Chacham's Journal: IE Popup Spam

Just got a call. Someone got one of those popup porn spams, that puts itself in the favorites, takes over the homepage, redirects the active page every few minutes, and so on. I've actually cleared it from his computer before (by finding the resident program), though of late, they're getting tougher to beat.

He's tried AdAware and Spybot. Another friend had this and i tried and tried. Even reinstalled IE. We tried AdAware, Spybot, and others. None worked. XP's task manager didn't show anything suspicious running. He finally switched to Mozilla.

I'm scheduled to go and try to help this guy tomorrow, though i doubt i'll be able to do it, (unless the newsgroups help). I will probably switch him to Mozilla.

After searching the newsgroups last itme, all the resolutions didn't help. I wonder what they are exploiting.

some of the newer malwares

[Coventry]

Install themselves as part of the winsock stack - as a 'Layered Service Provider' - thus you don't see anything extra runing, since they are just a library called by the normal winsock services. These malware can act like a selective proxy, causing behaivor like you describe, and be tough to get rid of.

Whats worse, if you get rid of them the wrong way, they can fubar your winsock stack and cause all sorts of problems, such as preventing dhcp renewals.

I found a util that can remove many of these, don't le

Re:some of the newer malwares

[Chacham]

Thanx. Ran the bottom program for XP that it listed. Seemed to do the trick! (Except it didn't remove the search entries, but that was easily taken care of.)

Thanx so much.

Re:Rant: Slashdot: poor writing [ot]

[Chacham]

>Just got a call.
No subject.

That's why it's a JE and not a story. :)

It gives it a more personal flavor when the subject, that refers to the writer, is missing. As if it a thought, and not just a story. And this isn't an excuse, it was intended.

>He's tried AdAware of Spybot.

Is "of" supposed to be "and?"

Thanx! Corrected.

I wonder why i use different words when writing what i am thinking.

This one might be forgivable, as I believe most other languages capitalize "you" and and lowercase "I," but

Re:Rant: Slashdot: poor writing [ot]

[subgeek]

That's why it's a JE and not a story. :)

i bet /. editors would give a similar excuse. to them, slashdot is basically their journal. they see the millions of hits as meaning that their journal is very important and well respected, not as indication that /. has grown beyond being mr. malda's personal blog.

Re:Rant: Slashdot: poor writing [ot]

[FroMan]

Hehe, well, doesn't that beat all, here we have someone mod me troll in your journal Chacham... hehehe... Bummer...

Re:Rant: Slashdot: poor writing [ot]

[Chacham]

I've been modded down in my own JE. :P

Doesn't matter, your always +5 to me. (aww...)