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August 31st, 2004 04:00
unauthorized (automatic) downloading to my computer
Hello everyone!
I'm a new member and I have a question.
Okay, I have a dell dimension 8250 that is one year old. For the past month or so, every two to three times I type in a website or click a link, IE goes straight to a website named www.netspry.com. I have put this site in restricted sites in my IE securty, but it still downloads. Then, about a week ago, I noticed that in my browser status bar, whenever any page is loading, it reads -- http://www.ads234.com/adView.aspx?requesturl=xxxxx where the xxxxx is the requested page (i.e. www.microsoft.com). It doesn't matter what site I go to, it always goes through ads234.com (which I found out later that if I type ads234.com in my address bar, it takes me to www.netspry.com.
Two days ago I downloaded ad-aware and updated my virus scan software. I ran both and neither one found anything.
Could this be an unknown virus or worm? Could it be spyware? Does anyone know how to stop this?
100mph
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August 31st, 2004 05:00
Spyware/Virus Removal and Prevention
Startup and Temporary Files Cleanup
Good Luck!
pskelley
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August 31st, 2004 11:00
At the very least it sounds like you have some kind of adware hijacker. Here is a recent post by ChrisRLG, I hope it helps:
Lots of the regular posting anti-malware experts on this board have moved to pastures new for various reasons. You may find it better to find another support site to assist you.
Please go to this link and choose one of the websites on the left of the page.
Alliance of Security Analysis Professionals: http://www.a-sap.org/
As you can see they all work together in cleaning malware (Virus, Spyware and adware).
To help you choose from that list
TomCoyotes contains the anti-malware school - Classroom.
SpyWareInfo contains the anti-malware school - BootCamp.
Net-Intergration is the support site of Spybot S&D.
Lavasoft Support is the support site of Ad-aware.
Wilders Security has since stopped hijackthis log support due to the lack of experienced helpers.
Others that I would recommend Zerosrealm, Subratam.org, SpyWare BeWare and ComputerCops, but generally all those on that list will have experts to help you.
Texruss and ChrisRLG are Teachers at The TomCoyote Forum.
There are still some knowledgable people left posting here at Dell, so you may still get help from them.
I wish you all the best at getting your computer clean.
pskelley
in training at
TomCoyote and
SpywareInfo
jamez kann
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September 5th, 2004 11:00
Scan your computer on http://security.symantec.com
scan your computer for spyware here http://www.pestscan.com/
Run http://www.safer-networking.org/en/mirrors/index.html spybot
Run http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4289.html about:buster
More information on NETSPRY http://www.pestpatrol.com/pestinfo/n/netspry.asp
IF all fails you would need to use hijackthis
All hijackthis posts need to be posted on the sites listed here http://www.a-sap.org/
after the owner of the board tomcoyote http://TomCoyote.org has banned people like the poster above from helping with hijackthis logs read http://delltalk.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=si_virus&message.id=22845
http://delltalk.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=si_virus&message.id=22568&page=9
"it was my decision to no longer send helpers to this site when it became apparent that rogue posts would not only be tolerated but were going to be encouraged"
(though you may have to wait for a while to get help with the hijackthis logs on those sites .) read
http://forums.tomcoyote.org/index.php?showtopic=8127 "Yes it is getting typical of all the anti-malware support forums.We currently have a week or more of delay in helping people.
Not because we wish too, just the volume of people posting with problems'
"Posting when you cant help and sending people to other sites where they get NO help at all is wrong!!'