Re: Probable Internet Explorer Problem
From: Alessandro Perilli (peris_at_tiscali.it)
Date: 05/29/03
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Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 13:04:39 +0200
On Wed, 28 May 2003 14:31:02 -0700, James F. DeRose wrote:
> I have 3 PCs on DSL/Yahoo. The oldest, still running W98,
> has had its IE "captured" by an external villain. The
> other two machines are fine.
> When I click on IE I go directly to my Yahoo home page.
> On the W98 machine the area immediately to the right of
> the "search" box is filled with "xxxporn", "xxxmovies",
> etc.
> If I use anything except e-mail (which is still fine),
> say, go to another web site, I am beset with porn pop-
> ups. Sometimes (not always)they come so thick and fast I
> cannot "x" them out fast enough. Every few days a pop-up
> will appear asking me to sign for a porn service and I
> cannot shake it even with CTL-ALT-DEL. I have to power
> down.
> I have taken all the steps I know about to eliminate this
> problem. Negative results. I have been told to get at the
> registry and find the offenders, but the directions I was
> given do not work on W98. Can't access it. I know I'm
> not getting at the root of the problem. For example, I
> did a "find" *.exe and laboriously went thru everything
> listed there. I absolutely did find a porn site and
> cannot delete it. Reason: "In use by Windows."
> Anybody got any fresh ideas?
Try starting from here:
http://turdpolish.com/cleanup-95.html
-- Alessandro Perilli Security Consultant / Trainer MCT - MCSE 2000 - LINUX+ CCSI - CCSE 2000 - CCSE+ NG CCNA - CIWP - CIWSA - CCA XP SECURITY+
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