Re: spyware or virus?
From: John Barnett MVP (freelanceit_at_mvps.org.NOSPAM)
Date: 01/31/05
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Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 15:58:38 -0000
Do a virus check followed by spyware check using Ad-Aware
(www.lavasoftus.com) SpyBot S&D (www.safer-networking.org) You might also
try HiJackThis (i don't have the web address to hand so do a goole search
for this one) - be careful though with hijackthis because you may delete
something important. Just run it and go through the list of things it comes
up with to see if anything looks strange or shouldn't be on your system. The
other good one is CWshredder (again do a google search).
-- John Barnett MVP Associate Expert http://freespace.virgin.net/john.freelanceit/index.htm "herbzee" <her.ky@verizon.net> wrote in message news:EusLd.599$ya6.496@trndny01... > Seems my friends kid may have answered too many questions on a > pop up because on boot up,Internet Explorer changes the home page from > Google Search to pop up ads and its own search engine. The address bar > says: "about" (blank) instead of location. No history on the down arrow. > It also comes up with a "coupons and offers" program, that seemed to come > out of nowhere. Any help please-or is it time to "format C:" ??? >
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