Quantum Raiders Forum

by **Aiken** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 12:04 am

I can't log in to my Hotmail account or Yahoo cause everytime i do i get redirected to another site "Aifind.info..something...Can any of you guys help me?i did a couple of scans with a spyware scanner i dl'd and removed everything that was found but its still there.Anyone know how to fix my problem? please i really need to open my hotmail cause i'm writing the next chapter on the Greatest Story and i can't open it.

by **DoubtlessOne** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 12:49 am

spywares/adwares would never block your email account
it's probably your hotmail is hiding something
(mafia dealings, :lol:

)
if you keep having problems with redirecting, maybe you will need the direct link to your email

by **Gotcha** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 1:38 am

well if u cant find out how to fix it by the time its ur turn to write then we can always PM the chapters back and forth(i think)

by **Hagios** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 5:52 pm

well, aiken, i did some more research and it looks like u have the aifind trojan, check out this site, it may not be the immediate solution, i dunno, but its a step in the right direction, go here

hope to see you soon on b2, later lady

by **Camelman** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 7:00 pm

Speaking of the Greatest Story, if you can't fix this by the time your chapter starts(I doubt it, 'cause it seems like Hagios has the whole thing figured out already) then you can send the chapter to me via AIM(if you have it) and I'll send it to Moeko. Or if you have Outlook Express or something, then you could just e-mail it to me. I'd like to be able to help so I can repay you for all the times you've helped me in-game ^_^

by **Hagios** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 7:02 pm

no camelman, i dont have it all figured out, all i did was google "hotmail aifind" and found this forum topic, but it looks like the site has the answer

plus i told aiken earlier i'd find something to help fix the problem, so now im finally holding up my end of the bargain

by **DoubtlessOne** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 8:38 am

haha, as I said ealier, it's not spyware/adware, they would things more differently
trojan viruses are more serious than the usual spyware, though I rarely come across a trojan
hey Aiken, have you been to an internet cafÃ© before? if you have and you checked your email from there, then that's your number 1 source of how you got it
usually internet cafÃ©s recieves infections with trojan viruses because *ahem* free hours...
or have you been to porn sites? they spread the common EXPLOIT virus, and on some occassions may unleash a trojan
to get rid of trojans, I'm not perfectly sure, it's the trickiest to get rid of
try deleting all cookies as fast as possible (so that it does not infect or destroy any further, cookies are the trojans MAIN target) then delete all your temporary files (you may have an exploit virus as well)
after this restart your computer run spybot SD again, then relog to your account, this may solve the problem, hopefully...if not, ask codemaster
[edit]chances are that your mails are already gone

by **Axon** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 2:19 pm

spybot is the way to go, make sure its fully updated...

i usually get rid of my Viruses and Spyware by hand as there are some that like to " stick " to windows no matter what you do

..
What your happend is your Internet Exlplorer browser got Hijacked by many things like: Install Applets, Forced Downloads, Email Attachements, (Virus Development) hehe i dont think Aiken is a Virii guru XD

if you have any problems just PM me, i'll gladly help you,

for a Quick Fix for this problem i reccomend getting another Browser:
-=FIREFOX=-

its a lot Safer, Faster, I use it

by **DoubtlessOne** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 2:34 pm

usually when you just manually remove the spyware and forget to protect it from coming back, it usually comes back with a buddy or two, and those buddies were named "DoubtlessOne" :lol:

also Spybot does not scan for viruses (viruses attaches to random files, and spybot only checks the specific location of where the file would be)

by **Axon** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 2:48 pm

that is absolutly rigth

, Adware does a very simular check as the spybot, but i reccomend Spybot over adware, just because i like it more..

if you want to remove a virus try McAfee..

by **DoubtlessOne** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 3:07 pm

it may cost money..but it's better than scanning through 12k major files just to find which ones are infected and which one works fine
(also note that worm viruses are easily trackable, because they will clone/spawn corrupted or VERY small files, which may come as porn videos, unnessecary software [screensavers, textfiles, etc.], but mostly they come as porn videos :lol:

)

by **Axon** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 3:15 pm

actually you got the wrong Idea behind worms, they are special virii that attack the user without the user actually knowing its comming, There were certain holes in Windows like DCOM and lssas and one more... i forgot which one.. But you may remember such Worms as MSblast it did not need you to open any files it just accessed the PC from another infected machine, it wastes a lot of systems resources and indects and changes a lot on your system, the last worm i had have added 177 bytes to every executable (exe) file there is on my computer making my whole system unusable, i mean i couldnt even open notepad :angry:

.... worms are the most annoying of all virii as they come uknown trough windows holes.. thats why everyone should switch to linux

also you can get McAfee for free for the first while... i just forgot the name of the file..i had it somewhere...i'll look again, if i find i'll post a link..

ohh.. i found it~ http://www.adu.edu.tr/download/Antiviru ... .02004.rar

by **DoubtlessOne** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 3:37 pm

I have a worm virus in my email if anybody wants to know what it feels like to have a virus xD
just ask me...it's contained within a ZIP file
and I've had a few worm viruses before, they are the easiest to fix
unlike EXPLOIT and Trojan which just keeps on coming back
and the infamous Medusa Virus (Melissa)

by **Aiken** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 4:52 am

All i did was I downloaded a screensaver "the one with the waterfalls" and some smileys...is it possible that i got the trojan/worms form there? anyway thanks you guys for the help but i've already decided that reformatting my computer is the best solution with my qrRO problem.I plan on upgrading it with new cards and larger RAM and change it to WinXP so i won't have trouble playing qrRO in the near future.But i'd have to save money first to do that.

PS.Need help in choosing a new Video Card.Currently i'm using Tornado GeForce FX 5950, and i need help chosing between an Excalibur Radeon 9800 PRO and a GeForce FX 6800.Or if you can recommend something better please tell me XD

by **DoubtlessOne** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 8:09 am

QUOTE (Aiken @ Aug 19 2004, 03:52 AM)

All i did was I downloaded a screensaver "the one with the waterfalls" and some smileys...is it possible that i got the trojan/worms form there? anyway thanks you guys for the help but i've already decided that reformatting my computer is the best solution with my qrRO problem.I plan on upgrading it with new cards and larger RAM and change it to WinXP so i won't have trouble playing qrRO in the near future.But i'd have to save money first to do that.

PS.Need help in choosing a new Video Card.Currently i'm using Tornado GeForce FX 5950, and i need help chosing between an Excalibur Radeon 9800 PRO and a GeForce FX 6800.Or if you can recommend something better please tell me XD

OMG....screensavers....there's your source...you could have just deleted that and then the whole virus would have been cancelled...and I made a post on this before, I'll find the link to it
I said if the screensaver is 33-38kb big, then it's a worm virus
and...I would choose NVidia, ATI is mostly for Gigabyte, and ASA motherboards (they cost the most)
soo...choose GeForce :lol:

ok I found the link for you
http://www.quantumraiders.com/forum//in ... f=5&t=3048

by **Kiro** » Sat Aug 21, 2004 9:47 am

The DSO Exploit keeps on bothering me >>

by **DoubtlessOne** » Sat Aug 21, 2004 10:35 am

DSO Exploit....I know that's a spyware
but EXPLOIT virus is different, either that, they do the same thing, and they are just in a different form
Kiro have you been to any porn sites by any chance?
be honest :lol: