Porno Site

[Chuck Duncan]

Everytime I turn on my computer a sex website shows up on
my desktop and also makes itself my default homepage. The
site is HTTP://sex.Free4Porno.Net/search2.HTML How do I
stop this. Please help.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

A New Window Appears When You Visit Some Web Sites
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308446&Product=ie600

How to Delete Cookie Files
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;278835

How to Delete the Contents of the Temporary Internet Files Folder
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;260897&Product=ie600

Stop the Invasion of Adware and Intrusive Spybot Spyware - Restore Your Privacy
http://spybot-spyware.com/

Consider purchasing and installing a good internet security program:
http://www.symantec.com/sabu/nis/nis_pe/features.html

For additional Internet Explorer assistance:

Please visit the Internet Explorer newsgroup experts:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser


--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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| Everytime I turn on my computer a sex website shows up on
| my desktop and also makes itself my default homepage. The
| site is How do I
| stop this. Please help.

 

[Chuck Duncan]

-----Original Message-----
A New Window Appears When You Visit Some Web Sites
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en- us;308446&Product=ie600

How to Delete Cookie Files
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN- US;278835

How to Delete the Contents of the Temporary Internet Files Folder
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en- us;260897&Product=ie600

Stop the Invasion of Adware and Intrusive Spybot Spyware - Restore Your Privacy
http://spybot-spyware.com/

Consider purchasing and installing a good internet security program:
http://www.symantec.com/sabu/nis/nis_pe/features.html

For additional Internet Explorer assistance:

Please visit the Internet Explorer newsgroup experts:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.inete xplorer.ie6.browser


--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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| Everytime I turn on my computer a sex website shows up on
| my desktop and also makes itself my default homepage. The
| site is How do I
| stop this. Please help.
.
I have deleted both cookies and temp files to no avail.

The porn site continues to pop back in. Anymore
suggestions ????

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Stop the Invasion of Adware and Intrusive Spybot Spyware - Restore Your Privacy
http://spybot-spyware.com/

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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| >I have deleted both cookies and temp files to no avail.
| The porn site continues to pop back in. Anymore
| suggestions ????

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Chuck;
Did you also install the anti spyware application as he suggested?

See #5 & #6 in this link:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/Slowcom.htm

 

[Chuck Duncan]

-----Original Message-----
Chuck;
Did you also install the anti spyware application as he suggested?

See #5 & #6 in this link:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/Slowcom.htm

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An easier way to read newsgroup messages:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/newsgroups/se tup.asp
http://dts-l.org/index.html





.
I will install as suggested and let you all know. Thank

You.

 

[Guest]

Chuck!
Not traditional suggestion and it may be dangerous, but...
Try to RUN > regedit.exe
It's Windows registry editor. Before you will do all
things below - read help to learn how to back up some
keys/hives and params of registry. Or try to find these
knowledges in MS site.
Then make search in registry with
string "sex.Free4Porno.Net". If something will founded -
clear (DON'T DELETE!) the value of params/keys u will
find. Hit F3 again to continue search. Do it again if new
params/keys will be founded again. And again until it says
search complite. Then close registry editor and make the
sign of the cross - reboot pc.
And, as other suggests you - install anti-spyware
software... it helps you, but think not do a miracle...
it's not panacea!!!
and in future... Until you will know how these all spyware
works and how to secure you internet brawsing tool (such
IE) BE A GOOD BOY - DON'T SURF SUSPECT SITES!

INTERNET IS DANGEROUS THINK, REMEMBER!

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

When visiting such the sites be careful not to download/install
their "free" viewers. ;-} To repair the current situation, uninstall
the "viewer(s)" provided and then use Ad-Aware from www.lavasoft.de
and SpyBot Search and Destroy from http://security.kolla.de/ to clean
up any residue. Both have free evaluation versions.

You should also try using MSConfig to see if something is being
started each time you reboot.

Additionally, Look in the C:\Documents and Settings\All
Users\Start Menu\Programs\Start Up and C:\Documents and
Settings\username\Start Menu\Programs\Start Up folders, and in the
system registry, primarily in the
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run and
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run keys.

How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;310560


Bruce Chambers

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[Chris Jenner]

It sound like a varient of the Trojan Horse Virus
StartPage-Q. It seems to want to infect key systems
executables, such as msinfo.exe. When the an infected app
runs these executables it make the changes to the registry
and creates two files on the HDD (%WINDIR%\Default.css
(1260bytes) and %WINDIR%\Web\oslogo.bmp (1260bytes). I
found that deleting these files and making the registry
changes below should reverse its effects, but if you do
not have an uptodate antivirus system then the problem may
return. I have not checked recently but Sophos were
working on a fix, so I imagine that most of the major anti-
virus players out there should have a fix by now. But
still try the entries below. (If you copy them into a text
file and change the .txt to .reg and then run that file it
will make the changes for you.)

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer]
"Search"="http://www.microsoft.com/isapi/redir.dll?
prd=ie&ar=iesearch"
"SearchURL"="http://www.microsoft.com/isapi/redir.dll?
prd=ie&ar=iesearch"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Main]
"Start Page"="http://intranet.vaa.vtg/"
"Search Page"="http://www.microsoft.com/isapi/redir.dll?
prd=ie&ar=iesearch"
"Default_Search_URL"="http://www.microsoft.com/isapi/redir.
dll?prd=ie&ar=iesearch"
"Default_Page_URL"="http://intranet.vaa.vtg"
"Search Bar"=""

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Search]
"CustomizeSearch"="http://ie.search.msn.com/
{SUB_RFC1766}/srchasst/srchasst.htm"
"SearchAssistant"="http://ie.search.msn.com/
{SUB_RFC1766}/srchasst/srchasst.htm"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer]
"Search"="http://www.microsoft.com/isapi/redir.dll?
prd=ie&ar=iesearch"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Main]
"Default_Page_URL"="http://Intranet.vaa.vtg"
"Default_Search_URL"="http://www.microsoft.com/isapi/redir.
dll?prd=ie&ar=iesearch"
"Search Page"="http://www.microsoft.com/isapi/redir.dll?
prd=ie&ar=iesearch"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Search]
"SearchAssistant"="http://ie.search.msn.com/
{SUB_RFC1766}/srchasst/srchasst.htm"
"CustomizeSearch"="http://ie.search.msn.com/
{SUB_RFC1766}/srchasst/srchasst.htm"