Awesome_Paul Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 I recently upgraded my Internet Security Suite to This http://uk.mcafee.com/root/package.asp?pkgid=272 Because of a trojan my friend gave to me by accident across msn (some people are so sad now) This pack includes Firewall, and it installed etc, but for some reason, when i load the the program it says the Firewall is not running?? Also in my desktop now, this happens The big black line, and the message pops up no matter how many times i click block action I don't want no wild guesses, because i may get my friend up (not the same one) who is excellent with pcs EDIT: If the hacker is good, he turned off my system restore, so i can't set my pc back to a earlier date :@ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dillon Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 Im sooooo sorry! I can't believe you system restore got turned off. That hacker was smart as for suggestions I have none. Sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¡Alexander! Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 Sorry, I wish I could help but I;d need to be in front of your computer... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awesome_Paul Posted April 18, 2007 Author Share Posted April 18, 2007 Ha, i think i found a way to block him out, i installed virtual technician and he fixed the firewall project, so now thats protecting me :D EDIT: NOOO My Firewall problem is appearing, this hacker is good :( But i get my friend who is the best at Pc to come up and get rid of it once and for all, and if he can, may have to give him a taste of his own medicing ;) (he managed to code himself into teh schools network at some point and change the salaries, he sorta a hacker but not one that takes down sites etc, unless they're really insulting (like racist etc)) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest EBIL Cybunny Easter! Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 Ha, i think i found a way to block him out, i installed virtual technician and he fixed the firewall project, so now thats protecting me :D EDIT: NOOO My Firewall problem is appearing, this hacker is good :( But i get my friend who is the best at Pc to come up and get rid of it once and for all, and if he can, may have to give him a taste of his own medicing ;) (he managed to code himself into teh schools network at some point and change the salaries, he sorta a hacker but not one that takes down sites etc, unless they're really insulting (like racist etc)) It seems you have a good friend there! :D In my case, as System Restore won't work, I'd use a stronger Firewall such as ZoneAlarm. But the problem is, the hacker has already infiltrated into your machine, so maybe the only solution is to reformat your HD. AND REMEMBER TO ALWAYS USE AN ANTI-VIRUS AND FIREWALL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awesome_Paul Posted April 20, 2007 Author Share Posted April 20, 2007 yeah, i have a frewall but the hacker keeps switching itself off and my anti virus is installed so my friend is due up in 4 hours, he be able to stop it. there be no way he couldn't considering the work he has already done :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest EBIL Cybunny Easter! Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 yeah, i have a frewall but the hacker keeps switching itself off and my anti virus is installed so my friend is due up in 4 hours, he be able to stop it. there be no way he couldn't considering the work he has already done :P Hmm, it may be planted too deep to be resolved though...hackers are more intelligent than anti-virii, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awesome_Paul Posted April 21, 2007 Author Share Posted April 21, 2007 Anyway Vivi is Back, and Vivi is FINALLY SAFE. My friend had a hard time figuring it out, but as it was just that user, i created a new user on the pc and using this one, and deletde the old one, something like sweeping it under the rug so shhh :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkeh_renn Posted April 22, 2007 Share Posted April 22, 2007 YAYNESS...And welcome back. Stupid hackers, with nothing better to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest EBIL Cybunny Easter! Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 YAYNESS...And welcome back. Stupid hackers, with nothing better to do. It wasn't a hacker you caught! Hackers don't implement themselves (at least not via IM) in computer just like that. They need tools... What you got is a form of backdoor trojan which opened the "door" of the computer, so to speak, and the hacker just walked in like as if the front door of your home was left open (an example). Then, he got access to your user and turned off your security system so it couldn't detect the hacker. As you weren't a admin user, the hacker couldn't get access to other critical system files, because I can assure you, if you had used the admin account while you got that trojan, your computer would have to be reformatted because the hacker would have had total control over your computer. Comes to show, always use the normal user account (without privileges) to do your normal D2D (day to day) stuff. Then again, if you had Vista, none of this would happen because the UAC (User Account Control, those annoying windows where you press confirm or cancel, accept or decline, etc. each time a program wants access to your computer) blocks access to it. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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