Re: Phantom Virus?
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Date: 01/01/04
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Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 21:36:07 -0800
Quite often even if you uninstal the sinister program, it
leaves the spyware behind. The trick is to skim read over
Disclaimers before you install any bulls**t software.
Justin.
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>-----Original Message-----
>On Wed, 31 Dec 2003 12:01:12 -0800, Ed Stever
<edliam@msn.com> wrote:
>
>>I was having trouble with massive popups, one of which
was a porn site. I downloaded AdAware and the problem
seemed to go away. Then my Norton AntiVirus reported I
had three viruses: Beyond.class, BlackBox.class and
Dummy.class. I quarantined them, but they came back again
the next day, along with a Verifier bug. To boot, all the
homepages for all users has now been changed to the porn
website and not matter how often I change it, with all
users, it returns after logging off. (I have four women
in the house! They don't appear to be amused.)
>>
>>Additionally, it seems something is running in the
background every time I log off. I have to wait for what
appears to be two programs running in the background ,
but when I run Task Mgr. nothing is there. I have to end
the program. I have tried to scan my computer from remote
sites, but massive Norton popups occur and usually
Explorer terminates before I get a chance. I could not
get housecall in TrendMicro to run at all. It would
say "This page can not run this program" and
then "Housecall is already scanning" which it was not.
Then the computer would freeze up. This happens often
when I got to a site for help.
>>
>>I believe I have a virus that Norton cannot detect.
>>
>>Also, I loaded MS baseline to scan the computer for
updates and it said I was missing five current updates,
though MS update said I was current.
>>
>>I feel like I have a virus that antcipates my every
move.
>>
>>Anybody have any advice?
>
>You do have viruses, and Norton's didn't remove them.
But your
>"phantom" virus isn't there, it's just a combination of
other issues
>such as spyware and so on.
>
>To start, don't install any more software you downloaded
from the
>internet. All those cool screensavers and neato search
tools are what
>got this mess started. Go through Add/Remove Programs
in the Control
>Panel and remove anything where you don't know what it
is. If it's
>important, you can reinstall that piece later.
>
>Run AdAware, and use it religiously. Delete
everything. Run your
>Norton's and delete the viruses instead of quarantining
them. Get a
>decent personal firewall or configure Norton's Firewall
correctly to
>block trojans. Use a spam filter for your email. Never
open any
>email you don't recognize, never run any program until
you know what
>it does.
>
>Lastly, you may need to go through the Startup group and
remove
>things, and even edit the registry RUN key to remove
some of these.
>Take each item one at a time and either search for a fix
or ask on
>that specific item. Browse the resources here:
>
>http://securityadmin.info/
>
>And look up your viruses at the Symantec site.
>
>Jeff
>.
>
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