I've been hijacked!

[Katie]

I get a message when I try to access my e-mail (with
Juno), that says: "You (or a program) have requested
information from updates.sonic.com. How do you wish to
proceed?" Then it gives me the choice to cancel or connect
to internet. Also a button for network preferences, which
doesn't seem to do any good. I have run Norton Antivirus,
AOL Spy Catcher and Spybot Search & Destroy, as well as
doing a computer-wide search for the term,
updates.sonic.com, and none of these have found the
offending program. What can I do to get rid of this? I
should mention, I've never visited the sonic.com website
til after this message, and it just seems to be some audio
equipment website. Anyway, can anybody help me?

 

[steve]

I get a message when I try to access my e-mail (with
Juno), that says: "You (or a program) have requested
information from updates.sonic.com. How do you wish to
proceed?" Then it gives me the choice to cancel or connect
to internet. Also a button for network preferences, which
doesn't seem to do any good. I have run Norton Antivirus,
AOL Spy Catcher and Spybot Search & Destroy, as well as
doing a computer-wide search for the term,
updates.sonic.com, and none of these have found the
offending program. What can I do to get rid of this? I
should mention, I've never visited the sonic.com website
til after this message, and it just seems to be some audio
equipment website. Anyway, can anybody help me?

Hi Katie.

Sonic proovide the software for a number of 'own brand' CD and DVD
burners, including IBM's RecordNow software. Are you running one of
those? (I am, and I've been getting the same message - there is an
option th make the software use a proxy server, which I think has been
why I get the message...)

I don't think it's spyware, which is why AdAware and Spybot don't spot
it.

Regards

Steve