Re: Viurs? Hijack? Help?

From: Tom (Tom_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 01/04/05 

Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 19:39:05 -0800

I've followed those suggestions, and that toolbar is gone; however, the phony
icons are still there on boot-up and IEXPLORE.EXE still shows as a running
process on boot-up as well. As before, ending the process gets rid of the
'icons'.
Anyone have any other suggestions?

Thanks,
Tom

"Altrüs" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> While you've stated that you've run Adaware and Spybot, have you considered
> the possibility of BHO's? These browser helper objects can cause the issues your
> seeing, and may be responsible for the toolbar.
>
> First, open your control panel, and navigate to your
> Internet Options.
>
> Click on the Advanced Tab, and uncheck the
>
> 'Enable third-party browser extensions (requires restart)'.
>
> *You may opt to renable them once you have the situation in hand.
>
> After unchecking the box, download BHOCop. It's available, free, here:
>
> http://support.honour.ca/bin/bhocop.zip
>
> After installing the program, you can use it to selectively remove all
> unfamiliar BHO's (or toolbars).
>
> Further to running SpyBot and AdAware, you may also want to consider
> CWShredder - it catches things AdAware may have missed. The latest version is
> available here:
>
> http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/cwshredder.zip
>
> If you continue to have problems, please do not hesitate to post back,
>
> Best regards,
>
> Altrus
>
>
> "Tom" <Tom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:7C02BA9D-A6D9-4B40-ADDB-6730A13AD62C@microsoft.com...
> : I have a desktop running Win2K Professional. When the machine boots up, there
> : are what look like icons on the desktop, for things like "Poker", "Bingo",
> : "Website Hosting", etc. These aren't really icons- there'sno right-click
> : menu, etc. What they are, are links to websites. In Task Manager, IEXPLORE
> : shows as running. If I end that process, these thing disappear, only to
> : return at the next log-in. It almost seems like IE is running in a
> : transparent mode except for these link icons and is overlaid overthe desktop.
> : I've run Norton AV 2004 full system scan, AdAware and Spybot. I have the
> : latest security updates from microsoft. Still can't find and solve the
> : problem.
> : Also, when I start IE while these things arestill on the desktop, I get a
> : double search toolbar at the bottom of my screen (maybe an unrelated problem?)
> : Any suggestions would be appreciated.
> :
> : Thanks,
> : Tom
>
>
>

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