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| 348185 | 2005-04-24 06:12:00 | Hey guys, I keep getting a popup window opening when i'm using ie6, the address is something filost.com, which then links straight away to something else again. I've tried running ad-aware (with latest updates) and it hasn't picked up anything, and neither has AVG anti-virus (with latest definitions). Google hasn't really turned up anything usefull on getting rid of this. Can anyone help? Thanks |
rusty_knifenz (4065) | ||
| 348186 | 2005-04-24 06:16:00 | What version of Windows are u using? If XP, is SP2 installed? | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 348187 | 2005-04-24 06:18:00 | Try running Spybot Search and Destroy | Overdrive_5000 (4950) | ||
| 348188 | 2005-04-24 06:54:00 | Or Hijackthis, MS AntiSpyware, SPyware Doctor. Always best to run a minimum of 2 - what one misses, others may pick up. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 348189 | 2005-04-24 09:28:00 | any decent firewall will give you the app name and location. what ver of adaware are you useing? |
tweak'e (69) | ||
| 348190 | 2005-04-24 11:14:00 | Install Google or a9 toolbar as well to block popups. Cheers :) |
Renmoo (66) | ||
| 348191 | 2005-04-24 15:02:00 | Thanks for the advice. I'm running windows 2000 with sp4 installed, and ad-aware v 6.181 I'll try installing one of the other anti-spyware apps, and see what I come up with. I don't really use ie (mostly i'm on firefox, which actually has usefull features like popup blocking - stupid backwards microsoft) but i don't like the idea of something like this running around my comp. |
rusty_knifenz (4065) | ||
| 348192 | 2005-04-24 22:11:00 | that adaware is way out of date. its an obsolete ver. download adaware SE 1.05 and spybot. update and try again. | tweak'e (69) | ||
| 348193 | 2005-04-26 11:55:00 | Success! Tracked down the nasty critter. Upgraded to latest version of ad-aware, and avg antivirus picked it up while i was scanning with ad-aware. Turns out it was a trojan horse: Clicker.7.BQ located while ad-aware was accessing the file vbsys2.dll. Avg had no trouble healing the file, and the popups have now dissapeared. Thanks for the help and advice... Another satisfied customer. |
rusty_knifenz (4065) | ||
| 348194 | 2005-04-26 23:33:00 | small tip...........set AVG to scan ALL files and do a full scan. | tweak'e (69) | ||
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