Re: Regenerative Virus... is there any cure?
From: Robert Moir (bofh_at_mvps.org)
Date: 07/12/04
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Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 17:49:36 +0100
JayK wrote:
> Hey, I have this weird virus on my computer that when I go
> into internet explorer, after being on for like five
> minutes, a full page ad takes over my screen. I cannot
> exit out of it, I cannot open anything else. I either
> have to restart my computer, or do Control,Alt, Delete.
> When I do Ctrl Alt Del, it brings up something like
> www.hotboxsearch.com or something along those lines, and a
> new program called iexplore. When I click "end task" for
> all of these, every internet explorer window closes and
> then when I re-open internet explorer, the search box
> thing is opened on the screen yet is not from the normal
> search, but is from the people who won't let me close the
> ad. I have run AdAware, and have done virus scans. Does
> anyone know what do you for this? Whenever I run AdAware,
> it gets rid of all the bad files, yet the problem still
> occurs. When I run virus scans, it says I have no
> viruses. What should I do?
Well first things first, "www.hotboxsearch.com" doesn't appear to exist, so
you might start by telling us *exactly* what page it says, instead of
"something like". Knowing what we're dealing with is an amazingly useful bit
of help in dealing with things, you'd be surprised.
Next... you don't have a "virus", you have spyware on your machine (though,
sigh, the differences between the two are getting smaller each day), and if
ad-aware keeps removing this spyware and it keeps coming back then either:
i) adaware isn't doing so properly. Another reason to know what this spyware
is exactly.
ii) your security settings for your web browser are messed up. Return them
to the default
iii) someone keeps installing the spyware, either by visiting the site
concerned or by running a "free" program that installs the spyware as part
of the price of doing whatever it does for you "for free".
iv) You _have_ applied all the windows updates at the
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com website, haven't you?
-- -- Rob Moir, Microsoft MVP for servers & security Website - http://www.robertmoir.co.uk Virtual PC 2004 FAQ - http://www.robertmoir.co.uk/win/VirtualPC2004FAQ.html Kazaa - Software update services for your Viruses and Spyware.
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