Download HijackThis1.99.1 from one of these locations:
http://downloads.malwareremoval.com/HJTsetup1991.exe
http://www.thespykiller.co.uk/files/HJTsetup.exe
http://security-central.us/downloads/HJTsetup.exe
Installation instructions:
http://forum.malwareremoval.com/viewtopic.php?t=16805
or HijackThis2 from one of these locations:
http://downloads.malwareremoval.com/HJTInstall.exe
http://www.trendsecure.com/portal/en-US/threat_analytics/HJTInstall.exe
HijackThis2 Quick Start Guide:
http://www.trendsecure.com/portal/en-US/threat_analytics/hijackthis.php?page=quick_start_guide
Install, then run HijackThis, and click the Scan button.
When the scan is finished, the "Scan" button will change into a "Save Log"
button.
Press that, save the log somewhere you can find it (Desktop, My Documents, or
similar).
Most of what it lists will be harmless or even required, so do NOT fix anything yet.
Copy the log files and paste them into a new post at ONLY ONE of these forums:
http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=30
http://forum.malwareremoval.com/viewforum.php?f=11
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/
http://castlecops.com/forum67.html
In your post, please state your problem clearly and what you've done so far to fix
it.
The folks there will tell you what, if anything, to remove.
See the "housekeeping" they ask you to complete before you post your log:
http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=4075
A tutorial for using Hijack This is located here:
http://tomcoyote.com/hjt/
and an in-depth tutorial is here:
http://aumha.org/a/hjttutor.htm
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.org/
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
"Lew/+Silat" <Drafted1970number54SPAM@Invalid.com> wrote in message
news:m62dnSzU7Mg5Tw7bnZ2dnUVZ_h-vnZ2d@comcast.com...
> F-prot/
> Zone alarm
> Ive uninstalled ZA and Fprot and still get the multilples of msimn........
>
>
> --
> Lew/+Silat
>
>
>
> glee wrote:
>> OLEXP: MSIMN Is Still Running After You Quit Outlook Express
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q226313/
>>
>> Although the article applies to OE5 and McAfee's A-V, the issue *may* occur with
>> OE6
>> and /or with any anti-virus' email virus scanning module.
>>
>> Disable or better yet uninstall the email/web-mail scanning module of your
>> anti-virus.
>>
>> What anti-virus are you using, BTW?
>>
>> For additional help, please post in an Outlook Express group for the most
>> complete
>> replies.
>>
>> "Lew/+Silat" <Drafted1970number54SPAM@Invalid.com> wrote in message
>> newsvKdnf2DcpPdiA7bnZ2dnUVZ_ualnZ2d@comcast.com...
>>> Patrick Keenan wrote:
>>>> "Lew/+Silat" <Drafted1970number54SPAM@Invalid.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:Lr6dnbc2cde5cg_bnZ2dnUVZ_tadnZ2d@comcast.com...
>>>>> msimn.exe
>>>>>
>>>>> No virus or trojan..
>>>>> After opening oe a few times I have numerous msimn.exe's in the task
>>>>> manager. They dont seem to be using cpu but they are there until I kill
>>>>> them.
>>>>> Any suggestions?
>>>>>
>>>>> Winxp pro
>>>>> 2gig ram
>>>>> P4 3gig
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Lew/+Silat
>>>>
>>>> "msimn.exe" is "MicroSoft Internet Mail and News", more commonly known as
>>>> "Outlook Express".
>>>>
>>>> If you're running it more than once, it's because the previous instances
>>>> have crashed.
>>>>
>>>> I'd personally suggest that you clean up your system and whatever is causing
>>>> OE to crash, and go from there.
>>>>
>>>> HTH
>>>> -pk
>>>
>>>
>>> I know what it is
>>> That wasnt my question.
>>> OE/msimn wont stop showing up in taskmanager even when I close oe
>>> Any suggestions? Its not a virus or a trojan..
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Lew/+Silat
>
>