Re: Copy Paste Function

From: Lawrence (Lawrence_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 11/20/04 

Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 08:15:02 -0800

Malke,

Thanks for your response. I did the below and its still on here and I think
I have made the situation worse because now there is a new program on here
that blocks pop ups and has somewhat disabled me from opening anything in a
new window when I right click. I deleted my system restore points so I think
I am really really screwed. I dont know what to do cause it is very very
frustrating to continually uninstall this new program everytime I open a new
IE window. Can you help me??

"Malke" wrote:

> Lawrence wrote:
>
> > Everytime I copy something and click a new link I get this:
> > http://master.mx-targeting.com/mx/servlet/MXTarget?
> (snip url)
> > How can I stop that from happening?
>
> It sounds like you have malware on your computer. Run through these
> malware removal steps (all links are at the end):
>
> 1) Scan in Safe Mode with current version (not earlier than 2003)
> antivirus using updated definitions.
>
> 2) Remove spyware with Spybot Search & Destroy and Ad-aware. These
> programs are free, so use them both since they complement each other.
> There is a new version of CWShredder from Intermute. I would not
> install the other Intermute programs, however. Alternately, there are
> CoolWebSearch malware removal steps at SilentRunners.
>
> Be sure to update these programs before running, and it is a good idea
> to do virus/spyware scans in Safe Mode. Make sure you are able to see
> all hidden files and extensions (View tab in Folder Options).
>
> HijackThis is an excellent tool to discover and disable hijackers, but
> it requires expert skill. See below for HijackThis links. A combination
> of HijackThis and About:Buster works well in removing the About:Blank
> homepage hijacker. Again, this is an expert tool and novices should get
> help with it.
>
> 3) If you are running Windows ME or XP, you should disable/enable System
> Restore because malware will be in the Restore Points. With ME, you
> must disable System Restore completely. With XP, you can delete all but
> the most recent (presumably clean) System Restore point from the More
> Options section of Disk Cleanup (Run>cleanmgr).
>
> 4) Make sure you've visited Windows Update and applied all security
> patches. Do not install driver updates from Windows Update.
>
> 5) Run a firewall.
>
> Links to help with malware:
>
> Software/Methods:
> http://www.safer-networking.org - Spybot Search & Destroy
> http://www.lavasoftusa.com - Ad-aware
> http://www.majorgeeks.com - good download site
> http://www.intermute.com/spysubtract/cwshredder_download.html
> http://www.silentrunners.org/sr_cwsremoval.html. - SilentRunners
>
> HijackThis:
> http://www.aumha.org/a/hjttutor.htm - HijackThis tutorial by Jim
> Eshelman
> http://spywarewarrior.com/viewforum.php?f=5 - Spyware Warrior HijackThis
> forum
> http://www.lavasoftsupport.com/index.php?showforum=44
> http://www.wilderssecurity.com/
> http://forums.tomcoyote.org/
> http://www.spywareinfo.com/forums/
>
> General:
> http://www.doxdesk.com/parasite/
> http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
> http://forum.aumha.org/ - look under "Security" for various forums
> http://www.pchell.com/
> http://www.spywareguide.com/index.php
> http://scumware.com/
> http://www.aumha.org/a/parasite.htm - The Parasite Fight
> http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm
> http://rgharper.mvps.org/cleanit.htm
>
> Malke
> --
> MS MVP - Windows Shell/User
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic!"
>

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