Re: Need help Pls..Is it a virus??

Thanks so much for the reply Dave. I worked on the computer tonight
following all instructions, but still have the same problems. I do
appreciate the help though. Also, just for future reference, can you tell
me how I am supposed to cross-post instead of multi-posting??

"David H. Lipman" wrote:

From: "Baub" <Baub@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

| I hope it's ok to double post as I posted in IE forum as well.
| I am using Windows XP SP2, I have IE7 installed, and am having a really
| serious issue with my browser. I can use the internet with no problem, but as
| soon as I try to access any web page that refers to adware, spyware,
| antivirus, or hijackers, the browser page closes instantly. If I open those
| pages in a new window, only that window shuts down, not my whole browser. I
| am at a loss, as I cannot read into what is causing this. I am hoping as a
| last straw, that someone here knows something about this. I run NAV 2007,
| and Windows Defender. Also, I have
| installed easy cleaner, spybot S&D, and Ad aware (They found no problems).
| Now I am
| unable to even open web pages regarding these issues to download anything
| further. Oh I also reset
| all the IE7 settings, and run with no add-ins etc etc... no luck with
| anything.

You asked about "double posting". The term is Multi-Posting. It is NOT a good idea. The
preferred practice is called Cross-Posting.
Cross-Posting mans you craete ONE News Group post but it is posted to two or more News
Groups (with no more than 5 ~ 6 being Cross-Posted to) and the News Groups should be
pertinent to the subject matter and "On Topic.

Cross-Posting is preferred becuase all News Groups get tghe benefit from the query and the
resulatant discussion. This is unlike Multi-Posting where each group has separate replies.

You have symptoms of malware. Maybe not a virus but most likely a Trojan and what you are
seeing is the "payload"


Download MULTI_AV.EXE from the URL --
http://www.ik-cs.com/programs/virtools/Multi_AV.exe

To use this utility, perform the following...
Execute; Multi_AV.exe { Note: You must use the default folder C:\AV-CLS }
Choose; Unzip
Choose; Close

Execute; C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT
{ or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS }

NOTE: You may have to disable your software FireWall or allow WGET.EXE to go through your
FireWall to allow it to download the needed AV vendor related files.

C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT -- { or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS}
This will bring up the initial menu of choices and should be executed in Normal Mode.
This way all the components can be downloaded from each AV vendor's web site.
The choices are; Sophos, Trend, McAfee, Kaspersky, Exit this menu and Reboot the PC.

You can choose to go to each menu item and just download the needed files or you can
download the files and perform a scan in Normal Mode. Once you have downloaded the files
needed for each scanner you want to use, you should reboot the PC into Safe Mode [F8 key
during boot] and re-run the menu again and choose which scanner you want to run in Safe
Mode. It is suggested to run the scanners in both Safe Mode and Normal Mode.

When the menu is displayed hitting 'H' or 'h' will bring up a more comprehensive PDF help
file. http://www.ik-cs.com/multi-av.htm

Additional Instructions:
http://pcdid.com/Multi_AV.htm


* * * Please report back your results * * *


--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm



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