Re: Click Me !!!! - Desktop .lnk can't get rid of - Help!

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Date: 08/11/04 

Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 19:59:43 -0400

That's a dialer, FIRST, enable your firewall > Go to Network Connections in
the Control Panel > right click the connection you want to protect > go to
properties > click the advanced tab and put a check in protect my
computer......... apply, ok
Turn OFF System Restore.
Right click My Computer > go to properties > on the System Restore Tab >
check Turn Off System Restore on all Drives,
Then Reboot
You need to let Spybot fix the entries, before you run Spybot again, *Check
for Updates* to be sure you have the latest definitions. .
Also get this program> Download the program configure it according to the
instructions for a deep scan. Before you scan *Check for Updates* to be
sure you have the latest definitions. .
Ad-aware - http://www.lavasoft.de/ - FAQ, Help & Forum @ Site.

I think that is an Xupiter variant > most recently bundled with Grokster.
http://www.doxdesk.com/parasite/Xupiter.html
After you run Spybot and Adaware, you may want to also get the tool - BHO
Demon
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download3550.html

SPYWARE INFO-Helpful Links - Preventative Measures
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm
http://aumha.org/secure.htm
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/index.htm
http://www.pestpatrol.com/

"Jay" <user@domain.invalid> wrote in message
news:exqWIi$fEHA.2984@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> XP-Pro - New user.
>
> Got an icon on the desktop - "Click Me!!!" that automatically accesses a
> German sex site when XP first loads.
>
> Ran Spybot SD but still comes back. Deleted the .lnk files in /startup/,
> etc with no luck, still comes back.
>
> Don't know enough about XP yet to know how to get rid of this annoyance.
>
> Spybot SD finds 3 entries:
>
> Huysuzseks: Link (File, nothing done)
> C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Favorites\Click me!!!.lnk
>
> Huysuzseks: Link (File, nothing done)
> C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Start Menu\Click me!!!.lnk
>
> Huysuzseks: Link (File, nothing done)
> C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\Click me!!!.lnk
>
> Thanks for any/all advice.
>
> Jay

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