ad.firstadsolutions problem

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thecheez

hi,

i have recently had a problem spring up where on opening mozilla firefox, an ie7 window pops up linking me through ad.firstadsolutions to an advertising page. this then persists through sporadic advertising pop ups. i have read numerous other posts suggesting multiple ad/spybot/virus scanners which i have tried and haven't succeeded in fixing the problem. i use avg antivirus and normally use spybot s&d, adaware and ccleaner. I've also used avg anti-spyware, smitfraud, housecall and kapersky on-line scanners and have performed a hijackthis log posted below. if anyone else has experienced this problem and overcome it or can see a problem with my log (i don't know how to read it :( ) i'd be grateful if they could suggest a solution.

thanks, mike
 
As far as I can read your HiJackThis log, it's clean. I wasn't sure about one entry though, and googling it didn't turn up much. Do you know anything about the 'Team Once Meal Store'?
--kitty
P.S. Welcome to TechSpot, mate!
 
Hello and welcome to Techspot.

It looks like you may have some kind of lop infection.

Go and read the Viruses/Spyware/Malware, preliminary removal instructions. Follow all the instructions exactly.


Post fresh HJT and AVG Antispyware logs as attachments into this thread, only after doing the above.


Regards Howard :wave: :wave:


This thread is for the use of thecheez only. Please don`t post your own virus/spyware problems in this thread. Instead, open a new thread in our security and the web forum.
 
thanks howard, i'll check into the lop removal instructions see if anything works.

Kitty, that was an entry i wasn't sure about either, i've never hearf of the 'team once meal store' either. it was a folder with a meal.exe file inside in my application data folder but i can't delete it. it claims it's in use. however there is nothing listed in my task manager :\ does anyone know about this?

thanks for your help, Mike
 
The meal.exe file along with one or two other .exe files in your log is probably a trojan of some kind, lop related possibly.

Once I have you new log files, I`ll have a better idea.

Regards Howard :)

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I don`t know if that so called removal tool is legit, so use at your own risk.

You`d be better of just following the instructions in the link I gave you.

Regards Howard :)

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Thanks Howard,

i see what you're saying but i have already used the program and it fixed my problem,

thanks anyway, Mike
 
Ok, no problem.

It`d be a good idea to post at least a fresh HJT log, so I can check to see if it`s clean, but it`s up to you.

Regards Howard :)

This thread is for the use of thecheez only. Please don`t post your own virus/spyware problems in this thread. Instead, open a new thread in our security and the web forum.
 
Run HJT with no other programmes open. Click the scan button. Have HJT fix the following, by placing a tick in the little box next to(if there).

O2 - BHO: (no name) - {AE7CD045-E861-484f-8273-0445EE161910} - (no file)

Click on the fix checked button.

Close HJT and reboot your system.

Other than the above, your HJT log is clean.

If you have any further virus/spyware problems, please post in this thread.

Regards Howard :)

This thread is for the use of thecheez only. Please don`t post your own virus/spyware problems in this thread. Instead, open a new thread in our security and the web forum.
 

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