popups that contain links to porn sites.

[farmer Joe]

My mother-in-law's computer keeps having this german porn
site popup on the screen. She has high speed internet
access, but I don't know if that makes sny difference. I
looked up things in the knowledge base and downloaded Stop-
Sign and ran that program. It said that it could be a
trojan virus. Trojan.Dluca When I looked this up in the
knowledge base I came up with a solution that doesn't seem
to work, Q810981. The openme.exe file is not on the
computer. Anyone have any suggestions?

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

*** Good security housekeeping tips, in no particular order: ***

* See http://securityadmin.info/faq.htm

* Go to www.lavasoftusa.com and download AdAware...install, launch, update &
run it. This will rid your computer of spyware/adware.

* Use antivirus software (www.grisoft.com has a freebie) and update it
regularly - at least once a week; daily if possible.

* Use a good firewall to block access to your computer from the Internet
(www.sygate.com is a decent freebie for a standalone workstation; hardware
appliances are a better choice for networks). This will also stop you from
getting 'Windows messenger spam'.

* Get a popup blocker to stop IE popups, such as www.panicware.com (they
offer a free one) or try the new Google toolbar 2.0 which does the same
thing (and is just plain cool)

* Run Windows Update regularly (http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com) to get
all the latest patches for your operating system.

* See http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/Darnit.htm for lots of information on
browser hijacking and how to stop it

* Do not use Imesh or Kazaa any other peer-to-peer file sharing software,
ever.

* Do not use Hotbar.