MalWare Removal Forum

jahewi, thanks for your comments, I am unable to get to that computer today as the room is being used, but the winsysban trojan I found but its payloads has incressed since last because not wishing to stop the limewire P2P, it probably will have new infections by now which is great, wonderful, thrilling, etc.. Log to follow then.

Can someone help me again, I have seen and read lots of tutorials explainning which part of the log does what and which problems are likely to found there, but what I am "really really looking for" is an order of importance towards HJT logs, for example where do your eyes go to first, then where, and after that, etc., this is simply because a doctor coming across someones body doesn't work from head to toe but to an order of importance, I am sure that no one except newbies google from the top, sorry if it is already here somewhere on this site just link me to it.

hi Fleamailman,

I like your enthousiasm! As a MRU-freshman, you need it

As you say, my previous answer was a comment on your assumption that you need to test and research every possible malware-infection.
However, i think that i can't answer your questions about HijackThis and analysing logs.

I am very new, here --- just looking around, so to speak, so i really don't know if i may or may not answer your questions.

Don't get me wrong, i would like to answer, but you will have to learn to work with hijackthis in several stages.
By answering questions about things, that you will learn during your education at MRU, i could be interfering with your education.
And i don't want to do that


Jan
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When researching a log I first look for some of the basics.That won't realy apply here as you did this log yourself. Things like :
Is HJT gonna make Backups?
Is it the right version?
If XP is it up to date?
Things like this first.

Then I simply go through the entire log. From top to bottom. Twice nowadays Then if something realy nasty is found such as a password stealer I would try and deal with that first. Or certain infections that need to be dealt with before another can be cleaned.

Just my 2 pennies .

I do understand how overwhelming and time consuming it can be but the way I have been trained here was that I am to search every single line in the HijackThis log from top to bottom, and that's exactly what am still doing.



I certainly hope they do work from head to toe. I would think that you can only determine the order of importance only after you've checked everything. Believe me practice makes it perfect; if not perfect, close enough

I am sure, after a while it will not be as much time consuming as it is now because you'll begin to recognise and separate the good lines from the bad ones.
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Ok, I both respect and will go along with your oppinons here and yet part me doubts too, perhaps a bad habit on my part then, perhaps my wishing to cheat then, but thanks anyway.

jahewi

Welcome to the forum - sorry did not notice you here (been a little busy at another forum for a couple of weeks) would you like access to the University.

What you can see here is but a fraction of this forum. Like the iceberg, 9/10 is below the waterline

Thanks, Chris! No problem
I'd like very much to have access to the University.

... i know what you mean with being busy


Jan