Author Topic: OK, now I am hosed (Read 1300 times)

videoholic · « **on:** June 21, 2003, 03:12:08 PM »

OK, this just started happening today.

I GET WINDOWS POPPING UP CONSTANTLY!!!

I can have nothing running, leave the computer, come back 5 minutes later and there will be at least 4 windows open.

They are constantly opening.

also now my windows installer is screwed up so I can\'t install software that uses it.

My EZ CD 6 is screwed up so I can\'t burn CDs. I was going to reinstall it and that is when I found out the windows installer is screwed up.

I can\'t find anywhere to download installer. I found windows installer for older versions of the OS, but not XP.

I may just reinstall XP and say screw it.

« **Reply #1 on:** June 21, 2003, 04:00:45 PM »

have you tried system restore?

videoholic · « **Reply #2 on:** June 21, 2003, 04:08:17 PM »

I see system resotre in the control panel and it just says that it is monitoring the drives. How do I get it to revert to an old setting?

videoholic · « **Reply #3 on:** June 21, 2003, 04:10:06 PM »

And I think the installer may just be messed up for EZCD.

But these popups are driving me insane. Adaware and spybot both find crap every time I run them. very very annoying

It\'s the same ones over and over again.

counter.com which redirects to several including search-4u, searchtheusa and myfirstsearch

and a couple others I don\'t remember

This seems to be the main culprit. ANy way for me to search for this thing and why it triggers every couple minutes.

videoholic · « **Reply #4 on:** June 21, 2003, 05:27:40 PM »

OH MY GOD I AM GOING TO KILL SOMEONE!!!!!

THIS IS DRIVING ME MAD!!!!

« **Reply #5 on:** June 21, 2003, 06:19:13 PM »

Pop-ups are usually from spyware. If Ad-aware AND Spybot don\'t find anything, could you possibly have a virus? Check for free here:
http://www.mcafee.com/myapps/mfs/default.asp

videoholic · « **Reply #6 on:** June 21, 2003, 06:27:57 PM »

I come back to my computer and I have three with nothing running.

Discounted Pills

Wefind4you

And Enlarge your penis.

I have Virus protection on all the time. Let me give it a run.

« **Reply #7 on:** June 21, 2003, 07:43:48 PM »

Go get pop-up stopper and set it to aggressive mode, and leave it on.

« **Reply #8 on:** June 21, 2003, 08:33:30 PM »

Norton
Add/Remove Programs
Adaware

in that order.

« **Reply #9 on:** June 21, 2003, 11:58:04 PM »

Perhaps you should stop browsing those nasty porn sites.

And get your penis enlarged.

videoholic · « **Reply #10 on:** June 22, 2003, 03:57:10 AM »

14 instances of winpup32 trojan virus in my temporary internet files folder.

I must have just gotten it yesterday because this is the first time I have woken up and had 32 popups on my screen.

Now I have quarentined the virus, hopefully I can get rid of it without doing much work.

videoholic · « **Reply #11 on:** June 22, 2003, 04:09:18 AM »

I haven\'t had a pop up in over ten minutes so I think the quarentine may be working.

§ôµÏG®ïñD · « **Reply #12 on:** June 22, 2003, 06:36:26 AM »

u tried stopping messenger service?

Cerberus · « **Reply #13 on:** June 22, 2003, 10:20:18 AM »

I\'ve heard of this (or something similar) before, someone told me that he couldn\'t delete it, and antivirus software couldn\'t get rid of it either, in the end, all he could do was reset his PC to the factory settings.

« **Reply #14 on:** June 22, 2003, 11:32:26 AM »

What soul said... Disable the Windows Messenger service. It is in your control panel under admin tools/services/messenger - click on properties to disable it. Everyone should do that... as for your problem - nasty virus there what AV are you using?

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Author Topic: OK, now I am hosed (Read 1300 times)