hijack this and accidently deleted adobe flash player

MikalGrimReaper · Post by **MikalGrimReaper** » 20 Dec 2006, 19:43

im unable to print from IE pages
also i cant view alot of add ons in my email

any ideas?

levander · Post by **levander** » 20 Dec 2006, 21:57

stock answers:

1.) scan for viruses, then
2.) reinstall windows on top of (not in place of) your current installation

Post by **Stavros** » 20 Dec 2006, 22:02

Wait, that doesn't make sense. It just deleted a file needed for Adobe Flash Player.

Just re-install Adobe Flash Player.

Oh, and while you're at it I'd switch to a different browser.

Post by **bad_brain** » 21 Dec 2006, 06:00

yeah, you really need to use a different browser, IE is the most catastrophic piece of software I've ever seen....

I recommend Firefox or K-Meleon. and besides scanning your system with your Antivirus app you also should scan it with Ad-Aware and Spybot, IE is a spyware/hijacker magnet.

browsers:
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/
http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net/

ad-aware/spybot:
http://www.download.com/3000-2144-10045910.html
http://www.spybot.info/
don't forget to update both and "immunize" with Spybot.

MikalGrimReaper · Post by **MikalGrimReaper** » 30 Dec 2006, 20:55

it says i dont have privledges to download any flash players
i tried to restore my privledges through regedit but it just turns them back off weird stuff... iv had a virus that did this before but i got rid of it pretty easily this one just keeps coming back or i idiotically deleted something i needed

i'll try to reinstall windows on windows to save my stuff
wish me luck i'll let u know how it turns out

knightm4r3 · Post by **knightm4r3** » 30 Dec 2006, 23:37

Also, hijack this doesn't delete anything without you hitting delete.

IF your on XP do a sys restore, it will fix it.