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Browser hijack
Sunday, February 17, 2008 at 2:51 pm
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Posted by George Cowley (143 messages posted)


I was just handed a PC with 1017 viruses/malware/spyware items. My antivirus deleted 
1017 viruses and the machine was virus free after the 4th sweep. I ran AdAware and 
eliminated all the spyware. Then I put it online and did Microsoft updates. As soon 
as I did, I had popup windows for hornywives or something similar and a few other 
items.

Where is this being triggered and how do I eliminate it?




Responses to this message:
*re: Browser hijack (Ricer46: Sunday, February 17, 2008 at 2:59 pm)
*re: Browser hijack (Ari: Sunday, February 17, 2008 at 6:56 pm)
*re: Browser hijack (Kevinh: Monday, February 18, 2008 at 8:01 am)

All messages in this thread [show all]
-Browser hijack (George Cowley: Sun, Feb 17, 2008, 2:51 pm)
-re: Browser hijack (Ricer46: Sun, Feb 17, 2008, 2:59 pm)
-re: Browser hijack (George Cowley: Sun, Feb 17, 2008, 3:01 pm)
-re: Browser hijack (Johnb33: Sun, Feb 17, 2008, 6:14 pm)
-re: Browser hijack (George Cowley: Mon, Feb 18, 2008, 9:49 am)
*re: Browser hijack (Johnb33: Mon, Feb 18, 2008, 10:46 am)
-re: Browser hijack (Dan Sarandrea, MCSE: Mon, Feb 18, 2008, 9:33 am)
-re: Browser hijack (George Cowley: Mon, Feb 18, 2008, 10:38 am)
-re: Browser hijack (Dan Sarandrea, MCSE: Mon, Feb 18, 2008, 2:45 pm)
-re: Browser hijack (George Cowley: Tue, Feb 19, 2008, 6:56 am)
-re: Browser hijack (Dan Sarandrea, MCSE: Tue, Feb 19, 2008, 7:29 am)
-re: Browser hijack (Ari: Tue, Feb 19, 2008, 9:06 am)
-re: Browser hijack (Dan Sarandrea, MCSE: Tue, Feb 19, 2008, 5:23 pm)
-re: Browser hijack (Ari: Tue, Feb 19, 2008, 6:12 pm)
*re: Browser hijack (George Cowley: Wed, Feb 20, 2008, 3:21 pm)
*re: Browser hijack (Ari: Sun, Feb 17, 2008, 6:56 pm)
-re: Browser hijack (Kevinh: Mon, Feb 18, 2008, 8:01 am)
*re: Browser hijack (George Cowley: Mon, Feb 18, 2008, 8:36 am)
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