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Can you help?I am running a computer with Windows XP.I keep losing my Freeserve connection,it drops out then another different server takes over, name XXX Server.It takes me to an adult content website away from the one i was viewing.It deposits a icon on the desktop called 1on1 and another in the system tray.On my list in the various connections i have, the new server turns up there.(XXX Server)My phone bill increases.My Norton Antivirus has just deleted a Trojan called Download Trojan after many attempts.Are the two issues connected?Will a Firewall programme help me in the future?I pay for my Freeserve connection through my bank not through my phone bill it is Freeserve Anytime.
 
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Can you help?I am running a computer with Windows XP.I keep losing my Freeserve connection,it drops out then another different server takes over, name XXX Server.It takes me to an adult content website away from the one i was viewing.It deposits a icon on the desktop called 1on1 and another in the system tray.On my list in the various connections i have, the new server turns up there.(XXX Server)My phone bill increases.My Norton Antivirus has just deleted a Trojan
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called Download Trojan after many attempts.Are the two issues connected?Will a Firewall programme help me in the future?I pay for my Freeserve connection through my bank not through my phone bill it is Freeserve Anytime.Yes, the two issues sound like they're connected - the downloader
dropped a dialer onto your system. Norton helped, but you're still
probably infested with adware and/or spyware. Here are my basic steps
for computer housecleaning. I'm including all attacks I'm familiar with
- not just adware/spyware.

1. Make sure your virus definition files are up-to-date. Ideally, you
should have some sort of auto-update enabled. These files tell your
antivirus program how to tell if something is a virus, and that
information changes whenever a new virus comes out. Then scan again.
Keep it updated! (I'd suggest daily checks, or turning on the automatic
update)

2. Go to the Windows Update page and make sure you have all of the
"Critical Updates". A whole bunch came out recently. This will help
secure your system. Keep it updated! (I'd suggest turning on the
automatic update function)

Viruses aren't the only thing that can infest your computer. Websites
often install advertising mini-programs without your knowledge. When
there are enough of these, all fighting for your attention, your
Internet access slows to a crawl or stops altogether.

3. Download and install "Spybot Search & Destroy" at:
http://security.kolla.de. Once it's installed, update, then run it. If
you have any questions about what's safe to remove and what isn't, check
back here. Once your questions (if any) are answered, hit the
"Immunize" button on Spybot S&D. That will keep some of the worst stuff
from installing itself in the future. Keep it updated! (I'd suggest a
weekly check)

4. Download and install Lavasoft's "AdAware" program - the free one.
Update, then run it. It will catch a couple of things that Spybot might
have missed. They work well together. Keep it updated! (I'd suggest
daily)

These are some of the basics. It also helps to run behind a hardware
router, and have a firewall. If your XP "Internet Connection Firewall"
isn't enabled, please enable it. I use ZoneAlarm, but the Windows
firewall is supposed to be pretty decent.

Hope this helps!

~ Rosanne
 
WHAT ARE AVAILABLE MIRRORS ON THE SPYBOT WEBSITE.IT ASKS FOR DOWNLOAD LOCATION

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Can you help?I am running a computer with Windows XP.I keep losing my Freeserve connection,it drops out then another different server takes over, name XXX Server.It takes me to an adult content website away from the one i was viewing.It deposits a icon on the desktop called 1on1 and another in the system tray.On my list in the various connections i have, the new server turns up there.(XXX Server)My phone bill increases.My Norton Antivirus has just deleted a Trojan called Download Trojan after many attempts.Are the two issues connected?Will a Firewall programme help me in the future?I pay for my Freeserve connection through my bank not through my phone bill it is Freeserve Anytime.
 
WHAT ARE AVAILABLE MIRRORS ON THE SPYBOT WEBSITE.IT ASKS FOR DOWNLOAD LOCATION?
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Try one of these:

http://www.spybotsd.de
(will allow you to download directly)

http://www.majorgeeks.com/download2471.html
(asks you to choose from a UK site (Planet Mirror) or a U.S. site
(BTN)... MG itself has some adware of some sort on it, though - my
"Immunize" setting beeps at me whenever I visit it.

For the periodic updates, you'll be able to use a dropdown select menu
on the Spybot S&D window itself.

Thanks for your question - through it I discovered that the newest
version of Spybot S&D, the 1.3 that we've been waiting for, was released
today. Yippee!

Hope this helps!

~ Rosanne
 
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WHAT ARE AVAILABLE MIRRORS ON THE SPYBOT WEBSITE.IT ASKS FOR DOWNLOAD LOCATION
Click to expand...

Try one of these

http://www.spybotsd.d
(will allow you to download directly

http://www.majorgeeks.com/download2471.htm
(asks you to choose from a UK site (Planet Mirror) or a U.S. site
(BTN)... MG itself has some adware of some sort on it, though - my
"Immunize" setting beeps at me whenever I visit it

For the periodic updates, you'll be able to use a dropdown select menu
on the Spybot S&D window itself.

Thanks for your question - through it I discovered that the newest
version of Spybot S&D, the 1.3 that we've been waiting for, was released
today. Yippee!

Hope this helps

~ Rosann
Downloaded Spybot OK. I have done the scan and have fixed all the red entries.Then requested updates,do i download all 5 updates ,and in the future download any thats going?When I fixed. I chose all because I could not interperate the results. How often do I immunize? I have`t downloaded Adaware yet should i go ahead?
 
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