Re: Homepage redirect

From: R. Choate (rchoatecpa_at_NoSpam.com)
Date: 08/17/03 

Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2003 20:40:45 -0500

Yes, you were right. I did what you said and it appears to have worked. I
hate spyware and I'm tired of fighting with internet a-holes who are trying
to break into my computers.

Thanks ! 

--
RMC,CPA
"siljaline" <siljaline@invalid.com> wrote in message
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"R. Choate" <rchoatecpa@NoSpam.com> wrote in message
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> After installing the Windows patch this week, my browser is redirecting me
> from my homepage. It does not reset the home page, it just send me to a
> website that appears to be an ad for MSN8. Immediately before it sends me
to
> the other site, it get an "action cancelled" page with the following in
the
> address bar:  res://C:\WINNT\System32\shdoclc.dll/navcancl.htm     then I
am
> sent to:  http://join.msn.com/?page=affiliate/offer&UNC=1&pgmarket=en-us
>
> Can anybody tell me what is happening?
> --
> RMC,CPA
>
Spyware Removal Tools, Lavasoft's "Ad-aware",
Direct download -
http://ftp.pcworld.com/pub/new/privacy___security/aaw6181.exe
Lavasoft/Ad-aware home: http://www.lavasoftusa.com
Mirror site: http://www.lavasoft.de/
*Also* install and run SpyBot Search & Destroy,
Direct download -
http://studserver.uni-dortmund.de/~su1669/spybotsd12.exe
SpyBot home: http://security.kolla.de/
SpyBot How-To: http://www.tomcoyote.org/SPYBOT/
More detailed help: http://tomcoyote.org/~mosaic1/spybot/
Support Forum, http://net-integration.net/cgi-bin/forum/ikonboard.cgi
Navigate to the SpyBot S&D section.
Install, reboot, read FAQ and overview, use online update feature to obtain
the
latest reference files, scan for Spyware much like you would with your
pre-installed anti-virus scanner. Rid your machine of unwanted Spyware
pests.
HTH
--
siljaline
"Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from
-- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free
time."
- Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_

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