John from Riverside Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 Yesterday somehow my computer was hit with a malware that was downloading all kinds of stuff onto my computer (including websites in my favorites and icons on my desktop NETBOOSTER I think it was called) I ran my antivirus and spybot search and destroy programs a few times and no longer have these on my computer. BUT for some unknown reason now I cannot get my internet radio stations to play. I can access the sites that have the link to them but when I click the link they only partially come up and just hang there not doing anything. Can anyone help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kegtapr Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 Head Californee way, you'll get to listen for 40 seconds a day. Do you have sound on your computer at all or is it just the internet radio? Have you tried clearing your cache? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chilly Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 What browser? What media player are these stations using? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebug Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 Yesterday somehow my computer was hit with a malware that was downloading all kinds of stuff onto my computer (including websites in my favorites and icons on my desktop NETBOOSTER I think it was called) I ran my antivirus and spybot search and destroy programs a few times and no longer have these on my computer. BUT for some unknown reason now I cannot get my internet radio stations to play. I can access the sites that have the link to them but when I click the link they only partially come up and just hang there not doing anything. Can anyone help? Try holding down thr CRTL key while you hit the link (to temp disable pop-up blockers) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draft Maniac Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 Head Californee way, you'll get to listen for 40 seconds a day. Do you have sound on your computer at all or is it just the internet radio? Have you tried clearing your cache? Nice! That south park was awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In-A-Gadda-Levitre Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 I'm assuming Windows Media Player still works, make sure. Reinstall it if it doesn't. If that doesn't do it, START/ACCESSORIES/SYSTEM TOOLS/SYSTEM RESTORE/ and check RESTORE MY COMPUTER TO AN EARLIER TIME Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricojes Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 If that doesn't do it, START/ACCESSORIES/SYSTEM TOOLS/SYSTEM RESTORE/ and check RESTORE MY COMPUTER TO AN EARLIER TIME Um...Wouldn't that restore it to when the NETBOOSTER malware was on the machine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kegtapr Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 Um...Wouldn't that restore it to when the NETBOOSTER malware was on the machine? Not if he picked the day before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In-A-Gadda-Levitre Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 Not if he picked the day before. yeah, you choose a restore point from before the time that the malware was loaded on your computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Riverside Posted April 17, 2008 Author Share Posted April 17, 2008 Problem.....it wont allow me to pick any day except for yesterday and today It tells me I have to pick a bolded date.......but there are none in April and it wont let me go back to March. By the way.....other media's seem to work like U tube, buffalo bills.com, etc. It seems to be just the on line internet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayFinkle Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 sometimes free porn sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Riverside Posted April 17, 2008 Author Share Posted April 17, 2008 sometimes free porn sucks. yes sometimes it does....but not in this case as it was my work computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In-A-Gadda-Levitre Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 ok, I'd rebuild Internet Explorer and clean up any obvious corruption by running the System File Checker, assuming that's your browser. You might need the Windows CD to replace some files. Click Start, click Run, then type sfc /scannow, and then press ENTER. Restart the computer when System File Checker is finished Then reinstall the latest version of Windows Media Player here If this doesn't work, you have some other corruption in Windows that won't be quite so easy to resolve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In-A-Gadda-Levitre Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 ok, I'd rebuild Internet Explorer and clean up any obvious corruption by running the System File Checker, assuming that's your browser. I forgot to mention that if you're running Internet Explorer V7, you need to reinstall that as well here the order would be: 1) run sfc 2) reinstall IE 7 3) reinstall WMP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Riverside Posted April 18, 2008 Author Share Posted April 18, 2008 Hey faking, I think I still have some kind of spyware/malware runing on my computer....I ran Spybot and my virus program several times in safe mode yesterday but I am noticing that while I am not gettin all kinds of pop ups.....my browser is periodically being hijacked and sent to a webpage other then the one I inteneded to go to. Also....on some of the sites I have a yellow strip across the top of the pag telling me that I might have spyware on my computer. I think I am still infected. Not sure what to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In-A-Gadda-Levitre Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 yeah, I thought maybe that was the case, but since you were pretty confident that it was removed, I took the corrupted windows path... there's two choices, one easier with more risk that it might not work and a more difficult, but higher confidence solution that requires that you edit the Registry. the easier one is to download SmitfraudFix and save it to your desktop. Start in Safe Mode and run it, Selecting Option #2 and answering Y to Do you want to clean the registry. You might have to run it more than once. the more complex choice would be performing the manual removal instructions a good precaution is to create a Restore