I was phished and now it has messed up my laptop
wilkesman2
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Posted 1:30 pm, 06/30/2009
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Try Malwarebytes Anti-Malware you can download it from www.downloads.com
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The Great Space Wizard
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Posted 10:17 pm, 06/25/2009
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You probably have something installed on your computer that's doing it. Scan your computer with a malware scanner or virus scanner. You could also check your list of programs for anything that doesn't belong and uninstall it. You might even be able to check for changes to your registry, but that might be a little harder.
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brucec903
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Posted 10:16 pm, 06/25/2009
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it a virus.. run a newly updated virus protection program, delete cookies, dump internet cache, run Lavasoft, or similar spyware program. pm me if you need further help.
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The Great Space Wizard
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Posted 10:13 pm, 06/25/2009
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Did it say he was naked or something like that? I got two of those from some friends via facebook. You get an email saying that there is a video of you naked on the internet and you follow a link to a youtube-looking video page. If you click to play the video, you are actually downloading and installing a program. I didn't do it myself but apparently if you do then the program will hijack your facebook or myspace and keep emailing the link to your friends. Maybe it's technically a virus.
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At A Crossroad
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Posted 10:06 pm, 06/25/2009
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IT WAS AN EMAIL FROM MYSPACE THAT SAID THEY HAD A VIDEO OF MY SON AND WHEN HE WENT ON IT MY COMPUTER, IT NOW HAS POP UPS AND WHEN I TRY TO GET ON A WEB SITES THAT I TYPE IN IT GOES TO SOMETHING CALLED JUMPING AND GIVES ME STUPID STUFF AND I cant get to what i need to. like facebook myspace even gowilkes unless i go to favorites.
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The Great Space Wizard
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Posted 10:00 pm, 06/25/2009
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Wait... that's different from being hacked. Did you sign on to a fake Myspace or Facebook page and get your password stolen? If so change your passwords. Get an antivirus and firewall anyway if you don't have them.
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pk
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Posted 9:14 pm, 06/25/2009
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What do you know? Do you know how or what they used? What symptoms is your laptop having?
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tobe3
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Posted 9:13 pm, 06/25/2009
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What is phished? Sounds like something ominous, but I've never heard of that before....
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At A Crossroad
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Posted 9:12 pm, 06/25/2009
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what can i do for it here at home
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