Re: hicfafjn.exe Never ending properly.

From: Michael D. Alligood (michael_at_noemail.com)
Date: 07/31/04 

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 23:41:35 -0400

no problem... glad i could help... 

-- 
Best of luck!
Michael D. Alligood
MCSA, MCP, CCNA, A+,
Network+, i-Net+, CIW A, CIW CI
"Jo" <BB@BB.com> wrote in message
news:g6ekg0tvb9dgfua2570aemd5l8s73ht98c@4ax.com...
> Thank you very much for the advice!
>
> Indeed it was a trojan, but I am amazed that adaware (that I have been
> using anyways), never caught it! Neither did Avast! (both programs
> were up to date). And with Avast! I had done a specific file check too
> before you told me it was indeed a virus.
>
> Trend's housecall caught it and cleaned it.
>
> So, is Avast! no good then?
>
> On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 17:06:35 -0400, "Michael D. Alligood"
> <michael@noemail.com> wrote:
>
> >It is probably associated with spyware programs and viruses. Anti-virus
software and firewalls do not fully protect your system against the majority
of spyware and privacy threats. Spyware is commonly bundled with software
downloads, attached to e-mails, or transmitted through networks so it can
appear to be legitimate software, but once installed it can be nearly
impossible to detect and remove without the help of a dedicated spyware
removal tool such as:
> >
> >Ad-Aware 6.0 (build 6.181)
> >
> >SpyBot 1.3
> >
> >SpyWare Blaster
> >
> >HiJackThis
> >
> >Please make sure that you download the updates for each of these programs
to ensure complete detection of known spyware programs. Although nothing is
absolute in removing spyware and keeping it off, downloading and executing
the programs above can dramically decrease future infections.
> >
> >Also please utilize free virus scans from the following sites:
> >
> >Trend Micro
> >
> >Bit Defender
> >
> >Panda
> >
> >McAfee
> >
> >After Spyware / Adware is remove, you may get an error finding files on
reboot
> >
> >After you use anyone of these programs (with the exception of HiJackThis)
you may receive an error of some sort after rebooting your system. This is
pretty common. Many spyware programs add themselves in the Startup location
and execute when Windows boots. If you recieve an error when rebooting after
removing spyware, do not panic. This is more than likely a startup remnant
trying to access the spyware program that is no longer on your computer.
HiJackThis is a great utility to find and remove these startup remnants.
However, there is a less technical way of removing these items:
> >
> >(1) Click START to RUN and type: msconfig
> >(2) Select the STARTUP tab
> >(3) Uncheck the file that pertained to the startup error message you
received
> >(4) Click APPLY and OK
> >(5) Reboot your system
> >
> >If this fails to fix the startup error message after reboot, there are
still options:
> >
> >(1) Navigate to C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start
Menu\Programs\Startup
> >(2) Delete the icon that pertained to the startup error message you
received
> >(3) Navigate to C:\Documents and Settings\username\Start
Menu\Programs\Startup
> >(4) Delete the icon that pertained to the startup error message you
received
> >(5) Reboot your system
>

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