Re: Hotfix

From: Jupiter Jones [MVP] (jones_jupiter_at_hotnomail.com)
Date: 07/20/03 

Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2003 23:47:20 -0600

Norton is not designed for spyware, you probably have spyware on the
computer:
http://www.aumha.org/a/noads.php
Run Ad-Aware (free version) or Spybot to check for spyware:
http://www.lavasoft.de/ (Update if you already have it)
Or
http://spybot.eon.net.au/ (Update if you already have it) 

-- 
Jupiter Jones  [MVP]
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"scoop" <john.t.ward@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:074901c34c7d$fef8d850$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> thanks for answering. frankly, though, i don't know where
> to begin other than here. people like me, who have little
> understanding of how computers work, don't have the
> vocabulary to even frame problems concisely. so searching
> for answers is like looking for a ring in the ocean.
> plus,its rare that i find a simple answer to computer
> issues -- there are all those freaking choices to make
> about matters i have no basis from which to choose. even
> assuming i find a clear answer, how will i know i've
> gotten rid of something that neither i nor my good old
> Norton knew was there except for the naughty icon? that's
> why i paid for Norton, to protect against this kind of
> thing. now i'm wondering what kind of damage i've
> inflicted on myself. i'm out of my depth. the French
> fucker wins.
>
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> >-----Original Message-----
> >Hotfixes, despite their "hot" prefix, have nothing to do
> with porn and other
> >related activities. They are simply patches from
> Microsoft that update your
> >operating system.
> >
> >I would assume that your icon is coming from somewhere
> else - and no real
> >porn outlet is going to let you get rid of something
> like that with a simple
> >Add/Remove command. You could try searching on the
> Internet for other
> >reports on the case, which might provide a solution.
> >
> >
> >"scoop" <john.t.ward@verizon.net> wrote in message
> >news:0b9a01c34c70$38c6b2e0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> >> Can someone help a computer illiterate?
> >>
> >> Recently, a French company implanted an icon for what I
> >> believe is a porn site (labled "Helene Fougerelles") on
> >> my desktop without my knowledge or consent. I
> discovered
> >> it on starting my computer and getting a dialogue box
> >> informing me I was to be charged some outrageous amount
> >> of money for a connection to their site. I was also
> >> informed by my Norton Firewall or Virus Alert -- I
> forget
> >> which -- that the program was attempting to connect to
> >> the French site (194.149.242.252). from my computer.
> >>
> >> In an effort to remove the icon and the underlying
> >> program, I went to the "Add or Remove Programs"
> function
> >> of Control Panel, where I found the Hotfix programs
> >> listed below. There were also about 8 others. Thinking
> >> these must be associated with the icon because there
> was
> >> no program called "Helene Fougerrelles" (obviously, I
> had
> >> no real idea what I was doing) I deleted one. Then,
> after
> >> restarting the computer and encountering no immedtiate
> >> problems, I proceeded to continue deleting these Hotfix
> >> programs. Eventually, though, on restarting, I was
> >> informed by Windows that I needed to update (if I
> recall)
> >> NV4SYS. So I followed the prompt, which led me to
> update
> >> Windows XP Service Pack 1.
> >>
> >> Now, I no longer have the option to change or remove
> the
> >> remaining Hotfix programs listed below.
> >>
> >> My questions: SHOULD the programs below be removed? If
> >> so, how?
> >> Should I have left the Hotfix programs alone? In that
> >> case, have I damaged my system?
> >> Finally, if deleting these programs was not the right
> >> solution to getting rid of the programs underlying the
> >> icon, what is?
> >>
> >> Your help would be greatly appreciated.
> >>
> >> Windows XP Hotfix (SP2) [See Q329048 for more
> information]
> >> Windows XP Hotfix (SP2) [See Q329048 for more
> information]
> >> Windows XP Hotfix (SP2) [See Q329048 for more
> information]
> >> Windows XP Hotfix (SP2) Q329048
> >> Windows XP Hotfix (SP2) Q329390
> >> Windows XP Hotfix (SP2) Q329441
> >> Windows XP Hotfix (SP2) Q320834
> >> Windows XP Hotfix (SP2) Q328310
> >> Windows XP Hotfix (SP2) Q329170
> >> Windows XP Hotfix (SP2) Q331953
> >> Windows XP Hotfix (SP2) Q810577
> >> Windows XP Hotfix (SP2) Q811493
> >> Windows XP Hotfix (SP2) Q815021
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >.
> >