From: phase90 (phase90@comcast.net)
Date: Fri Feb 20 2004 - 20:04:48 GMT-3
I've been using Ad-aware for about 2 years and it blocks ads and pop-ups
great.
I didn't even know it could be used for Spy-ware. Maybe that's how good it
works!
Jerry
----- Original Message -----
From: "john" <ccie2be@nyc.rr.com>
To: "Kenneth Wygand" <KWygand@customonline.com>; "John"
<net-eng@nyc.rr.com>; "Group Study" <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Friday, February 20, 2004 5:55 PM
Subject: Re: Hijack this
> Hey Ken,
>
> I wished it worked for this cause if it did, I wouldn't have this problem.
> I happen to like ad-aware and use often but it didn't catch this nasty.
>
> John
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kenneth Wygand" <KWygand@customonline.com>
> To: "John" <net-eng@nyc.rr.com>; "Group Study" <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
> Sent: Friday, February 20, 2004 5:43 PM
> Subject: RE: Hijack this
>
>
> > I use Lavasoft's Ad Aware (www.ad-aware.com).
> >
> > Works like a charm! (Kills file sharing applications though that check
> > for ad/spyware applications before allowing the application to be
> > executed).
> >
> > Good luck!
> >
> > Kenneth E. Wygand
> > Systems Engineer, Project Services
> > CISSP #37102, CCNP, CCDP, ACSP, Cisco IPT Design Specialist, MCP, CNA,
> > Network+, A+
> > Custom Computer Specialists, Inc.
> > "The only unattainable goal is the one not attempted."
> > -Anonymous
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> > John
> > Sent: Friday, February 20, 2004 5:33 PM
> > To: Group Study
> > Subject: OT: Hijack this
> >
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > I'm trying to clean out some unauthorize crap that "Hijacking" my start
> > and
> > default page in Internet Explorer 5.5.
> >
> > What this malware does is set my start and default page to:
> > C:\WINDOWS\secure.html
> >
> > In an effort to get rid of this, I went through my registry and change
> > ever
> > setting that references secure.html to about:blank but that didn't work.
> > Ever
> > time I started IE, the start and default pages were changed back to
> > secure.html. I don't really know how to get rid of this annoying
> > malware so I
> > tried google.
> >
> > On google I discovered there's a freeware program called HijackThis that
> > gets
> > rid of this nuisance but, for some reason which I still don't know, I
> > can't
> > download this software.
> >
> > Whenever I try to download this software, and I've tried using Mozilla
> > and IE,
> > I get a connection refused or Page can't be displayed message. I wonder
> > if
> > this malware is preventing me from downloading this freeware.
> >
> > So, I'm wondering if anyone's has already downloaded this software and
> > knows
> > if it works as advertised. Also, I wonder if this software works if
> > someone
> > would be kind enough to email it to me.
> >
> > Thanks very much in advanced, John
> >
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