J
Jeffrey Parker
It appears my machine has been hijacked by some kind of
Browser hijacker. I have popups like mad and nothing from
spyware info or any of the anti spyware programs seem to
eliminate this program. The program has the following
characteristics:
Its in the system32 directory
its a randomly named exe file
its 449KB in size
If i delete the file it regenerates itself with a new
random name.
it adds itself to the HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Current
Version\Run key
if i delete the key manually it regenerates itself within
seconds
It appears to allow an automatic popup system to function.
If you've seen this or have any ideas about how to
eliminate it, I'd really appreciate the advice. BTW the
way I've posted this in this group as I have no idea what
the security impilcations of this behavior are, but they
seem pretty bad.
Browser hijacker. I have popups like mad and nothing from
spyware info or any of the anti spyware programs seem to
eliminate this program. The program has the following
characteristics:
Its in the system32 directory
its a randomly named exe file
its 449KB in size
If i delete the file it regenerates itself with a new
random name.
it adds itself to the HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Current
Version\Run key
if i delete the key manually it regenerates itself within
seconds
It appears to allow an automatic popup system to function.
If you've seen this or have any ideas about how to
eliminate it, I'd really appreciate the advice. BTW the
way I've posted this in this group as I have no idea what
the security impilcations of this behavior are, but they
seem pretty bad.