# Does Anyone Know Anything About NecessaryProducts.com and Malware?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-anything-about-necessaryproducts-com-and-malware/351389
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [April 5, 2006, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-anything-about-necessaryproducts-com-and-malware/351389 "2006-04-05T10:38:53Z")
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### Author:  [@Siege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siege)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2006, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-anything-about-necessaryproducts-com-and-malware/351389/1 "2006-04-05T10:38:53Z")
A friend of mine (no, really!) has a problem. His computer has become hijacked by a piece of malware which constantly alerts him he’s been infested by a virus and takes him to [www.necessaryproducts.com](http://www.necessaryproducts.com) whenever he logs on. It hasn’t changed his homepage – I reset his homepage to his usual site and I saw his computer attempt to pull it up before going to that website. We bought McAfee Anti-Virus software last night; it didn’t do any good.
Has anyone dealt with this and does anyone have any suggestions for getting rid of it? I’ve already suggested he contact McAfee.
Thanks!
CJ
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### Author:  [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2006, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-anything-about-necessaryproducts-com-and-malware/351389/2 "2006-04-05T11:57:24Z")
Have your friend download a copy of AdAware. It’s free, and it does a pretty good job of killing hijackers.
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### Author:  [@The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mad_Hermit)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2006, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-anything-about-necessaryproducts-com-and-malware/351389/3 "2006-04-05T17:00:58Z")
**Siege,**
I found that if you do these few steps, you can usually get rid of malware:
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[li]Download and run AdAware, and make sure that you update the malware definitions list- the program makes it easy.[/li][li]Download and run Spybot Search and Destroy. Same as above.[/li][li]Run your virus scanning program again.[/li][li]Download and run HijackThis! Save the output.[/li][li]Search for references to the malware on the Internet- look for instructions (there will be an indication of which registry values you need to change. Often, without this change, the malware just reinstalls itself.)[/li][li]Altenately, send the log to me, and I’ll be glad to look at it and tell you what to have HijackThis! remove from the system.[/li][/ul]
Good luck.