Trojan or ?

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I'm the one with the suspected Trojan in the hard drive. Now it seems that
Favorites is changing on its own -- didn't have any radio stations listed,
now we do, and we didn't put them there! Any ideas?
 
Greatoutdoors said:
I'm the one with the suspected Trojan in the hard drive. Now it seems
that Favorites is changing on its own -- didn't have any radio
stations listed, now we do, and we didn't put them there! Any ideas?
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I have no idea who you are. There are many, many posts in this newsgroup
and you've given us no information about your computer or the problem.
See this link for making good newsgroup posts:

http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

In the meantime, go through normal virus/malware checking:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware

Malke
 
Let's see if I can clarify. It doesn't matter if you recall my earlier post
or not. I have a suspected Trojan in my system. I am asking if Favorites can
change on its own or not and whether anyone might have any ideas as to what
would cause it. Is that better?!
 
Greatoutdoors said:
I'm the one with the suspected Trojan in the hard drive. Now it seems that
Favorites is changing on its own -- didn't have any radio stations listed,
now we do, and we didn't put them there! Any ideas?
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Yes, if you have just applied a significant patch for Internet Explorer,
either manually or through automatic update, you will have the default menu
items added to your favorites, which includes MSN Radio or something like
that.

Highly annoying, but harmless.

carl
 
Vagabond said:
Yes, if you have just applied a significant patch for Internet
Explorer, either manually or through automatic update, you will have
the default menu items added to your favorites, which includes MSN
Radio or something like that.

Highly annoying, but harmless.

carl
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Or, to add to Carl's good advice, if you have malware on your computer
it certainly can add sites to your Favorites. Pr0n sites are a
particularly common addition.

Malke
 
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I'm the one with the suspected Trojan in the hard drive. Now it seems that
Favorites is changing on its own -- didn't have any radio stations listed,
now we do, and we didn't put them there! Any ideas?
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Download a couple of free anti-virus programs. Boot to safe mode and
install and run. Then boot normally and update, the then scan again.
 
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