Guest Yulia Posted May 31, 2008 Posted May 31, 2008 IE07 opens new sites/windows by it self. I suspect it's trojan/worm but Windows and McAfee could not dtect anything Quote
Guest Mick Murphy Posted May 31, 2008 Posted May 31, 2008 I am not fussed on McAfee at all! The security I use is listed below. Try booting into Safe Mode, as per instructions below, and doing a scan with McAfee. If if does not work, uninstall it, and install Avast Anti-virus, and repeat scan. http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html Avast Anti-Virus is Vista compatible (32bit and 64bit Versions), FREE, auto-updating, and a low resources user of your computer. And, only have 1(one) Anti-Virus installed / running on your computer at any one time.. Conflicts may occur if you have more than 1(one). http://www.spybot.info/en/index.html Spybot Search & Destroy 1.5.2 is a very good, FREE Anti-Spyware Program. Download, install, update, and immunize your System with it. Then SCAN with it. Update once a fortnight. http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html SpywareBlaster 4.0 is a non-intrusive, FREE Anti-Spyware Program that runs in the background. Update it once a fortnight, and let it do its work in the background! If you happen to find a problem that you can’t uninstall / delete, reboot the computer, and go into Safe Mode. To get into Safe mode, tap F8 right at Power On/ Startup, and use UP and DOWN arrow keys to get to Safe Mode, then hit ENTER. RESCAN your computer with Avast and Spybot S & D while in Safe Mode. -- Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia "Yulia" wrote: <span style="color:blue"> > IE07 opens new sites/windows by it self. I suspect it's trojan/worm but > Windows and McAfee could not dtect anything > </span> Quote
Guest GTS Posted May 31, 2008 Posted May 31, 2008 It sounds like a spyware infection. Antivirus programs are generally not very effective against these. I suggest you install Spybot Search and Destroy and SUPERAntiSpyware and update both and run full scans. You can download both here http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads31.html -- "Yulia" <Yulia@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:3F50BBF9-B599-42E2-B97C-40FF29B4EAE0@microsoft.com...<span style="color:blue"> > IE07 opens new sites/windows by it self. I suspect it's trojan/worm but > Windows and McAfee could not dtect anything > </span> Quote
Guest Dustin Harper Posted May 31, 2008 Posted May 31, 2008 It sounds more like spyware and adware than it does a virus. First, AVG has a free antivirus that is much better than McAfee (http://free.grisoft.com). But, to get rid of the spyware infection, you can download and install Spybot: Search & Destroy (http://www.safer-networking.org/). Run that, and your system should be a lot better. -- Dustin Harper dharper@vistarip.com http://www.vistarip.com | Vista Resource & Information Page Was this helpful? Then click the Ratings button. Voting helps the web interface. http://www.microsoft.com/wn3/locales/help/...teAPostAsAnswer "Yulia" <Yulia@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:3F50BBF9-B599-42E2-B97C-40FF29B4EAE0@microsoft.com...<span style="color:blue"> > IE07 opens new sites/windows by it self. I suspect it's trojan/worm but > Windows and McAfee could not dtect anything > </span> Quote
Guest Pepper Posted June 1, 2008 Posted June 1, 2008 I just installed Spybot. I have a question regarding updating. It had me choose where to update from. I live in the eastern time zone, USA. What should I "check"? "Dustin Harper" wrote: <span style="color:blue"> > It sounds more like spyware and adware than it does a virus. First, AVG has > a free antivirus that is much better than McAfee (http://free.grisoft.com). > But, to get rid of the spyware infection, you can download and install > Spybot: Search & Destroy (http://www.safer-networking.org/). Run that, and > your system should be a lot better. > > > -- > > Dustin Harper > dharper@vistarip.com > http://www.vistarip.com | Vista Resource & Information Page > > Was this helpful? Then click the Ratings button. Voting helps the web > interface. > http://www.microsoft.com/wn3/locales/help/...teAPostAsAnswer > > > > > "Yulia" <Yulia@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:3F50BBF9-B599-42E2-B97C-40FF29B4EAE0@microsoft.com...<span style="color:green"> > > IE07 opens new sites/windows by it self. I suspect it's trojan/worm but > > Windows and McAfee could not dtect anything > > </span> > </span> Quote
Guest norm Posted June 1, 2008 Posted June 1, 2008 Pepper wrote:<span style="color:blue"> > I just installed Spybot. I have a question regarding updating. It had me > choose where to update from. I live in the eastern time zone, USA. What > should I "check"?</span> It really makes no difference, that I can tell. I have used several over time. BN File Forum is my regular. I get reliable connections and fast downloads commensurate with the speed I pay for from my provider.<span style="color:blue"> > > "Dustin Harper" wrote: > <span style="color:green"> >> It sounds more like spyware and adware than it does a virus. First, AVG has >> a free antivirus that is much better than McAfee (http://free.grisoft.com). >> But, to get rid of the spyware infection, you can download and install >> Spybot: Search & Destroy (http://www.safer-networking.org/). Run that, and >> your system should be a lot better. >> >> >> -- >> >> Dustin Harper >> dharper@vistarip.com >> http://www.vistarip.com | Vista Resource & Information Page >> >> Was this helpful? Then click the Ratings button. Voting helps the web >> interface. >> http://www.microsoft.com/wn3/locales/help/...teAPostAsAnswer >> >> >> >> >> "Yulia" <Yulia@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:3F50BBF9-B599-42E2-B97C-40FF29B4EAE0@microsoft.com...<span style="color:darkred"> >>> IE07 opens new sites/windows by it self. I suspect it's trojan/worm but >>> Windows and McAfee could not dtect anything >>></span></span></span> -- norm Quote
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