An annoying virus, please help.
From: ajjlewer (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 04/22/04
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Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 12:18:59 -0700
I had good luck with Spybot Search & Destroy from
www.safer-networking.com - see reply below to Dialup Virus.
>-----Original Message-----
>Ok, here it is the complete story.
>The virus (which is actually an advertisement) self
>installed without me running any program, or Avast
>noticing it. It appeared as a pop-up that I closed, but
it
>entered the computer neway.
>
>Here it is all it does:
>Whenever I open IE to surf, it creates 3 shortcuts on my
>desktop for 3 different sites (of course if you look at
>their properties you only see the link to the site and
not
>the source of the program which created them). The same 3
>shortcuts are placed in my browser Favorites and inside
>the Tool box (to avoid mistakes, the one which has
>Internet Options), oh and of course as a home page. No
>need to delete them all coz when I re open IE they
>reappear. When I type in an IP address on the page
appears
>a banner on top which has an advertising for a medicine.
>If the address is wrong or the server down, instead of
>giving me the microsoft message it takes me to another
>page, which of course is an advertisement. After a while
>my browser gets kind of stuck and whatever I type in the
>address bar it takes me to the Ad page.
>
>What I did:
>Since Avast don't see it as a virus, my program to get
rid
>of Ad files and cookies on computer can't see it either
>and I seem to not have any luck at getting access to
>housecall, I cannot know what file I have to get rid of.
>I tried working with the registries and after hours I got
>rid of them from Favorites and Tool Box. It seemed gone,
>but when I surfed the banner was still there. I restared
>the computer and it seems that what I had done with the
>registry was useless coz now it is all like it was at the
>beginning (maybe coz I don't know how to save changes in
>the registries so that they take effect from the moment
>the computer is turned on ;P).
>
>Well, this is the story....ne1 has ne idea on what I have
>to do????
>
>(BTW, I would like to thank all those kind people who
>started sending me viruses, at least 4 or 5 a week, since
>I put my email on this forum).
>.
>
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