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Posted 6/14/2008 6:16 AM
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Hi there.

My sis refered me here, she says you guys are the best.

A couple of days ago i started getting loads of pop ups which seem to originate from this thing called outerinfo.

I found a file that had attatched itself to my programe so i removed it.

I ran spybot and AV but they keep coming back.

My comp is virtually non running, Lucky for me we have one upstairs so i can post this.

Any help will be much appreciated, I am not very tecchi so need simple instructions.

Thanks Sharon...xxx

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Posted 6/14/2008 6:37 AM


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Welcome Sharon
Download Trend Micro HijackThis 2.0.2 to your desktop:
Double click on HJTInstall.exe,it will prompt you to extract hijackthis.exe to C:\Program Files\Trend Micro\HijackThis.
When the install is complete,HijackThis will automatically launch.
When the license agreement appears,select "I Accept" and then click on the "Do a system scan only" button.
When the scan is complete,click on the "Save Log" button,then save it to your desktop.
Copy and paste the entire contents of that log into a new topic in the HijackThis Logs forum, not here.


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Posted 6/14/2008 7:14 AM
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Hi There.

When i do a system scan only then press save log, it does not give me the option to save anywhere, it just goes off..

Shall i try the do a system scan and save logfile button.

Thanks Sharon

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Posted 6/14/2008 8:12 AM


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Shall i try the do a system scan and save logfile button.

Yes,try that.
If you can't find the log look in Program Files/Trend Micro/HijackThis/hijackthis.txt


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Posted 6/14/2008 9:58 AM
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Done, Hope its ok, Windows kept logging me off and then i could not open the hijackthis icon at all.

Sharon

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Posted 6/14/2008 10:27 AM


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I've replied to your topic in the Hijackthis Logs forum,cheers.

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