Thread: I'm infected again

Originally Posted by sabaii sabaii

I was thinking if he deleted his add ons first, then did a thorough uninstall and reinstall then he may be ok

I'm still using Aurora, had no problems whatsoever

My money is on a BHO.

I had same issue. The problem seemed to be a program on my pc called socialsay. Don't know how it got there, but I deleted it and all seems fine now.

textserv looks like a legal company.
textsrv is the one thats bugged my puter.

I went back to ff 3.6
that Aurora , it would not let my Real player copy youtube vids easily -which means I cannot get the mp3 off them .

i found the fastest, for me anyway is - opera next -

Originally Posted by Neo

textserv looks like a legal company.
textsrv is the one thats bugged my puter.

Typo on my part.

It's a relatively new domain.

Domain Name: TEXTSRV.COM Registrar: GODADDY.COM, INC. Whois Server: whois.godaddy.com Referral URL: Domain Names, Web Hosting and SSL Certificates - Go Daddy Name Server: NS1.P02.DYNECT.NET Name Server: NS2.P02.DYNECT.NET Name Server: NS3.P02.DYNECT.NET Name Server: NS4.P02.DYNECT.NET Status: clientDeleteProhibited Status: clientRenewProhibited Status: clientTransferProhibited Status: clientUpdateProhibited Updated Date: 20-jun-2011 Creation Date: 20-jun-2011 Expiration Date: 20-jun-2012

Originally Posted by blue

I went back to ff 3.6
that Aurora , it would not let my Real player copy youtube vids easily -which means I cannot get the mp3 off them .

i found the fastest, for me anyway is - opera next -

I was using videodownloadhelper - downloads and converts (although doesn't rip) - but it isn't supported in Aurora, which is no surprise.

It's gone! I uninstalled the flash extension, then uninstalled Firefox with all preferences, searched for other Mozilla files and removed them, then emptied the recycle bin. Rebooted and downloaded Firefox again, version 6 beta this time, installed the Flash plugin and it's gone. Hopefully for good.

I use this one mostly for browsing and movies through the TV, so that shouldn't put too much demand on the beta, just got it back to looking just the way I like it.

Cheers Blue and cheers Harry, you were both a great help.

Originally Posted by Neo

It's gone! I uninstalled the flash extension, then uninstalled Firefox with all preferences, searched for other Mozilla files and removed them, then emptied the recycle bin. Rebooted and downloaded Firefox again, version 6 beta this time, installed the Flash plugin and it's gone. Hopefully for good.

Cheers Blue and cheers Harry, you were both a great help.

Good to get hold of something relatively new. If you get any ideas where you might have got this "socialstay" program from, please post them.

Real Player is shite blue

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Name:Realplayer is a shitty peice of shit.Category:Internet & Technology - SoftwareDescription:RealPlayer and it's parent company Real Networks are pieces of shit whose sole purpose is to install bloatware on your PC that slows you down and annoys the shit out of you with useless messages about updates and offers.

Don't download this shit.

And don't tell me how to turn the annoyances off. It shouldn't be annoying in the first place, dick.

Yes, I spelled 'piece' wrong in the title but it was written in a fit OF RAGE.Privacy type:Open: All content is public.

I must admit I don't bother with RealPlayer. MPCStar and VLC do a much better job.

Urban Dictionary is not so nice in it's definitions, of which there are many

Urban Dictionary: realplayer

And from Dirty Dog

https://teakdoor.com/computer-news/77...sive-shit.html (Real Player Intrusive Shit)

T%his is the 3rd most popular download on cnet

It converts to mp3 and much more

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And works with Aurora

Originally Posted by sabaii sabaii

T%his is the 3rd most popular download on cnet

It converts to mp3 and much more

YouTube Downloader - Free software downloads and software reviews - CNET Downloads


And works with Aurora

Ta, I'll give it a shot.

Added: Or maybe not. I don't want a toolbar, or any other changes, and it doesn't let you turn them off.

Oh well.

Guess that real player is not the king its just that
its now set up to go from youtube etc to my ipod in about 4 clicks.

They always free youtube downloaders on Giveaway of the day
must be less lazy and try one next time .

