Re: INTERNET EXPLORER / WEB SITE DIRECTORY
From: Malke (malke_at_nospoonnotreally.com)
Date: 09/04/04
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Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2004 19:21:16 -0700
Anonymous <"Please reply to newsgroup."> wrote:
> IDIOTONPC wrote:
>> WHILE GOING FROM SITE TO SITE OR PAGE TO PAGE , THAT GENARIC WEB
>> SITE
>> DIRECTORY ALWAYS POPS UP (with a god damn spyware add) I'M A
>> BROADBAND
>> SUBSCRIBER , A MSN USER AND COMPUTER ILLITERATE.! I THINK I MIGHT
>> HAVE REMOVED INT. EXPLOR. BY ACCIDENT. I'M ABOUT READY TO PUT MY FIST
>> THROUGH MY MONITER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!PLEASE HELP THIS IDIOT
>
> You can't uninstall IE. Ever heard of lower case letters?
Yes, please don't post in all caps. It is considered shouting and makes
your post hard to read. You probably have spyware on your computer.
I'll give you the general removal directions, but you may just want to
take your machine to a good local repair shop and have them clean it
for you.
Scan with a current antivirus program (meaning a version not earlier
than 2002 and using updated virus definitions). Also, remove spyware
with Spybot Search & Destroy from www.safer-networking.org and Ad-aware
from www.lavasoftusa.com. Be sure to update these programs before
running them. These programs are free, so run them both since they
complement each other. It is best to run antivirus and spyware removal
tools in Safe Mode. You may also want to run CWShredder and HijackThis
from http://aumha.org/freeware.htm. Although CWShredder is no longer
being updated, it will still clean older variants of the CoolWebSearch
malware. Please read the instructions carefully. Also, make sure
you've visited Windows Update and applied all security patches. Do not
install driver updates from Windows Update. Make sure you are running a
firewall.
Malke
-- MS-MVP Windows User/Shell Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic"
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