UPDATE!-----------My Favorite Computer programs to keep your Computer Healthy (FREE!)

[O.M.E.G.A]

Remove Hijacks in Browser
http://www.download.com/HijackThis/3...ml?tag=lst-0-1

Firewall
http://www.download.com/ZoneAlarm/30...ml?tag=lst-0-1

Remove Malicous items
http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE-...ml?tag=lst-0-1

Keep out Malicous items
http://www.download.com/Spybot-Searc...ml?tag=lst-0-1

Find out whats open on your computer to hackers
http://www.download.com/DiamondCS-Po...ml?tag=lst-0-1

AVG Free AntiVirus much better than Norton
http://www.download.com/AVG-Anti-Vir...ml?tag=lst-0-1

Ps: use the advanced settings to really remove stubborn items

after you install and run the above get rid of vulnerable MICROSIFT IE for ever DOWN LOAD THIS!
FIREFOX the supreme BROWSER (TRUST ME ON THIS ONE DOWLOAD IT!)

http://www.download.com/Mozilla-Fire...ml?tag=lst-0-1


SURF ANON: tutorial

http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/sh...d.php?t=390583


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[gixxer600]

Anybody try any of these??

[BUBBA74]

Firefox kicks a**. Someone here recommended it to me awhile back because I was having a bad case of the pop ups with Earth Link. I havent had any since!

[O.M.E.G.A]

FIREFOX IS THE BEST!!!!!!!!


I say use the others for your own curiosity, then after you remove everything

download the FireFox

and keep the

AVG antivirus
SpyBot
and
Free Zone Alarm

[O.M.E.G.A]

updated one more time to show how to surf anonimously

[O.M.E.G.A]

TUTORIAL: Surfing anonymously to stay safe!
Proxy Chaining to stay in the shadows. Better safe than sorry has never been more true than with doing "questionable" things online where EVERYTHING is logged.
Proxy chaining is merely connecting to more than one proxy and then to your intended destination. You can use as many proxy servers as you can or want. The more you have, the more anonymous you will be. Remember, it doesnt matter how many proxies you chain together, you will never be 100% anonymous.However this is the most anonymity most users will attain. Advanced users know how to be 100% anon. Lets look at an example.


[User]>>>>>[Proxy1]>>>>>[Proxy2]>>>>>[Proxy3]>>>>>[Proxy4]>>>>>[Destination]


The example shows that for a proxy chain to be created, the user must first connect to Proxy1. Once the user is connected to Proxy1, from Proxy1, the user will connect to Proxy2, from Proxy2, the user will connect to Proxy3, from Proxy3, the user will connect to Proxy4, from Proxy4, the user will then connect to the intended destination (web page, Unix server, ftp server, etc.). All together we have 4 proxies in this example. Each proxy is a link in the chain. If the user would be scanned while on the proxy chain in the example, the IP address or domain of Proxy4 would appear on the scan. Now the problem with proxies is they tend to die out in a few weeks or less. It all depends. So if Proxy2 were to cease functioning, the chain wouldnt work. You would need to get rid of Proxy2 and just use Proxy1, Proxy3, and Proxy4 or find another proxy to take Proxy2s place. This is why proxy chaining can be a real pain if you are using them just to surf the net. If one dies, you have to figure out which one is the one not working, so you have to go through each one to check them or until you find the one that isnt working.

