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Gary Tayman
Okay, I'm really, really, really sorry that I started another thread with
this, after it was made clear that it is an unpardonable sin to move a
subject to another thread, but I did this to resolve another unpardonable
sin, which was a very unintentional cross-posting. You see, I thought I was
being a good little boy, by hitting the reply button to keep it in the
thread, but little did I know until getting screamed at, that the reply went
to other newsgroups.
Those who are throwing flames, please throw them at the hijackers instead of
those of us who merely wish to fix it. Y'all must be following the examples
of politicians . . l
Okay, now that that's off my chest . . .
investigate. That's why I said "DON'T CLICK" afterward, as I didn't know
what clicking on this URL would do.
Actually I didn't follow any diagnostic tree -- anything that got where it
is was installed for me, by the internet hijacker.
So -- it appears this link in the "favorites" list is only a link to the
malicious website and nothing else, so I'll simply delete it. I can also
say, and thank you to everyone by the way, that with the help of several
people here I've located and deleted what appears to be just about
everything. However there's one item left, and that's the yellow shield at
the bottom right corner of the desktop. It shows up about two minutes after
booting the computer, and displays a message "Updates are ready for your
computer. Click here to install these updates." My assumption is that
clicking this would either take me to a malicious website, or run some sort
of batch file or program that may still be lurking and none of my virus and
spyware programs have been able to detect. My question is, does anyone here
have a clue as to where to find this "desktop shield" so I can manually
delete it from the desktop?
this, after it was made clear that it is an unpardonable sin to move a
subject to another thread, but I did this to resolve another unpardonable
sin, which was a very unintentional cross-posting. You see, I thought I was
being a good little boy, by hitting the reply button to keep it in the
thread, but little did I know until getting screamed at, that the reply went
to other newsgroups.
Those who are throwing flames, please throw them at the hijackers instead of
those of us who merely wish to fix it. Y'all must be following the examples
of politicians . . l
Okay, now that that's off my chest . . .
To be honest, I never went there. I posted it so that you, or others, could
investigate. That's why I said "DON'T CLICK" afterward, as I didn't know
what clicking on this URL would do.
Actually I didn't follow any diagnostic tree -- anything that got where it
is was installed for me, by the internet hijacker.
So -- it appears this link in the "favorites" list is only a link to the
malicious website and nothing else, so I'll simply delete it. I can also
say, and thank you to everyone by the way, that with the help of several
people here I've located and deleted what appears to be just about
everything. However there's one item left, and that's the yellow shield at
the bottom right corner of the desktop. It shows up about two minutes after
booting the computer, and displays a message "Updates are ready for your
computer. Click here to install these updates." My assumption is that
clicking this would either take me to a malicious website, or run some sort
of batch file or program that may still be lurking and none of my virus and
spyware programs have been able to detect. My question is, does anyone here
have a clue as to where to find this "desktop shield" so I can manually
delete it from the desktop?