FW: OT: Strange Computer Happenings

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Happened here, too. The user never visited a porn site. Spybot fixed the
problem, but I had to run it twice.

Lydia

IS Administrator
Canyon Engineering Products
661-294-0084 x115



-----Original Message-----
From: Cheryl Rigsbee [mailto:Cherylr@...]
Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 11:20 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] FW: OT: Strange Computer Happenings


sorry ---

the web site is

http://www.safer-networking.org/



-----Original Message-----
From: Cheryl Rigsbee
Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 2:18 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] FW: OT: Strange Computer Happenings


sounds like you might have some spy wear software installed that is causing
this to happen. I had this problem also and I used a "free" software call
spybot to find and delete the intruding programs. www.spybot.com
I have had no problems since then.


-----Original Message-----
From: Nora Story [mailto:Nora_Story@...]
Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 1:36 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups. Com
Subject: [Vantage] FW: OT: Strange Computer Happenings




I am hoping someone on the list might be able to point us in the right
direction to clean up a computer problem one of our users is having on his
laptop. Any time his computer is booted up, after a while a program kicks
in and automatically changes his preferred browser and through that new
browser, will log him onto, shall we say, a less than desirable site. If he
clicks on it to close it out, it blasts in 10-30 more sites immediately.
The only way to stop them is to end task for all of them. This will happen
even if the user is not currently active in his browser. If he is on a site
at the time, it will kick him off of that site. If he is not even connected
to the internet with the cable, it still will open the new browser and try
to log onto the internet. I think whatever blocking software he has can now
identify and block some of the sites, but we have not been able to find how
the browser is getting changed.

Has anyone had any experience in getting rid of such a thing?
=======================================================================
Nora Story Spectra Technologies
Project Administrator 1505 Royal Parkway
Phone: 817-540-4475 ext.105 Euless, Texas 76040
Fax: 817-540-4439 Nora_Story@...
=======================================================================


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already linked your email address to a yahoo id to enable access. )
(1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report Builder and
Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
(2) To search through old msg's goto:
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I am hoping someone on the list might be able to point us in the right
direction to clean up a computer problem one of our users is having on his
laptop. Any time his computer is booted up, after a while a program kicks
in and automatically changes his preferred browser and through that new
browser, will log him onto, shall we say, a less than desirable site. If he
clicks on it to close it out, it blasts in 10-30 more sites immediately.
The only way to stop them is to end task for all of them. This will happen
even if the user is not currently active in his browser. If he is on a site
at the time, it will kick him off of that site. If he is not even connected
to the internet with the cable, it still will open the new browser and try
to log onto the internet. I think whatever blocking software he has can now
identify and block some of the sites, but we have not been able to find how
the browser is getting changed.

Has anyone had any experience in getting rid of such a thing?
=======================================================================
Nora Story Spectra Technologies
Project Administrator 1505 Royal Parkway
Phone: 817-540-4475 ext.105 Euless, Texas 76040
Fax: 817-540-4439 Nora_Story@...
=======================================================================
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Check out SpyBot(helpful freeware):

http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?lang=en&page=about


Hth,

Paul

-----Original Message-----
From: Nora Story [mailto:Nora_Story@...]
Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 1:36 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups. Com
Subject: [Vantage] FW: OT: Strange Computer Happenings




I am hoping someone on the list might be able to point us in the right
direction to clean up a computer problem one of our users is having on his
laptop. Any time his computer is booted up, after a while a program kicks
in and automatically changes his preferred browser and through that new
browser, will log him onto, shall we say, a less than desirable site. If he
clicks on it to close it out, it blasts in 10-30 more sites immediately.
The only way to stop them is to end task for all of them. This will happen
even if the user is not currently active in his browser. If he is on a site
at the time, it will kick him off of that site. If he is not even connected
to the internet with the cable, it still will open the new browser and try
to log onto the internet. I think whatever blocking software he has can now
identify and block some of the sites, but we have not been able to find how
the browser is getting changed.

Has anyone had any experience in getting rid of such a thing?
=======================================================================
Nora Story Spectra Technologies
Project Administrator 1505 Royal Parkway
Phone: 817-540-4475 ext.105 Euless, Texas 76040
Fax: 817-540-4439 Nora_Story@...
=======================================================================



Useful links for the Yahoo!Groups Vantage Board are: ( Note: You must have
already linked your email address to a yahoo id to enable access. )
(1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report Builder and
Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
(2) To search through old msg's goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages
(3) To view links to Vendors that provide Vantage services goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/links

Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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Nora
Another thing to check on the suspect computer is the host file.
Generally C:\winnt\system32\drivers\etc\host clean out all of the
unnecessary entries and make it read- only. I have found hundreds in some
computers giving them access to the computer.

