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Downloaded virus with Limewire, will post malwarebytes and hijackthis logs, please help.
I have a Dell Inspiron 8600, 512 MB RAM, Windows XP Professional, Version 2002, Service Pack 2. I think I downloaded a virus and some malware through Limewire. I tried removing the program, but I am still getting many popups and I don't know how to thoroughly remove the malware. I was told to run malwarebytes and hijackthis. I will post those logs when they are complete.
byker49
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September 3rd, 2008 18:00
Here is info from the Limewire site. You may want to read it. This applies to all p2p programs.
http://www.limewire.com/support/ftc4.php#help6
Bugbatter
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September 4th, 2008 00:00
Please remove Limewire and any other P2P programs before we clean your computer. That includes torrents.
The nature of such software and the high incidence of malware in files downloaded with them is counter productive to restoring your PC to a healthy state. If you have music files in those programs' folders that you want to save, please move those music files to another directory.
A list of P2P's is here: http://www.dellcommunity.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=si_virus&thread.id=69430