Suspicious Program

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dakota

I recently was prevented from accessing a website from a
link due an error, as reported by IE. Upon getting a
report of the error, I was advised that I should
uninstall a program named "CleverIEHooker." Does anyone
know if this is a malicious program? I use McAfee, and
their VirusScan did not identify it as causing infected
files. I also did a DOS scan, per McAfee's
recommendation and did not find any infected files.

Any help is appreciated.

Dakota
 
(North or South) Dakota;

First.
Right click the IE icon | Properties | Advanced tab |
Make sure both of these are NOT checked.

 Enable Install On Demand (Internet Explorer)
[[Specifies to automatically download and install Internet Explorer
components if a Web page needs them in order to display the page properly or
perform a particular task.]]
 Enable Install On Demand (Other)
[[Specifies to automatically download and install Web components if a Web
page needs them in order to display the page properly or perform a
particular task.]]

Apply | OK
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Second.
It is known as Scumware. Visit these sites. 1, 2, 3 and 4 are really good.
Download, install, run, update and run again; one or all. They are all
good, FREE utilities.
The first site gives some recommendations.
http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads.php?cat=all#s-p

1) Spybot S & D
http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?lang=en&page=download

2) SpywareBlaster
SpywareBlaster doesn't scan and clean for spyware - it prevents it from ever
being installed.
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

3) HijackThis (some other stuff that may be of interest also)
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/index.html

4) CWShredder direct download:
http://216.180.233.163/~merijn/files/CWShredder.exe

4½) CWShredder
http://majorgeeks.com/download4086.html

5)Bazooka Adware and Spyware Scanner v1.13
http://www.kephyr.com/spywarescanner/index.html?source=appvisit

6) AdAware
http://www.lavasoft.de/support/download/
 
I recently was prevented from accessing a website from a
link due an error, as reported by IE. Upon getting a
report of the error, I was advised that I should
uninstall a program named "CleverIEHooker." Does anyone
know if this is a malicious program? I use McAfee, and
their VirusScan did not identify it as causing infected
files. I also did a DOS scan, per McAfee's
recommendation and did not find any infected files.

Any help is appreciated.

Dakota
Click to expand...

Just my advice for future reference...

*Anytime* you are asked to allow installation of *any* software/plug-in for
which you have not specifically asked (by click or search)...

*Always* assume spyware/trojan and *do not* allow installation. Regardless of
how cryptic and/or helpful the filename or other text might sound.

Just my $0.02...
 
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