Re: Popup IE advertisement page

From: Lik Mai Sak (cuddlybear101@yahoo.com)
Date: 02/15/02 

From: Lik Mai Sak <cuddlybear101@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 19:52:48 +1100

Bosco Tsang wrote:

> This morning, my Win2000 Pro machine suddenly have 2 popup IE screen,
> with advertisements. 1 is for interneteraser and the other is for
> taskbar update (but looks like it's for some kind of weather icon, I
> do not click into it for details). At that time, my IE is not opening
> and my default browser is not IE (it's netscape). There seems to be no
> unknown process being run, and my Zonealarm also do not report
> anything (that means it's from one of my authorized program). I am
> wondering why and how they can open up my IE browser and deliver the
> advertisement. Anyone have similiar experience? Anyone know how can I
> block them? or where to file the complain?

You have most likely been buggered up by a activex script.
I would recommend getting (it's free) addaware from lavasoftusa.com. It
will search and destroy most all spyware and addware from your system. Use
the backup option and remove all spyware components.

If it is too deeply embedded, or removing it screws up IE, you may have to
reload IE.
You need to delete the IE registry entries and reload IE ***before
rebooting*** your system.
Take a backup of your registry first. 

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E.