As I said, you will never be 100% anonymous no matter what you do online so it is possible that you still can be tracked even if u chain proxies. Chaining just makes it a lot hard to track someone. To make it even harder, its best to use foreign proxies because if someone wanted to trace you, they would need to get logs of your use of each proxy from each proxy administrator. This could take quite a while or even never at all if one of the proxys, or all for that matter, belong to an admin in a country that isnt too fond of the country you are located in. The longer it takes for the authorities to subpoena the logs of your usage of a single proxy from that proxys administrator, the more chance that the other proxies that you used in the chain will have their logs deleted by the time anyone gets to the server administrators of those proxies.

http Chaining
http chaining is basically chaining a proxy server in your browsers address bar. Example?


http://proxy.magusnet.com/-_-http://www.google.com


Notice how the above proxy and destination (yahoo) are seperated by a () If you wanted to make a chain out of this you would simply add another proxy ex. ( hxxp:// proxy.server1.com/-_-http://proxy.server2.com/-_-http://www.destination.com)

Another way to use proxys in your address bar is by adding the proxy IP or domain then the port number. Example


http://anon.free.anonymizer.com:80/.../www.google.com


Notice how the above proxy and destination server are seperated this time by a (/) forward slash instead of a () dash, underscore, dash. To make a chain out of this you would again simply add another proxy ex. ( hxxp://proxy1:80/hxxp://proxy2:80/proxy3:80/hxxp://www.yahoo.com)


Browser Chaining
To browser chain is fairly easy. Ill use Internet Explorer as an example since I believe it is the browser that most people have and use. First you need to find the Internet Options. You can do this by either finding the Explorer icon on the desktop, right click on it, then press properties or if you have a browser window already opened if you are online then you can go to Tools (or sometimes its View) and press Internet Options. Now that you have the Internet Options window up you can now go to the Connections tab, then go to the first Settings button (not LAN Settings, the one above it) and click it. Now you should be in the Settings box. Put a check in the box where it says to Use a proxy server. Now if you wanted to surf using one proxy you would merely put the proxy in the Address: space and put the proxy?s port number in the Port: space. To use a chain here you would put in a proxy along with a ? colon then the port number followed by a space separting the next proxy then a colon then the port number then a space and so on. The last proxy you add should have its port number placed inside the Port: space. If you did it, then it should look like this exactly?


Address: 213.234.124.23:80 121.172.148.23:80 143.134.54.67 Port: 80


***Notice that each proxy port is separated by a space and that the last proxy has its port number placed in the Port: space. Do not check the box marked Bypass proxy server for local addresses.Press OK when you see that everything is in working order***

[soontoberipped]

Thanks for the helpful links. Looking into Firefox now.

[O.M.E.G.A]

you WILL LOVE IT

your welcome

[O.M.E.G.A]

Here's something for broadband people that will really speed Firefox up:

1. Type "about:config" into the address bar and hit return. Scroll down and look for the following entries:

network.http.pipelining
network.http.proxy.pipelining
network.http.pipelining.maxrequests

Normally the browser will make one request to a web page at a time. When you enable pipelining it will make several at once, which really speeds up page loading.

2. Alter the entries as follows:

Set "network.http.pipelining" to "true"

Set "network.http.proxy.pipelining" to "true"

Set "network.http.pipelining.maxrequests" to some number like 30. This means it will make 30 requests at once.

3. Lastly right-click anywhere in the "aboug:config" page and select New-> Integer. Name it "nglayout.initialpaint.delay" and set its value to "0". This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it recieves.

4. Restart Firefox

If you're using a broadband connection you'll load pages 2-3 times faster now.

This was originally posted on another forum and was posted on another forum thats where I found it.

I did it and it worked great.

[SplinterCell]

Firefox > Sliced Bread

[O.M.E.G.A]

lol

[inheritmylife]

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Free anti-virus software
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Temporary files cleaner
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Coolwebsearch remover
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Prevents installation of Active-x based software
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Outdated Sun-Java removal tool
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Here is the best page I have found containing info pertaining to optimizing Windows XP
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/SupportCD/OptimizeXP.html

[punchrf]

i'm having so much trouble with this fvcking virus. i've been trying these programs but these 4 stupid sites keep showing up on favorites list and i can't get into aol anymore. any ideas? i put avs anti virus, spy bot, ad-aware spyware remover, and spyware blaster. it gets identified as trojan horse but when i remove it it comes back to my favorites list.

