Re: Help I think my computer has been infected with a trojan

From: Holly (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 11/30/03 

Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2003 19:26:07 -0800

Doug, I'm sorry, the program name was newstick.exe I
went to www.metacrawler.com and searched for "newstick
program" and it came up on several sites as a backdoor
access thing.

We have symantec, norton antivirus software that we
purchased when we got our computer last year, and we
renewed our subscription in October. That's all I really
know about it.

Holly

>-----Original Message-----
>Holly,
>
>Where did you do your search for "newsticker.exe"? The
only things I've
>been able to find are in German, and one reference to
www.iway.com (chain of
>cyber cafes in India).
>
>The best defense against trojans and virus infections is
to keep your
>antivirus software updated and scan your system
regularly. Also become
>familiar with the items listed in the Startup tab of
MSCONFIG and the items
>that are normally running in Task Manager.
>
>--
>Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows XP/ Windows Smart Display
>Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
>http://www.dougknox.com
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>"Holly" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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>news:028701c3b6eb$d4896610$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>> My father is a scumbag computer guy who has done
several
>> illegal and unethical acts with his own computer, and
>> those belonging to others. He was here at my home on
>> Thanksgiving, and he kept trying to get access to my
>> computer.
>>
>> Several times he told me about this "great new program
>> that will help your system run faster." Both my
husband
>> and I told my father SEVERAL times, no way. Well,
while
>> I was setting the table and my husband was carving the
>> turkey, we got wind that my dad was in our computer
room.
>>
>> He jumped up immediately when my husband walked in. I
>> was suspicious, but didn't have time to check things
out
>> until now. I went into our computer's Event Viewer and
>> saw that he tried to load a program
>> called "newsticker.exe"
>>
>> I entered this into a search engine and related pages
say
>> it is a remote trojan backdoor thing that will allow
him
>> to get onto our computer. I am now terrified that he
has
>> done something, or will do something very soon.
>>
>> I am running Windows XP, and I immediately did a System
>> Restore on it, back to the day before Thanksgiving. I
>> checked all my folders for this file "newsticker.exe",
as
>> well as the one the websites told me it would have
>> created, "glonk.wnk". Neither of these seem to be
>> present, but I am still scared. What else can I check?
>>
>> I am not all that computer savvy, thought I have
learned
>> some things due to my dad's activities. Please help
me!
>> What else should I do to protect myself, and to make
100%
>> sure that this newstick program is not in use on my
>> computer?
>>
>> Holly
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