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Added: Or maybe not. I don't want a toolbar, or any other changes, and it doesn't let you turn them off.

You can stop that, press cancel when you get to it and it will proceed but cancel the toolbar (sneaky I know). There's also a McAfee trial after that, which you just tick the box


I have it bloatware free

Have you tried Sophos root kit? Sophos Anti-Rootkit scans, detects and removes any rootkit that is hidden on your computer using advanced rootkit detection technology. http://www.sophos.com/en-us/products...i-rootkit.aspx I run this with malware bytes ,Avasti and Zone Alarm on my pc On my mac no problems ever Re boot from genuine software be a good start

I unwittingly downloaded a trojan from a, ahem, competitor's site, notorious for it's dodgy malware. Damn thing came in the form of a box containing the Windows shield logo demanding 59 quid before it would let me access anything. It was obviously Thai, good English, but not that good. I rebooted and did a full virus scan, took about an hour but got rid of the bastard.

Then had Avast Malicious url alerts on every Thai based website I visited, bar this one.

My gripe now is sodding Gmail. It times out before the log in box comes up, and that's in Chrome and IE too. My default is Firefox. And today, won't load Yahoo mail or shitty Hotmail. I mean, who uses Hotmail? Seriously? But even that crap client won't load. And don't get me started about Twitter. And yes, have Avast and run SP DAILY.

Originally Posted by sabaii sabaii

Real Player is shite blue

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Don't download this shit.

And don't tell me how to turn the annoyances off. It shouldn't be annoying in the first place, dick.

Yes, I spelled 'piece' wrong in the title but it was written in a fit OF RAGE.Privacy type:Open: All content is public.

Agreed. VLC.

Originally Posted by blue

Guess that real player is not the king its just that
its now set up to go from youtube etc to my ipod in about 4 clicks.

They always free youtube downloaders on Giveaway of the day
must be less lazy and try one next time .

I use real player too and never had any problem with it. No pop ups no updates no offers....zilch . Maybe I accidently installed it correctly ?

On a different note I spent most of Friday night and Saturday morning trying to hunt down and fix a nasty piece of Malware known as

Personal Protector......... which poses as an anti virus program. In fact its just a virus that fucks your computer and holds you to ransome trying to extort money from you to fix your computer.

Malware bytes and AVG were disabled by it so I had to scour the net looking for a fix. Plenty of advice out there but some of it out of date so you have to try all the fixes until you find one that works.

Got there in the end but it was a boring slog.

Winamp for music and internet streams, VLC for video.

Originally Posted by Bangyai

Personal Protector......... which poses as an anti virus program. In fact its just a virus that fucks your computer and holds you to ransome trying to extort money from you to fix your computer.

Malware bytes and AVG were disabled by it so I had to scour the net looking for a fix. Plenty of advice out there but some of it out of date so you have to try all the fixes until you find one that works.

Chicken and Egg and all that.... how did it get onto your PC past AVG in the first place?

Did you click "OK" on a pop up?

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Originally Posted by Bangyai

Personal Protector......... which poses as an anti virus program. In fact its just a virus that fucks your computer and holds you to ransome trying to extort money from you to fix your computer.

Malware bytes and AVG were disabled by it so I had to scour the net looking for a fix. Plenty of advice out there but some of it out of date so you have to try all the fixes until you find one that works.

Chicken and Egg and all that.... how did it get onto your PC past AVG in the first place?

Did you click "OK" on a pop up?

Good question to which I don't know the answer. I reckon I picked it up whilst looking at free online gaming sites and as you say, might have let it in myself.
A bit like a girl you pick up for a one night stand who you can't get to leave after breakfast.

Once I got the better of the situation I uninstalled AVG then reinstalled it but for some reason it would not instal properly so I've switched to Avast. Also got Malware bites as there is no conflict between the two.

Still, it was a learning curve. During the hunt for the file containing the virus I had to go deep into a lot of files and was surprised at the amount of detritus still lying about from stuff I thought I'd deleted ages ago that C cleaner etc had missed. I manualy deleted a lot of dead or dormant files and folders and things have never been better ........ touch wood ( conveniently above my temple )

Neo.. Did u sort your comp out? Sounds the same problem i'm having on my samsung netbook.