[inheritmylife]

i'm having so much trouble with this fvcking virus. i've been trying these programs but these 4 stupid sites keep showing up on favorites list and i can't get into aol anymore. any ideas? i put avs anti virus, spy bot, ad-aware spyware remover, and spyware blaster. it gets identified as trojan horse but when i remove it it comes back to my favorites list.

Download Hijackthis from the above list, run the program, and then post it in this thread. I'll take a look and see what I can do.

[punchrf]

now i'm having trouble opening the hijack this file because it's a zip file. is there a certain type of program i'm suppose to use to open it? problems with computers suck. as soon as i know how to open this i'll get it running so i can post results of scan. thanks for the help

[inheritmylife]

now i'm having trouble opening the hijack this file because it's a zip file. is there a certain type of program i'm suppose to use to open it? problems with computers suck. as soon as i know how to open this i'll get it running so i can post results of scan. thanks for the help

winzip

[punchrf]

that does make sense hence the zip at the end. i'll start looking.

[punchrf]

Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1
Scan saved at 10:08:51 AM, on 4/14/2005
Platform: Windows 2000 SP4 (WinNT 5.00.2195)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106)

Running processes:
C:\WINNT\System32\smss.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\winlogon.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\services.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\lsass.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\spoolsv.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgupsvc.exe
C:\WINNT\System32\svchost.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\regsvc.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\MSTask.exe
C:\WINNT\System32\WBEM\WinMgmt.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINNT\Explorer.EXE
C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe
C:\mercury\Freeware\Printkey.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\wuauclt.exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\WISPTIS.EXE
C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgamsvr.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgcc.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgemc.exe
C:\Program Files\WinZip\WINZIP32.EXE
C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\HijackThis.exe

R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL = about:blank
R3 - Default URLSearchHook is missing
O2 - BHO: AcroIEHlprObj Class - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3} - C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\Reader\ActiveX\AcroIEHelper.dll
O3 - Toolbar: &Radio - {8E718888-423F-11D2-876E-00A0C9082467} - C:\WINNT\system32\msdxm.ocx
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Synchronization Manager] mobsync.exe /logon
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe" -atboottime
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AVG7_CC] C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgcc.exe /STARTUP
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AVG7_EMC] C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgemc.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\RunOnce: [sdkpl32.exe] C:\WINNT\sdkpl32.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\RunOnce: [netes32.exe] C:\WINNT\netes32.exe
O4 - Startup: PrintKey.lnk = C:\mercury\Freeware\Printkey.exe
O8 - Extra context menu item: E&xport to Microsoft Excel - res://C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~2\OFFICE11\EXCEL.EXE/3000
O9 - Extra button: Research - {92780B25-18CC-41C8-B9BE-3C9C571A8263} - C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~2\OFFICE11\REFIEBAR.DLL
O16 - DPF: {22A88341-AFCB-45F0-A856-C2BAE74F878E} (InstallX Class) - http://www.75tz.com/codac/inst2_89117.cab
O16 - DPF: {90C9629E-CD32-11D3-BBFB-00105A1F0D68} (InstallShield International Setup Player) - http://quicksilver.mercuryinsurance....ine/isetup.cab
O16 - DPF: {E06E2E99-0AA1-11D4-ABA6-0060082AA75C} (GpcContainer Class) - https://fscsupport.webex.com/client/...rt/ieatgpc.cab
O16 - DPF: {FA3662C3-B8E8-11D6-A667-0010B556D978} (IWinAmpActiveX Class) - http://cdn.digitalcity.com/_media/dalaillama/ampx.cab
O23 - Service: AVG7 Alert Manager Server (Avg7Alrt) - GRISOFT, s.r.o. - C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgamsvr.exe
O23 - Service: AVG7 Update Service (Avg7UpdSvc) - GRISOFT, s.r.o. - C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgupsvc.exe
O23 - Service: Logical Disk Manager Administrative Service (dmadmin) - VERITAS Software Corp. - C:\WINNT\System32\dmadmin.exe

