Want to terminate undesired font and DLL installation attempts

[stephanie]

I visited a bilingual website (Korean/English,
www.leadis.com) and clicked on the front page button that
said "English". This immediately triggered an UNPROMPTED
avalanche of downloads. I pressed "Cancel", but this did
not stop the cascade (possibly 100 files or more?). As
the file names flashed past, I noticed that many were
either fonts or DLLs.

Ever since this font/DLL cascade, any time I launch a
Microsoft application (Word, Excel, etc.), I get an
installer message box, which then requests SETUP.MSI from
my startup disk. I don't put in the disk, since I don't
want to install any of the useless Korean fonts or scary
DLLs. After several dialogue or error boxes, the
application finally launches.

I don't want to do-si-do with the installer for the rest
of my life. So...

1) How can I stop the Installer from trying to install
these fonts and DLLs?

2) How can I thoroughly purge these fonts and DLLs from
my computer?

3) How can I use security measures to prevent this kind
of unwanted downloading in the future?

My setup:
Windows XP Home
Sony Vaio PCG-VX89
Browser IE 6.0 with medium Internet security settings

Thanks so much to the wise and kind person out there who
can help me solve my problem.

 

[The Stare]

I visited a bilingual website (Korean/English,
www.leadis.com) and clicked on the front page button that
said "English". This immediately triggered an UNPROMPTED
avalanche of downloads. I pressed "Cancel", but this did
not stop the cascade (possibly 100 files or more?). As
the file names flashed past, I noticed that many were
either fonts or DLLs.

Ever since this font/DLL cascade, any time I launch a
Microsoft application (Word, Excel, etc.), I get an
installer message box, which then requests SETUP.MSI from
my startup disk. I don't put in the disk, since I don't
want to install any of the useless Korean fonts or scary
DLLs. After several dialogue or error boxes, the
application finally launches.

I don't want to do-si-do with the installer for the rest
of my life. So...

1) How can I stop the Installer from trying to install
these fonts and DLLs?

2) How can I thoroughly purge these fonts and DLLs from
my computer?

3) How can I use security measures to prevent this kind
of unwanted downloading in the future?

I'll only answer the one i think i know... #3. Internet options >> advanced

 

[stephanie]

Thanks, The Stare. I'll try your approach for #3.
Meanwhile, I still have a problem with the installer
repeatedly firing up. Any help out there?

 

[The Stare]

If you are brave enough and antivirus is up to date...
Let it install and then see if it set an entry in the add/remove programs.
If it turns out to be spyware, a program like Ad-Aware will clean it out if
it isn't in add/remove.
If it is just a foreign language pack to properly display foreign
characters, it will do no harm.

 

[stephanie]

Thank you, The Stare. I suppose I can go dig out the XP
CD and try that.

 

[The Stare]

While you are at it, copy it to your hard drive so you don't need to find it
again.