Re: Virus Problem

From: Anthony Ewell (aewell_at_gbis.com)
Date: 11/05/04 

Date: Fri, 05 Nov 2004 13:48:09 -0800

johnson wrote:
> I have XP and Internet Explorer 6. I had virus on my computer the infected my
> internet files. Everytime I would try to go to certain websites at least 10
> pop-ups would come up and then when I cleared them I couldn't access the
> website I was trying to go to, it would just show a blank screen. One website
> I have to enter a password to enter and when I would enter my password it
> would keep going back to the log in screen. I installed a virus scan that
> detected some viruses and said that it cleared them, but when I try to get on
> those sites I couldn't access before the same thing would happen. My
> temporary internet file keeps filling up with stuff. As soon as I clear it it
> fills right back up withing seconds. Do I need to reinstall everything or is
> there some other virus detection program that would work better?

Dude. You have spyware/adware.

This is like a virus, only they are legal because somewhere
in the process of catching it, you clicked on yes to the
license agreement.

Download and run the free version of Ad Aware from
          http://www.lavasoftusa.com/

Here is a tip. Fire up Ad Aware, download the latest update,
then boot into safe mode and run the Ad Aware scan.

And, once you are all cleaned up, stop using IE. You have a
target on your back! Try Firefox: it is twice as fast, has
tabbed browsing, and is security hardened (it is much harder
to accidentally pick up spyware).

          http://mozilla.org

If you suspect you still have a virus, take a trip over
to Housecall and run the on line scanner

          http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

If you decide to get Trends PC-cillian, I have had excellent
luck with it.

HTH,
--Tony 

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