pop up windows

[nick]

i have visited a site 123greetings to send a birthday card
something has been attached to my browser and every time
i go to a site it pop ups and opening advertising windows
i have tried to remove frm the add/remove programs
but no luck . i ie6 windows xp...pls help

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP]

i have visited a site 123greetings to send a birthday card
something has been attached to my browser and every time
i go to a site it pop ups and opening advertising windows
i have tried to remove frm the add/remove programs
but no luck . i ie6 windows xp...pls help

First eliminate any scumware.
See
Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

Note that AdAware and SpyBot S & D will each catch some things the other
won't. Also, each needs to be updated before every use, even when just
downloaded. There's also a lot more to do than just those two programs.
CWShredder is also available here:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/cwshredder.zip
**Post your HijackThis log to
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/ or the Spyware forum at
http://forum.aumha.org/ for expert analysis, not here.**
Alternative download pages for Ad-Aware, Spybot, HijackThis and CWShredder
may be found on this page:
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm.
If trying everything at that site does not fix the problem please post back
in the same thread.

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Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
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[Mike Burgess]

Nick,
Does this sound like what happened to you?
http://www.tjhsst.edu/~agupta/ecard-hijack/

If so, click Start | Run (type) regedit
Once opened, click Edit | Find (and paste the below)

{11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111113}

If exists, highlight and select: Delete, close Regedit.
Note: always Export before editing ......
[otherwise]
Dealing with Unwanted Malware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
____________________________________________________________
Mike Burgess [MVP Windows Shell\User] http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/
Blocking Spyware, Adware, Parasites, Hijackers, Trojans, with a HOSTS file
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm [updated 03-15-04]
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