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by **-HaVoC-** » Sun Nov 28, 2004 8:48 pm

I was just reading up on a band on MCA records website. I went from there to mp3.com. In the process a pop up came up concerning the installation of some form of software. The LARGE button in the window said"close this window". Instead of clicking on the LARGE button I simply clicked the "x" in the upper right hand corner to close the window.

BING BANG BOOM *&%&^%&^%$&*$*&^*^

It was and still is an event that may require a ghosted reinstall.

No less than 5 apps were installed, Adaware found 312 red alert items and Norton tripped about 12 trojan warnings. Spybot is still running.

I'm not some nub in the computer world. I've got quite a few years building and servicing them. I come prepared with my router, firewall, up to date antivirus, pop up blockers and spyware protection running stay resident.

wtf

by **Bullhead** » Sun Nov 28, 2004 9:04 pm

make sure the "Messenger" service is DISABLED.....huge loophole. otherwise, were you using IE? (if so, you deserved it

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by **Tommy Boy** » Sun Nov 28, 2004 9:53 pm

what were some of the programs? We will keep away from them!

Good luck cleaning up the rig!

by **LordShard** » Sun Nov 28, 2004 10:49 pm

I know wwwcools is a bitch, delete it and it reinstalls next time you reboot, or even faster. I told someone I know who trusts me to let me take remote contorl of their PC, I took some 800 spyware programs off, can't get the last 80 something out though.

I also uploaded my host file to her computer and added a few things, if I can find out where that wwwcools varient is redownloading itself from I would add that to the host also. So far no luck.

by **BladeRunner** » Mon Nov 29, 2004 5:40 am

Havoc, you may all ready know this but just in case.
to get rid of some of the browser hi jackers use this
program "HiJackThis"
http://www.tomcoyote.org/hjt/

good luck

by **Chacal** » Mon Nov 29, 2004 11:35 am

Havoc, you're not still using IE are you?

by **Tommy Boy** » Mon Nov 29, 2004 12:02 pm

Hell, even Tommy uses Firefox!

by **LordShard** » Mon Nov 29, 2004 5:22 pm

Originally posted by Chacal
Havoc, you're not still using IE are you?

Originally posted by Tommy Boy
Hell, even Tommy uses Firefox!

by **Chacal** » Mon Nov 29, 2004 10:28 pm

Lordshard, I will never tire of your signature.

by **yaDad** » Mon Nov 29, 2004 10:51 pm

could cut it down a little tho....heh...aint that something...me say somethin bout having a big sig.

by **LordShard** » Tue Nov 30, 2004 3:38 pm

Originally posted by Chacal
Lordshard, I will never tire of your signature.

by **Tommy Boy** » Tue Nov 30, 2004 10:35 pm

did you ever figure out what it was Havoc?

by **RCglider** » Tue Nov 30, 2004 10:42 pm

Originally posted by Bullhead
otherwise, were you using IE? (if so, you deserved it )

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