Mozilla haq worries

[gia66]

Hey team,

Yall know when you type something in your browser or in this case myspace theres something called auto text when you type the first letter of your email the whole email wills how up..Well a few weeks ago I was signing into an account on myspace I dont want to put the email up but I will PM it to one of the mods..This young boys email came up so I browsed for him he's a 16 year old kid very much into computers.

Now I dont know him does this mean he's hacking my myspace or my computer because how else can his email show up "am I making sense please help" thanks Gia

also if he's hacking me how do I get him back or report him..what would you do??Im thinking now I have a keylogger

[swytch]

gia-

Is this occurring on your personal computer or a "public" computer?

[gia66]

this is on my computer thats why Im worried..this boy is in a different city and all if thats even his real page I went to

[Jewels]

Who else uses your pc? Anyone? Could it be a friends fake? The likelyhood that the kid has a trojan on your pc and would rather use your browser to log into myspace rather than his own equipment-well that's pretty far-fetched and very unlikely. When you went to log in before you started typing-what that little hi message say? Was it your username or someone elses?

[gia66]

No one uses my computer except my nephew and he's 8 he plays spongebob and all that stuff he's not familiar with myspace..Im not sure about the hi message your talking about but you know how when your typing in your email address to sign on to myspace  once you type the first letter your whole email address will follow  thats what happened I can send you the email address so you can see the person his page is public I was even thinking about sending him a message myself..

[Jewels]

Yes, that would indicate at some point, that person used your browser to log into myspace from your pc.

[gia66]

how the what I'm simply going to reformat my hardrive thanks Jewel

[Samantha]

how the what I'm simply going to reformat my hardrive thanks Jewel

If you reformat it will removed the keylogger but be sure to backup your data. I learned that the hard way one time. Have you tried hijack this - just a thought

[Jewels]

Girl that's a drastic measure to take. As I said earlier it's very unlikely the kid hacked you so he could sign into myspace from your pc. More than likely there is a time you're just not remembering when someone had access to your pc. Also, are you using a wireless network and is it secure? Before doing the complete reformat, run a few virus and ad scans. AVG, AVAST, Threatfire, Adaware, Spybot, Super, HijackThis are all great programs and are freely available on the net. Unless of course your PC is brand new and you don't have a ton of programs you will have to reinstall-then the reformat might actually be easier.

[gia66]

I have HiJack this I was going to post it on Bleeping C unless anyone knows of another forum that helps with hijack this..I will try that Jewel and thanks for the reply Samantha

[swytch]

I agree with Jewels.. a complete format of your PC can be a drastic measure to take...depending if you have a lot of programs and/or settings configured to customize your machine.

Not to state the obvious, but have you checked for a physical keylogger on your PC?  Its generally attached between the keyboard and the PC.  I discovered one on a PC at work one time... that was fun *sarcastic*

Here are a couple additional resources regarding keyloggers:

Keyloggers:
http://www.2-spyware.com/keyloggers-removal

How do I Remove a Keylogger?:
http://www.tech-faq.com/remove-keylogger.shtml

As for posting the Hijack This results, feel free to post a thread ("Hijack This Results" or something similar) with them on she-geeks.  I'm sure there are many users out in the "ether" that are ready and willing to help. 
 

[Jewels]

Yes I agree with swytch, we can help analyze hjt logs if need be. However, if you are posting a Hjt log on a forum-pay attention to the paths that list your documents and settings folder. Often they include your name. If that is the case, remove your name and replace with XXXXXX before posting on ANY public forum-here or otherwise.

Also-before running hjt, rename the executable. Something like hey.exe or whatever. Sometimes certain viruses are written to recognize the hjt executable and are able to hide themselves from it. Renaming it before running the program can help to avoid this. Once you're done you can put the name back to it's original state.

[tomron]

@gia66

I have HiJack this I was going to post it on Bleeping C unless anyone knows of another forum that helps with hijack this.

If you're interested I have a HJT analyzer.

Bleeping computers is a good forum.

Others such as dell forum which I'm a member and castle cops,major geeks are very good forums.I don't recall if major geeks does HJT

In the left pane in the dell forum expand support>software>hijack this.You can tell them Tom (tomron) sent you

http://www.dellcommunity.com/supportforums/

http://www.castlecops.com/

http://majorgeeks.com/

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[Samantha]

@gia66

No biggie!  I sent my hijack log to Jewels and she was happy to help me out. Thanks again Jewels

Yes I agree with swytch, we can help analyze hjt logs if need be. However, if you are posting a Hjt log on a forum-pay attention to the paths that list your documents and settings folder. Often they include your name. If that is the case, remove your name and replace with XXXXXX before posting on ANY public forum-here or otherwise.

Also-before running hjt, rename the executable. Something like hey.exe or whatever. Sometimes certain viruses are written to recognize the hjt executable and are able to hide themselves from it. Renaming it before running the program can help to avoid this. Once you're done you can put the name back to it's original state.