Re: Hit by spyware

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From: David H. Lipman (DLipman~nospam~_at_Verizon.Net)
Date: 02/14/05 

Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 16:08:46 -0500

Hi Alan:

Use Adaware SE in Safe Mode and follow the below instructions...

1) Download the following two items...

        Trend Sysclean Package
         http://www.trendmicro.com/download/dcs.asp

         Latest Trend signature files.
         http://www.trendmicro.com/download/pattern.asp

Create a directory.
On drive "C:\"
(e.g., "c:\New Folder")
or the desktop
(e.g., "C:\Documents and Settings\lipman\Desktop\New Folder")

Download SYSCLEAN.COM and place it in that directory.
Download the signature files (pattern files) by obtaining the ZIP file.
For example; lpt406.zip

Extract the contents of the ZIP file and place the contents in the same directory as
SYSCLEAN.COM.

2) Reboot your PC into Safe Mode and shutdown as many applications as possible
3) Using the Trend Sysclean utility and Adaware, perform a Full Scan of your platform
        and clean/delete any infectors found
4) Restart your PC and perform a "final" Full Scan of your platform

* * * Please report back your results * * * 

-- 
Dave
"~~Alan~~" <alan.shepro.NOSPAM@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:%23AxrbetEFHA.3732@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
| I have a windows 2000 system that has been hit with spyware!  More
| specifically, IE's homepage has been changed and no matter what I do to
| change it back, it gets changed back to about: blank.
|
| It's not really a blank page, but rather a page with links to hundreds of
| shopping locations.  I know there is something in the registry that keeps
| doing this to me, but where can I look?
|
| But the problem get better.  I was able to download and install Ad-Aware.
| Before I ran Ad-Aware, I was able to at least browse to other pages, but now
| it stays on this shopping page.
|
| I'm going to have to install Firefox if I want to continue and I do, but
| this really needs to get fixed.
|
| Thanks for your help.
| ~alan
|
|

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