Re: How do I get rid of an aggressive/relentless pop-up?

YW, Alister & thanks very much for posting back.
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~PA Bear

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"alister28" <alister28@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:6903986D-B0BF-4B70-8EAE-1F5E0CC30C1E@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
CLOSURE... HURRAY!!!!!!!!

Seriously, thanks guys. I took your advice PA and went to AUMHA. One of the
experts there, KB, read the Hijackthis log and identified the sneaky culprit.
Just for reference, beware "mbssm32.exe" if it should ever get smuggled into
your System32 folder. It's a parasite from "Micro Bill Systems Ltd.". So
thanks again for all the interest and time you gave this problem. Alister.

"alister28" wrote:
Yeah, I'm reaching that conclusion... every time I switch on the freakin'
Internet! I am currently working my way through the "aumha.org" web-site for
which you have helpfully provided the link below. It has a lot of good and
relevant info, though I haven't got to the application part yet. There's also
some interesting articles written by fellow sufferers on this site. I will
continue to plough my way through it, and hopefully find the answer to my
ailment within. This is going to be a Robert the Bruce scenario along the
lines of, "If at first you don't succeed, try and try again". Thanks again
for your interest and advice.
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"PA Bear" wrote:

> > will it eventually go away?
>
> No.
>
> Checking for/Help with Hijackware
> http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
> http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm
> http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=5878
> http://wiki.castlecops.com/Malware_Removal_and_Prevention:_Introduction
> http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
> http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/data/prevention.htm
> http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/tshoot.html
> http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Malware_Defence.htm
> http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/
> http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware
>
> When all else fails, HijackThis v1.99.1
> (http://aumha.org/downloads/hijackthis.zip) is the preferred tool to > use.
> It will help you to both identify and remove any hijackware/spyware. > **Post
> your log to http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=30,
> http://castlecops.com/forum67.html,
> http://forums.subratam.org/index.php?showforum=7, or other appropriate
> forums for expert analysis, not here.**
>
> If the procedures look too complex - and there is no shame in admitting > this
> isn't your cup of tea - take the machine to a local, reputable and
> independent (i.e., not BigBoxStoreUSA) computer repair shop.
> -- > ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
>
>
> alister28 wrote:
> > Thanks, POP. This is immensely helpful. It confirms mys suspicion. > > No-one in
> > my house has signed up for sex sites, but even if that was the case - > > and
> > that would be a matter of privacy and choice and freedom to do so - > > this
> > company are clearly parasitical and exploiting people's sense of > > shame or
> > embarrassment as you rightly point out. When you say that the best > > action
> > is to ignore, will it eventually go away?
> >
> > The reason I am asking is that whenever I open up Internet Explorer > > the
> > nuisance is still showing up in 3 ways: (1) writes an icon onto my
> > desktop;
> > (2) writes the same icon onto my start menu; (3) opens a pop-up > > window
> > saying that my account has been logged off and that I should log on. > > This
> > last problem has only started since I added the web-site to my list > > of
> > restricted web-sites. I have applied several powerful viral, > > non-viral, and
> > hijack security measures, but the problem still eludes all of them > > (i.e.
> > none of them have identied either the problem or the source of it). I > > have
> > to say that I am not entirely confident with how I have used and > > applied
> > the hijack security measures at my disposal. Anyway, my main question > > is,
> > will it eventually go away?

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