As you may know, MMOwned was hit by a recent attack.
If you visited the homepage (http://mmowned.com/) in the past days, you may have been infected with a virus.
How-to check for and/or remove the virus:
It's preferred that this is all done while your internet is shut off.
(Remove network cable or disable the connection in Control Panel.)
- Open RegEdit (Press [Win]+[R] to get the 'Run...' dialog, write "regedit.exe" and press enter.)
- Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\.
- Find the key that really doesn't belong there.
Like the same exe name as the one you got infected with. Make note of the path, as you'll need to go there and delete the file.
- It's likely to be in
XP: C:\Documents and Settings\<Your UserName>\ ??? \System32\<ExeName>
Vista/Win7: C:\Users\<Your UserName>\ ??? \System32\<ExeName>- Delete the registry key and the EXE (you may need to end its task with taskmanager first.)
- Next, open msconfig ('Run...' dialog, -> "msconfig")
Click on the 'Startup' tab and disable the 2 startup entries. (Delete them if you know how.)
You should be free now.