Re: OT Hijack

Tech-Archive recommends: Repair Windows Errors & Optimize Windows Performance

From: Kevin Weilbacher (kweilbacMVP_at_gte.net)
Date: 06/28/04


Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 10:25:53 -0400

This will take several iterations to remove. With Adaware, try setting it to
start running at boot up time. Besides the products you mentioned, try
these, as well:
Hijack This
Trojan Hunter
CWSweeper

-- 
Kevin Weilbacher [SBS-MVP]
"The days pass by so quickly now, the nights are seldom long"
"Russell B" <jmail@nospamdewplace.com> wrote in message
news:eXFkT9QXEHA.1356@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> I have a workstation that has become infected with 'Welcome to System
> Performance Wizard' from 'c1dcon.d8t.biz'.  I have tried Spybot,
PestPatrol
> and Adaware to no use.  I even put Google's popup blocker on the system.
>
> It causes the Internet Explorer to come up with an address of
'About:Blank'
> and popups advertising a link to the above 'wizard'.
>
> I have not let the user click on the popup.  The antivirus does not find
the
> problem files.  This has been a long week of working to no end.
>
> TIA
>
> Russell
>
>


Relevant Pages

  • Welcome to the System Performance Wizard - Hijack HELP
    ... Performance Wizard' from 'c1dcon.d8t.biz'. ... I have tried Spybot, PestPatrol ... and Adaware to no use. ... I even put Google's popup blocker on the system. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
  • OT Hijack
    ... Performance Wizard' from 'c1dcon.d8t.biz'. ... I have tried Spybot, PestPatrol ... and Adaware to no use. ... I even put Google's popup blocker on the system. ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs)
  • hijacked
    ... Performance Wizard' from 'c1dcon.d8t.biz'. ... I have tried Spybot, PestPatrol ... and Adaware to no use. ... I even put Google's popup blocker on the system. ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.setup)
  • Re: OT Hijack
    ... are you running spybot 1.3? ... "Russell B" wrote in message ... > Performance Wizard' from 'c1dcon.d8t.biz'. ... I even put Google's popup blocker on the system. ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs)
  • Re: Unrelenting adware
    ... "Andrew" wrote in message ... I run adaware and spybot on a daily basis, ... hard when every 20 minutes I recieve a new popup.) ... adaware removes them, ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support)