Point in System Restore (START/ACCESSORIES/SYSTEM TOOLS/SYSTEM RESTORE) before messing with the Registry If you get stuck, IM me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Riverside Posted April 18, 2008 Author Share Posted April 18, 2008 yeah, I thought maybe that was the case, but since you were pretty confident that it was removed, I took the corrupted windows path... there's two choices, one easier with more risk that it might not work and a more difficult, but higher confidence solution that requires that you edit the Registry. the easier one is to download SmitfraudFix and save it to your desktop. Start in Safe Mode and run it, Selecting Option #2 and answering Y to Do you want to clean the registry. You might have to run it more than once. the more complex choice would be performing the manual removal instructions a good precaution is to create a Restore Point in System Restore (START/ACCESSORIES/SYSTEM TOOLS/SYSTEM RESTORE) before messing with the Registry If you get stuck, IM me Faking, Thanks for the info I will run this....question. Do you think this my be the reason why my internet radio does not work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodBye Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Faking NO, it was real. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In-A-Gadda-Levitre Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Faking, Thanks for the info I will run this....question. Do you think this my be the reason why my internet radio does not work? yes, based on the limited info I have. here's a possible explanation...the virus is trying to redirect or hijack your computer in order to navigate to websites of its own choosing. Since you crippled it with Spybot and others, it cannot complete the hijacking and hangs in the process By the way, a lot of what the Netbooster virus does is to issue fake malware messages in order to get you to download its fake antispy programs, so how much actual junk you have isn't known until you clean out the virus. You have to remove all traces of it in the windows registry in order to stop the malware warnings and hijacking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Riverside Posted April 18, 2008 Author Share Posted April 18, 2008 I went into safe mode and ran the smithfraud program several times. Now I am not getting any messages....but my internet radio still does not work. The icon for it opens up but it just hangs and does not complete. Also another question. My job gave me spysweeper to run on my computer and I ran it....is that a good program? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In-A-Gadda-Levitre Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 I went into safe mode and ran the smithfraud program several times. Now I am not getting any messages....but my internet radio still does not work. The icon for it opens up but it just hangs and does not complete. Also another question. My job gave me spysweeper to run on my computer and I ran it....is that a good program? It's highly likely that Smithfraudfix cleaned a big chunk of it, but you still have some residuals. what is the internet radio page you're trying to open? Some of them use different audio plug-ins or player apps Spysweeper is ok. My experience is that different programs are better at detecting different malware based on what they're trained to look for. The result? You have to use several. Personally I use Spybot Search & Destroy, religiously updating the definitions and performing the immunization steps every time, and I don't appear to have any spyware. I also use Lavasoft AdAware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Riverside Posted April 18, 2008 Author Share Posted April 18, 2008 It's highly likely that Smithfraudfix cleaned a big chunk of it, but you still have some residuals. what is the internet radio page you're trying to open? Some of them use different audio plug-ins or player apps Spysweeper is ok. My experience is that different programs are better at detecting different malware based on what they're trained to look for. The result? You have to use several. Personally I use Spybot Search & Destroy, religiously updating the definitions and performing the immunization steps every time, and I don't appear to have any spyware. I also use Lavasoft AdAware. It is the "Listen Live" portion of this website: http://www.xtrasportsradio.com/main.html Also....my browser is still being hijacked....I am not getting the pop ups and the yellow banner is gone off the top of the page telling my I might have spyware.....but I am still getting hijacked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In-A-Gadda-Levitre Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 It is the "Listen Live" portion of this website: http://www.xtrasportsradio.com/main.html Also....my browser is still being hijacked....I am not getting the pop ups and the yellow banner is gone off the top of the page telling my I might have spyware.....but I am still getting hijacked. ok, the two main requirements of this page are Windows Media Player and Javascript. I'm guessing you have to edit the registry to clear out the remnants of the virus, but reinstalling Media Player and Java VM might get you through, try these first... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Riverside Posted April 18, 2008 Author Share Posted April 18, 2008 Thanks...I am currently running Spybot and Adware 2007. As soon as I get through thoseI will reinstall the media player.....I do this just by going to the site and downloading....currect? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Riverside Posted April 18, 2008 Author Share Posted April 18, 2008 YES....you are the fricken MAN.... Downloaded the media player from your link and WHOOP.....my on line internet turned back ON... Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In-A-Gadda-Levitre Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 YES....you are the fricken MAN.... Downloaded the media player from your link and WHOOP.....my on line internet turned back ON... Thanks you're very welcome, glad it worked out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spun Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 Nice work Doctor Faking! Very impressive! I will stash this thread! Now John, you can get back to Hacksaw Hamilton! Goood Night Now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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