinking it would actually be some picture, so I clicked it.When I got to Firefox, I had to download a file. Thinking it was the picture, I allowed it to be downloaded. It was a binary file, I think it was an [Caution: Executable File]. After downloading it, I got redirected to myspace. Thinking it was a bad link or something, I just went on with life. Then, suddenly, my MSN goes insane, it quickly opens a chat with all my contacts before minimizing them, and I'll have sent everyone the same link I got sent. This is very annoying, both for my contacts and me, so I need a solution. So far, I've tried a few different things: I deleted MSN from my PC and then reinstalled it. I looked at my downloads-file (where all my Firefox downloads are sent to) but couldn't find anything suspicious there. I've also done multiple scans with 2 different programs and none have found something suspicious (except for Norton that found 95 tracking cookies lol.) Anyway, I know it was dumb to click the link and download something, but like I said, it was a friend, I didn't thin anything of it. So does anyone have a potential solution? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeDaStudd Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 Try malwarebytes. [hide=Drops]Dragon Axe x11Berserker Ring x9Warrior Ring x8SeercullDragon MedDragon Boots x4 - all less then 30 kcGodsword Shard (bandos)Granite Maul x 3Solo only - doesn't include barrows[/hide][hide=Stats][/hide] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quorra Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 Fail -_- Try all different anti viruses or format. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distracted Posted March 26, 2010 Author Share Posted March 26, 2010 Try malwarebytes. This worked perfectly, thanks a lot. That's the last time I'm just randomly clicking a link like that lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimberly Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 I think we've all made that mistake at least once in our lives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jernlov Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 There seems to be an upsurge in this type of thing going on lately. A couple of my friends got their Steam accounts stolen due to something similar. Just a heads-up from me. Steam | Soup | Last.fm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
champion Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 It would also be a bit fishy to see a picture in a [Caution: Executable File] format. :razz: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distracted Posted March 26, 2010 Author Share Posted March 26, 2010 It would also be a bit fishy to see a picture in a [Caution: Executable File] format. :razz: Lol, I wasn't really thinking to be honest :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aarenlainey Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 My friend suggested me the following solution.Download HiJackThis - this program will help us determine if there are any spyware/malware on your computer. 1. Double-click on the file you just downloaded. 2. Click on the "Unzip" button to install the newer version. 3. It will by default install to the directory - C:\Program Files\HiJackThis\ 4. If it gives you an intro screen, just choose - Do a system scan and save a logfile. 5. If you don't get the intro screen, just hit [scan] and then click on Save log. 6. Post the HiJackThis.log file here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n00bfiterpk6 Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 Oh i remember a really bad like wave of this last year, must have had a good 20 friends sending me the messages, found out that i was too. Cant remember how i deleted it, but do remember avg and everything else i tried wouldnt pick it up. think i actually formatted the harddrive (it was needing it quite badly anyway). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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