Adult oriented pop-up

[Bill Carlson]

One of our Win XP workstations has an adult pop-up appear approximately
every 30 min.
the properties on the window:
http://www.adshooter.com/pop_shooter/ads/ad12_files/axp...jpg.

in searching google, we unchecked the Enable third-party browser extensions
and restarted; ran msconfig and unchecked any suspicious start-up programs,
restarted; installed Ad-aware 6.0, deleting found objects, restarted.

Pop-up continues to display - doesn't appear that Internet Explorer needs to
be open. Current Ad-aware scan showing ' 0 New objects'

We are running Win2000 Server, current patches installed, all workstations
(7) are identical Dell Optiplex GX260 running Win XP, Internet Explorer
6.0.2800. This workstation is the only one exhibiting this behavior.
Workstations share a dsl connection. We run Norton Anti-virus Corporate
Edition from the server.

As always, help is much appreciated,

Bill Carlson

 

[siljaline]

One of our Win XP workstations has an adult pop-up appear approximately
every 30 min.
the properties on the window:
http://www.adshooter.com/pop_shooter/ads/ad12_files/axp...jpg.

in searching google, we unchecked the Enable third-party browser extensions
and restarted; ran msconfig and unchecked any suspicious start-up programs,
restarted; installed Ad-aware 6.0, deleting found objects, restarted.

Pop-up continues to display - doesn't appear that Internet Explorer needs to
be open. Current Ad-aware scan showing ' 0 New objects'

We are running Win2000 Server, current patches installed, all workstations
(7) are identical Dell Optiplex GX260 running Win XP, Internet Explorer
6.0.2800. This workstation is the only one exhibiting this behavior.
Workstations share a dsl connection. We run Norton Anti-virus Corporate
Edition from the server.

As always, help is much appreciated,

Bill Carlson

If Ad-aware missed it, try Hijack This.


Go to:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/hijackthis.zip

Unzip, double-click "HijackThis.exe" and Press "Scan".

When the scan is finished, the "Scan" button will change into a "Save Log"
button.
Click: "Save Log" (generates "hijackthis.log")

Next, HijackThis | Config [button] | Misc Tools [button]
Click: Generate StartupList log [button] (generates "startuplist.txt")

Next, go to the below location: Spyware and Hijackware Removal Support.
http://www.spywareinfo.com/forums/index.php?s=8a236cdf61469fbad3bddbe810be0374&act=SF&f=11

Sign in, then copy and paste both files in your message.

HTH

--

siljaline

"Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from
-- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free
time."
- Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_

 

[Mike Burgess]

Bill,
Removing Adshooter
http://adshooter.com/
_______________________________________
Mike Burgess http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/
Blocking Spyware, Adware, Parasites, Hijackers, Trojans, with a HOSTS file
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm [updated 8-20-03]
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[siljaline]

Bill,
Removing Adshooter
http://adshooter.com/

Hi Mike,

I saw the uninstaller yesterday, safe? Or, more trouble? I'm thinking the
latter.


--

siljaline

"Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from
-- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free
time."
- Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_

 

[Mike Burgess]

siljaline,
Safe = yes ..... I downloaded the ".exe" and "peeked" inside <g>
_______________________________________
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Blocking Spyware, Adware, Parasites, Hijackers, Trojans, with a HOSTS file
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm [updated 8-20-03]
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[Bill Carlson]

After unsuccessfully trying most reports fixes, went to www.adshooter.com
and they had an uninstall link on their site.

 

[Mike Burgess]

Bill,
You're welcome ..... glad to see you have things resolved.
_______________________________________
Mike Burgess http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/
Blocking Spyware, Adware, Parasites, Hijackers, Trojans, with a HOSTS file
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm [updated 8-26-03]
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