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My Internet Explorer is infected with CiD malware, help?

Discussion in 'Virus and Malware Removal' started by economichitman, Nov 9, 2009.

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  1. kritius Newcomer, in training

    Yes uninstall it.

    Have you had more pop ups?
    kritius, Nov 9, 2009
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  2. economichitman Newcomer, in training

    Oh right! Why didn't I see that!? How could I missed that? =)

    Messenger Plus! Live & Sponsor (CiD) ---> DELETED! Done Deal!

    Thanks man! Will plug offline soon and let the programs run and scan while I sleep! Will update on my laptop's performances. Thank you for the help guys!
    economichitman, Nov 9, 2009
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  3. economichitman Newcomer, in training

    Kritius, I have uninstalled it and deleted the program. Will download a new one. Now please enlighten me, is the tracking worm/malware from Messenger Plus or was it from an outsider application that was hiding there? What I want to know is that how did it get there? Through MSN contact's malwares when they sent through in message windows or was it from my accidental clicks on pop-ups when surfing the net? Or did I get it from downloading something from the web?

    Just so I know how to avoid it in the future. So is it safe for me to download a new MSN messenger? I usually get it from www.filehippo.com

    Btw, do you happen to know why Mozilla Firefox is not running or operationg as efficient as before? I used to surf on Mozilla but since it worked up on me, I have been using IE8. I haven't had problem as such when I used Mozilla.
    economichitman, Nov 9, 2009
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  4. kritius Newcomer, in training

    kritius, Nov 9, 2009
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  5. economichitman Newcomer, in training

    AVG log file, please scrutinize.

    Hi guys, after deleting --> Messenger Plus! Live & Sponsor (CiD) as instructed by kristius. Before I sleep last night, I did another AVG AntiVirus scan just to make sure. The attached file is the log file, could some one scrutinize it for me. So far, there is no pop-ups. But is it because I caught it from MSN or what?
    economichitman, Nov 10, 2009
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  6. kritius Newcomer, in training

    It's all good.

    The CiD pop ups where coming from Messenger plus.
    kritius, Nov 10, 2009
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  7. economichitman Newcomer, in training

    Right! So are you saying that MSN is not trust worthy and should never use it? I've just installed Pidgin. It's cool. But Skype is alright though yeah?

    Thanks for all the help Kristius. You easened my burdened :p You took a load off just by helping me eradicate the pop-ups =)
    economichitman, Nov 10, 2009
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  8. kritius Newcomer, in training

    They came from CiD, which is bundled with messenger plus.

    Pidgin is much better.

    Run for a few days and if there are no more pop ups then you're all good


    • Download OTC to your desktop and run it
    • Click Yes to beginning the Cleanup process and remove these components, including this application.
    • You will be asked to reboot the machine to finish the Cleanup process. Choose Yes.
    kritius, Nov 10, 2009
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  9. economichitman Newcomer, in training

    Cool! Thanks a lot man! God Bless you! Cheers =)
    economichitman, Nov 10, 2009
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