Cliff Drumeller
IT Manager
Mass Precision Sheetmetal
408 954 0200

-----Original Message-----
From: Nora Story [mailto:Nora_Story@...]
Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 10:36 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups. Com
Subject: [Vantage] FW: OT: Strange Computer Happenings




I am hoping someone on the list might be able to point us in the right
direction to clean up a computer problem one of our users is having on his
laptop. Any time his computer is booted up, after a while a program kicks
in and automatically changes his preferred browser and through that new
browser, will log him onto, shall we say, a less than desirable site. If he
clicks on it to close it out, it blasts in 10-30 more sites immediately.
The only way to stop them is to end task for all of them. This will happen
even if the user is not currently active in his browser. If he is on a site
at the time, it will kick him off of that site. If he is not even connected
to the internet with the cable, it still will open the new browser and try
to log onto the internet. I think whatever blocking software he has can now
identify and block some of the sites, but we have not been able to find how
the browser is getting changed.

Has anyone had any experience in getting rid of such a thing?
=======================================================================
Nora Story Spectra Technologies
Project Administrator 1505 Royal Parkway
Phone: 817-540-4475 ext.105 Euless, Texas 76040
Fax: 817-540-4439 Nora_Story@...
=======================================================================


Useful links for the Yahoo!Groups Vantage Board are: ( Note: You must have
already linked your email address to a yahoo id to enable access. )
(1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report Builder and
Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.>
(2) To search through old msg's goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages>
(3) To view links to Vendors that provide Vantage services goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/links
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/links>

Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service
<http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> .




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sounds like you might have some spy wear software installed that is causing this to happen. I had this problem also and I used a "free" software call spybot to find and delete the intruding programs. www.spybot.com
I have had no problems since then.


-----Original Message-----
From: Nora Story [mailto:Nora_Story@...]
Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 1:36 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups. Com
Subject: [Vantage] FW: OT: Strange Computer Happenings




I am hoping someone on the list might be able to point us in the right
direction to clean up a computer problem one of our users is having on his
laptop. Any time his computer is booted up, after a while a program kicks
in and automatically changes his preferred browser and through that new
browser, will log him onto, shall we say, a less than desirable site. If he
clicks on it to close it out, it blasts in 10-30 more sites immediately.
The only way to stop them is to end task for all of them. This will happen
even if the user is not currently active in his browser. If he is on a site
at the time, it will kick him off of that site. If he is not even connected
to the internet with the cable, it still will open the new browser and try
to log onto the internet. I think whatever blocking software he has can now
identify and block some of the sites, but we have not been able to find how
the browser is getting changed.

Has anyone had any experience in getting rid of such a thing?
=======================================================================
Nora Story Spectra Technologies
Project Administrator 1505 Royal Parkway
Phone: 817-540-4475 ext.105 Euless, Texas 76040
Fax: 817-540-4439 Nora_Story@...
=======================================================================


Useful links for the Yahoo!Groups Vantage Board are: ( Note: You must have already linked your email address to a yahoo id to enable access. )
(1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report Builder and Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
(2) To search through old msg's goto: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages
(3) To view links to Vendors that provide Vantage services goto: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/links

Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> .




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sorry ---

the web site is

http://www.safer-networking.org/



-----Original Message-----
From: Cheryl Rigsbee
Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 2:18 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] FW: OT: Strange Computer Happenings


sounds like you might have some spy wear software installed that is causing this to happen. I had this problem also and I used a "free" software call spybot to find and delete the intruding programs. www.spybot.com
I have had no problems since then.


-----Original Message-----
From: Nora Story [mailto:Nora_Story@...]
Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 1:36 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups. Com
Subject: [Vantage] FW: OT: Strange Computer Happenings




I am hoping someone on the list might be able to point us in the right
direction to clean up a computer problem one of our users is having on his
laptop. Any time his computer is booted up, after a while a program kicks
in and automatically changes his preferred browser and through that new
browser, will log him onto, shall we say, a less than desirable site. If he
clicks on it to close it out, it blasts in 10-30 more sites immediately.
The only way to stop them is to end task for all of them. This will happen
even if the user is not currently active in his browser. If he is on a site
at the time, it will kick him off of that site. If he is not even connected
to the internet with the cable, it still will open the new browser and try
to log onto the internet. I think whatever blocking software he has can now
identify and block some of the sites, but we have not been able to find how
the browser is getting changed.

Has anyone had any experience in getting rid of such a thing?
=======================================================================
Nora Story Spectra Technologies
Project Administrator 1505 Royal Parkway
Phone: 817-540-4475 ext.105 Euless, Texas 76040
Fax: 817-540-4439 Nora_Story@...
=======================================================================


Useful links for the Yahoo!Groups Vantage Board are: ( Note: You must have already linked your email address to a yahoo id to enable access. )
(1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report Builder and Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
(2) To search through old msg's goto: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages
(3) To view links to Vendors that provide Vantage services goto: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/links

Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service < http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> .




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(1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report Builder and Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
(2) To search through old msg's goto: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages
(3) To view links to Vendors that provide Vantage services goto: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/links

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