Afraid I might have a few viruses + adware

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wilbso

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Hi there,
So, I am very worried that i have a few viruses. Here's my situation:

I have 2 laptops, 1 running linux and 1 running windows. (Thewindows one is actually my mums, Which is why im panaking more than i usually do, because she has her bank details etc on her laptop)
So i decided to download the 'easy youtube downloader' for firefox browser, because there was some music that someone made but they didn't provide a download link....
I installed it on both my windows laptop and linux laptop.

The reviews said it was safe, so i went for it.
Thats when a few months later i re-read the reviews because it wouldn't seem to download the music that my friends made, so i went back onto the mozzila firefox addons page, where i downlloaded it from. Thats when i saw that the people using it finally found it it contained yontoo adware/malware inside the addon. I instantly got worried..... So i removed it off both laptops almost immeditaly. I noticed on the windows laptop, in my addons page where it shows all addons installed, i saw another addon that was automatically disabled. It was called 'MyWebFace'. I instantly uninstalled that via the control pannel. when it had uninstalled it said something like You will need to restart your computer for the changes to work. However, I decided to wait before i restart my computer.
After a while of thinking, I decided to download spybot, Because my dad used it and said it was a good tool. So i downloaded it, and it found 14 spyware or adware things, so i clicked fix selected. Then, i did another scan, and it said it found 1, but when i clicked 'show scan results' it didn't have any spyware or adware listed. Im guessing this might be because i uninstalled the MyWebFace.

However, what worries me even more, is that the music i downloaded using the tool, i put on my iPod touch 4g. Will my ipod be infected? And is my linux laptop infected? I have heard linux desktops dont get viruses

So, my questions now, are:
  1. What do I do now?
  2. Is my linux computer infected because i heard linux doesn't get many viruses?
  3. Is my iPod touch infected? should i do a reset on it?


Thank you, I hope someone can help me.
 
Hello wilbso,

The tools analysts used are made for Windows. :)
Hi there,
(Thewindows one is actually my mums, Which is why im panaking more than i usually do, because she has her bank details etc on her laptop)

In order for someone to advise please see the forum sticky which includes guidelines and instructions in post #2 on how to provide the preliminary DDS and aswMBR logs used for analysis.

http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=288

Then start a new topic as shown in that FAQ along with a description of the computer's symptoms or provide a link back to this topic.

A volunteer analyst will assist when available, please bear in mind it is a holiday weekend in some countries so keep this link handy.
Waiting for help in the Malware Forum FOUR days or longer?

Best regards.
 
Hi tashi,
Thank you for replying, and thank you for the tips.

I already know that the tool is for windows, I didn't use it on the Linux Laptop if thats what you were thinking ;)

Thank you, i will keep the link in handy, and i will follow your instructions...
Thanks once again,
Have a good day
 
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