| Two weeks ago strange things started to happen on | | | | The problem with HiJack is that it lists tons of |
| my PC. The system was running extremely slow and | | | | processes running on your system. But that's it! It's up |
| every time I opened my browser pop-ups for online | | | | to you to decide which ones are "the bad ones" and |
| casinos and pc games came up. | | | | need to be removed. And even worse: if you delete |
| Then, Firefox quit working. The Internet Explorer was | | | | something wrong, it can cause significant damage to |
| working, but it was extremely slow and my homepage | | | | your system. |
| changed with every start. And hundreds of pop ups | | | | I was helpless and desperate - even the experts who |
| came out of nowhere. | | | | studied several of my log-files couldn't help me. And all |
| Fortunately my antivirus program was still working. But | | | | the problems were still there - by now for some |
| it couldn't detect any worms, Trojans Viruses or other | | | | reason Opera quit working. |
| malware. I didn't know what to do. Maybe my antivirus | | | | I was seriously thinking about buying a new PC! On the |
| program wasn't that good was my next thought. | | | | edge of despair, I read some reports from other guys |
| So I downloaded nearly every free antivirus program I | | | | in the online-forum who had the same problems - and |
| could find online. I was ready to remove the Trojan | | | | successfully got rid of them. A lot of them were talking |
| virus on my computer. I ran the endless scans, but the | | | | about a program called NoAdware - and how it helped |
| results were disappointing. | | | | them to find and remove the infections on their |
| There were some infections, which I instantly deleted - | | | | systems. |
| but no Trojan Viruses were found. I restarted the | | | | I had nothing to lose, so I gave it a try - particularly |
| system several times but the symptoms were still | | | | because the scan was free. Believe it or not - I was |
| there - the system was running awfully slow, pop ups | | | | surprised. The program found 14 infections, among the |
| were killing me, I was redirected every 10 seconds to | | | | Trojan Horses Vundo and ConHook and some |
| some commercial sites... | | | | Trojan-agents. |
| And it got worse: now, some programs weren't | | | | And the program was even able to delete them. I |
| working (Word, ITunes). So I tried to post my problems | | | | restarted the system and suddenly the all the |
| in an online expert-forum. | | | | programs worked like before - almost. There were no |
| The topic "How to remove a Trojan Virus" was quite | | | | more pop ups and no more redirections to unknown |
| popular, but it took some time, before somebody could | | | | sites. But the system was still a bit slow. |
| give me some useful tips. Most people - including the | | | | So I repeated the test. The result showed still some |
| experts - recommended me the program HiJackThis. | | | | infections - but no Trojans. I pushed the delete-button |
| This program scans the computer and creates a list of | | | | and after the next restart - finally - my system was |
| differences from a known spyware-free environment. | | | | running like before. I couldn't believe it. It was such a |
| I ran the scan and even posted my log-file in the | | | | great feeling of relief. |
| expert-forum. After one day, the "experts" told me | | | | I wish I had NoAdware on my system from the |
| there were no suspicious activities. I couldn't believe it! I | | | | beginning and could save all the time I wasted trying to |
| could feel there was a Trojan virus involved. The | | | | delete the Trojan horses on my own, endless reading |
| question "How to remove a Trojan virus" was already | | | | and posting in online forums - not to mention all the bad |
| on my lips. But even HiJack couldn't help me...? | | | | emotions. |