Re: IE captured by malicious program

From: oops!! (notme_at_nowhere.com)
Date: 04/14/04


Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 08:05:34 +0100

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Zee

"JerryG" <jerry@nystar.com> wrote in message
news:db7b5d12.0404131826.70c34c82@posting.google.com...
> My friend is having a problem where his IE and AOL browser are
> being directed to pages he doesn't want to go to. These pages
> seem to be a network of directories. There is also a popup that
> says he has spyware and offers to sell a program to get rid of
> it. It seems that most of his "Favorite Links" work, but these
> unwanted directory pages come up whenever he types any new address
> in the address bar, or in some cases, when he clicks on various
> links. Norton Anti-Virus will not install. It completes a pre-scan
> and does not give an indication of a virus, but gives an error
> message when the system is rebooted and will not install. It seems
> that his active-x and java are already turned off, and his security
> level has been set to high. Thank you very much if you can help.
> - Jerry



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