Need help, computer is being attacked.

Originally posted by sonhouse
I went to work in NJ like I do, gone for a week and I come back, the kids have been on the comp going to god only knows what sites and now the router is going nuts, there is something either coming or going as fast as it can. Anyone know some kind of monitor prog that can see what the heck is going in and out the router?
The comp is going slower too, so there must be some kind of virus but not sure how to proceed.

Originally posted by Pavlo87
How about trying your computer's "system restore". I think all newer computers have it. I've use it quite a bit, myself. Go to "search" on your computer and type "system restore" then restore your computer to any earlier date; when everything was working good. It claims that it's supposed to undo any harmful changes to your computer. I'm not sure if it'll re ...[text shortened]... webroot.com". You can get a free spyware & virus scan there. Good luck!

-- Paul

here's another freebie. 🙂

[Microsoft Windows Defender]
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx

Originally posted by sonhouse
I scanned with the free version of AVG and all it came up with was a bunch of cookies. big deal. no effect on the uploads. I also ran Trojan
hunter and it found one spyware adware somthing that had no effect when it killed it. I am even having trouble typing because so much cpu is being used. According to my service provider it has been uploading at the r ...[text shortened]... connection so I may do that after I get some scans online like they said. This sucks BIGTIME.

Originally posted by Dr Strangelove
You do have Anti-Virus stuff installed too, don't you?

Anyway, you could do an online virus/spyware scan first.

Somewhere like:
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
or
http://www.pandasoftware.com/products/ActiveScan.htm


And maybe clean out all the crap with
http://www.ccleaner.com/

Once you're all semi-sorted - test your systems security (both behind the router and not) using the shields up! app at www.grc.com

Originally posted by sonhouse
I tried the Panda thing, big waste of time, it went all the way through, the sign says it scans and disinfects free, nope. At the end it says, for 13 bucks we will disinfect. I don't want to be sending credit card info through an infected comp thank you very much! Anyone know one that scans and disinfects from download for free?

Here is my suggestion, What Mr. Strangelove et al suggested would be correct.
Also download ZoneAlarm’s free firewall and install, but choose the manual option to allow programmes access.
This will show what has access to the network from your machine, then disable the programmes which you might suspect being the trouble.
(To do this, once installed, double left click on the “ZA” in the system tray, click “program control” on the left, then the “programs” tab top right, here you will see what has been granted or restricted).

Incidentally, if you have a router, it already has a firewall and will protect to a certain extent.

If you require any further assistance please don’t hesitate in contacting us.

Bestest regards

The A team.


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Originally posted by rhb
Once you're all semi-sorted - test your systems security (both behind the router and not) using the shields up! app at www.grc.com

Originally posted by sonhouse
I went to work in NJ like I do, gone for a week and I come back, the kids have been on the comp going to god only knows what sites and now the router is going nuts, there is something either coming or going as fast as it can. Anyone know some kind of monitor prog that can see what the heck is going in and out the router?
The comp is going slower too, so there must be some kind of virus but not sure how to proceed.

Something else I noticed whilst checking around, if anybody can help.

I'm currently running CatiaV5 and obviously explorer. I'm also downloading a film from ForumW via flashget.

When I check my task manager it only shows Catia and explorer as running. Is flashget download not a task??......why does it not show it as running when I can clearly see it is??.......

Originally posted by sonhouse
I went to work in NJ like I do, gone for a week and I come back, the kids have been on the comp going to god only knows what sites and now the router is going nuts, there is something either coming or going as fast as it can. Anyone know some kind of monitor prog that can see what the heck is going in and out the router?
The comp is going slower too, so there must be some kind of virus but not sure how to proceed.

www.avast.com
There is a price if you want the professional edition, but get the free version, it's really good.
Disconnect your computer from all lines, download avast from another computer, install.
It offers a boot scan which cleans everything before windows starts up. Once windows starts many viruses can avoid deletion or detection by hiding as a process, but the boot scan gets them before they 'switch on'.
It's a very effective tool, and updates itself daily. Also includes an in-built roll-back program as standard. Ad aware personal from lavasoft is excellent too against spyware etc. With these two programs, (free) and weekly scans, you'll have no more problems.

Originally posted by sonhouse
I went to work in NJ like I do, gone for a week and I come back, the kids have been on the comp going to god only knows what sites and now the router is going nuts, there is something either coming or going as fast as it can. Anyone know some kind of monitor prog that can see what the heck is going in and out the router?
The comp is going slower too, so there must be some kind of virus but not sure how to proceed.

Originally posted by sonhouse
I tried the Panda thing, big waste of time, it went all the way through, the sign says it scans and disinfects free, nope. At the end it says, for 13 bucks we will disinfect. I don't want to be sending credit card info through an infected comp thank you very much! Anyone know one that scans and disinfects from download for free?