[inheritmylife]

Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1
Scan saved at 10:08:51 AM, on 4/14/2005
Platform: Windows 2000 SP4 (WinNT 5.00.2195)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106)

Running processes:
C:\WINNT\System32\smss.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\winlogon.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\services.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\lsass.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\spoolsv.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgupsvc.exe
C:\WINNT\System32\svchost.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\regsvc.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\MSTask.exe
C:\WINNT\System32\WBEM\WinMgmt.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINNT\Explorer.EXE
C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe
C:\mercury\Freeware\Printkey.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\wuauclt.exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
C:\WINNT\system32\WISPTIS.EXE
C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgamsvr.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgcc.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgemc.exe
C:\Program Files\WinZip\WINZIP32.EXE
C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\HijackThis.exe

R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL = about:blank
R3 - Default URLSearchHook is missing
O2 - BHO: AcroIEHlprObj Class - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3} - C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\Reader\ActiveX\AcroIEHelper.dll
O3 - Toolbar: &Radio - {8E718888-423F-11D2-876E-00A0C9082467} - C:\WINNT\system32\msdxm.ocx
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Synchronization Manager] mobsync.exe /logon
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe" -atboottime
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AVG7_CC] C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgcc.exe /STARTUP
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AVG7_EMC] C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgemc.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\RunOnce: [sdkpl32.exe] C:\WINNT\sdkpl32.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\RunOnce: [netes32.exe] C:\WINNT\netes32.exe
O4 - Startup: PrintKey.lnk = C:\mercury\Freeware\Printkey.exe
O8 - Extra context menu item: E&xport to Microsoft Excel - res://C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~2\OFFICE11\EXCEL.EXE/3000
O9 - Extra button: Research - {92780B25-18CC-41C8-B9BE-3C9C571A8263} - C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~2\OFFICE11\REFIEBAR.DLL
O16 - DPF: {22A88341-AFCB-45F0-A856-C2BAE74F878E} (InstallX Class) - http://www.75tz.com/codac/inst2_89117.cab
O16 - DPF: {90C9629E-CD32-11D3-BBFB-00105A1F0D68} (InstallShield International Setup Player) - http://quicksilver.mercuryinsurance....ine/isetup.cab
O16 - DPF: {E06E2E99-0AA1-11D4-ABA6-0060082AA75C} (GpcContainer Class) - https://fscsupport.webex.com/client/...rt/ieatgpc.cab
O16 - DPF: {FA3662C3-B8E8-11D6-A667-0010B556D978} (IWinAmpActiveX Class) - http://cdn.digitalcity.com/_media/dalaillama/ampx.cab
O23 - Service: AVG7 Alert Manager Server (Avg7Alrt) - GRISOFT, s.r.o. - C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgamsvr.exe
O23 - Service: AVG7 Update Service (Avg7UpdSvc) - GRISOFT, s.r.o. - C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgupsvc.exe
O23 - Service: Logical Disk Manager Administrative Service (dmadmin) - VERITAS Software Corp. - C:\WINNT\System32\dmadmin.exe

I'm not familiar with what you have running on your computer but here are a few that made me curious.

R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL = about:blank

R3 - Default URLSearchHook is missing

O4 - HKLM\..\RunOnce: [sdkpl32.exe] C:\WINNT\sdkpl32.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\RunOnce: [netes32.exe] C:\WINNT\netes32.exe


Also, look through your O16s and O23s. If any of those programs are unknown to you, you may want to get rid of them.


Go here
http://www.cybertechhelp.com/forums/index.php

You can either search by file, or just start a thread where you will post your hijackthis log.

[punchrf]

the programs listed there were for my work. that's why i'm scrambling to get my computer fixed. i need it. i'll check those things out though and post how it went.

[punchrf]

my computer is running a 100% faster now but still not all the bugs out. got rid of the 04 runonce's and a few of the o16's. i don't have those stupid sites in favorites popping up anymore so that good.