AOLJPEGVIEW.EXE

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I'm trying to rid my Mother's PC of a nasty littleprogram that gets loaded
everytime the PC starts. A nearly full screen window appears asking for
personal information to maintain her AOL account. The form looks like an AOL
window, but obviosly AOL would not be asking for the type of info (bank acct,
PIN, DL# SS#, etc)

I ran the updated Norton virus and spyware scan but it did not find
anything. I've determined that the offending process can be shutdown through
the Task Manager in the processes tab by selecting the process named
"AOLJPEGVIEW.exe" and clicking the End Process tab. This is the only way to
close the form, but it doesn't get rid of it for good. It continues to pop
up within 5 minutes every time the PC is turned on.

I'm thinking I need to clean the file out of the registry, but I'm not sure
how to do that.

Thanks for any help.

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

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I'm trying to rid my Mother's PC of a nasty littleprogram that gets
loaded everytime the PC starts. A nearly full screen window appears
asking for personal information to maintain her AOL account. The
form looks like an AOL window, but obviosly AOL would not be asking
for the type of info (bank acct, PIN, DL# SS#, etc)

I ran the updated Norton virus and spyware scan but it did not find
anything. I've determined that the offending process can be shutdown
through the Task Manager in the processes tab by selecting the
process named "AOLJPEGVIEW.exe" and clicking the End Process tab.
This is the only way to close the form, but it doesn't get rid of it
for good. It continues to pop up within 5 minutes every time the PC
is turned on.

I'm thinking I need to clean the file out of the registry, but I'm
not sure how to do that.

Thanks for any help.

Try in safe mode.

You might also try Windows Defender Beta:
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx

Also, the best place to post malware/spyware questions is probably
microsoft.public.security.homeusers

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Dang Wenchie, you get around more than the flu in Fall!!!

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After furious head scratching, Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] asked:

| In | MLRFAM <[email protected]> typed:
|| I'm trying to rid my Mother's PC of a nasty littleprogram that gets
|| loaded everytime the PC starts. A nearly full screen window appears
|| asking for personal information to maintain her AOL account. The
|| form looks like an AOL window, but obviosly AOL would not be asking
|| for the type of info (bank acct, PIN, DL# SS#, etc)
||
|| I ran the updated Norton virus and spyware scan but it did not find
|| anything. I've determined that the offending process can be shutdown
|| through the Task Manager in the processes tab by selecting the
|| process named "AOLJPEGVIEW.exe" and clicking the End Process tab.
|| This is the only way to close the form, but it doesn't get rid of it
|| for good. It continues to pop up within 5 minutes every time the PC
|| is turned on.
||
|| I'm thinking I need to clean the file out of the registry, but I'm
|| not sure how to do that.
||
|| Thanks for any help.
|
| Try in safe mode.
|
| You might also try Windows Defender Beta:
| http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx
|
| Also, the best place to post malware/spyware questions is probably
| microsoft.public.security.homeusers

 

[sandy58]

I also had a similar thing but it was an e-mail claiming that my bank
details were required for billing etc. I passed it on to AOL and they
were aware of this scammer.

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

In

Dang Wenchie, you get around more than the flu in Fall!!!

I drink a lot of coffee

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] asked:

In

Try in safe mode.

You might also try Windows Defender Beta:
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx

Also, the best place to post malware/spyware questions is probably
microsoft.public.security.homeusers