Re: ActiveX error and virus infection

From: Rich Barry (rbarryNot_at_socal.rr.com)
Date: 02/13/05 

Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 04:39:34 GMT

     You could try Start>Run type: sfc /scannow which will do a check
of your system files. Also, spysweeper and bazooka have found stuff that
others didnt.
         http://www.download.com/Bazooka-Adware-and-Spyware-Scanner/3000-8022-10247782.html?part=dl-bazooka&subj=dl&tag=button

   www.webroot.com

<leemodeler@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1108264836.034684.274320@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
> Last night my son downloaded from a chat program what turned out to be
> an infected file. My son says the file was named "pictures.pif" . Since
> then I've had problems with Internet Explorer ActiveX security
> settings. I get the following Internet Explorer dialog box message:
> "your current security settings prohibit running ActiveX controls on
> this page..."
>
> Here's when it happens: 1. when my Windows desktop is loading, I get
> the message. Once I click OK in the message box, Desktop appears to
> finish loading correctly. 2.When I'm working in Windows Explorer, and
> click on a folder in the left pane, the right pane remains blank and
> the message box pops up, 3. When I open Control Panel, the message pops
> up and I'm unable to open any selections such as Add/Remove Programs,
> 4.When I try to run Norton Antivirus, nothing happens. Other aspects of
> Norton Systemworks are not affected. There may be other Windows
> operations affected as well; these are the ones I've come across
> thusfar.
>
> Here's what I've tried to correct the problem. 1.I downloaded
> Spyware Doctor (S.D.) and on the first run it found lots of problems,
> one of which was that my browser had been hijacked and security
> settings had been manipulated. The location of the infection was noted
> as "multiple". I allowed S.D. to clean this up, but the problem
> persists. 2.I manually checked security settings in IE6. IE6 security
> is set as "medium" and settings look fine. 3.Since I couldn't
> operate Norton Antivirus, I ran an online scan from TrendMicro.com It
> found nothing. 4.I ran Spybot and Adware with the latest definitions.
> They each found some problems and cleaned them up.
>
> None of the solutions has resolved the problem. Interestingly, the
> problem hasn't prevented me from downloading and installing the
> latest Windows critical update, which I did earlier today. Obviously
> something is very wrong. Can you help?
>

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