Re: I'm infected anti-virus no help.
From: YK (YKnot_at_home.invalid)
Date: 10/09/03
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Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2003 02:58:14 GMT
chase12 wrote:
> I've got the latest version of Norton's Internet Security which I've
> updated and run but still have problems. I've been getting e-mail
> from different sources that tell me that a message to an unknown
> address was undeliverable. I'll get three or four a week. They're not
> any original messages that i have sent so I think it's clear that it
> must be some kind of virus / worm.
Read all about Swen.
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.swen.a@mm.html
http://www.microsoft.com/security/antivirus/authenticate_mail.asp
Read about munging your email address so that you do not get this cr@p.
http://members.aol.com/emailfaq/mungfaq.html
> Also, any time i try to go directly to a website by typing it in the
> address bar, hit enter, and it always comes back to my homepage. The
> only way i can go directly to a website is to do a search like on
> yahoo then hit the link that comes up on the search. I can still use
> my favorites OK but the address bar is useless. Even after trying to
> use the address bar, I hit the little drop down arrow in the address
> bar window and it will list a some kind of hard core porn site search
> ending with my original search. For example, if I want to go to
> www.loanweb.com I'll try the address bar, then the drop down arrow
> lists this:
> http://vrape.hardloved.com/top/search.php?.id=2&s=www.loanweb.com It
> does this every time. but still goes to my homepage. How can I fix
> this.
Read all about Coolwebsearch hijacker parasite.
http://www.spywareinfo.com/articles/cws/
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/cwschronicles.html
Remove it with CWShredder:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/cwshredder.zip
Unpack and run CWShredder.exe. Insure that all Internet Explorer windows
are closed.
Read the following pages to get advice on how to remove and to stop it
happening again:
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
Get and update then run frequently after checking for new updates:
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
> One last thing. Suddenly any links I want to open up are suddenly
> opening up in very small windows. Can the size of the windows be
> programmed to open up full screen size?
Using full screen makes using Windows very limited. You can't drag-n-drop
things.
The other posters will tell you how to turn your PC into a DOS system.
> Sorry for being long winded here. A bit of a novice and don't really
> have the time to learn every nuance of internet surfing and fixing
> virus'. Thanks a bunch, it's most appreciated
In order to be safe on the Internet then learning a bit about this stuff is
necessary.
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