Problem with something taking over IE--

While surfing I answered yes to a ms looking message and I
am in the crud on anything but firefox on the internet. If
I try to go on line with IE I get three pop-ups and an
error message inside IE itself. Q: Is there a way to sort
this out without a big time envolvement that works? I have
Norton SW 2002 and it's not solving the problem. My system
is: ASUSA7N8X-X, AMD XP 2600, 80GB, 512 DDR, running Me,
personal/business use. I'm 58 and just learning. Thanx--
Chuck

"lbsccm" wrote in message

While surfing I answered yes to a ms looking message and I
am in the crud on anything but firefox on the internet. If
I try to go on line with IE I get three pop-ups and an
error message inside IE itself. Q: Is there a way to sort
this out without a big time envolvement that works? I have
Norton SW 2002 and it's not solving the problem. My system
is: ASUSA7N8X-X, AMD XP 2600, 80GB, 512 DDR, running Me,
personal/business use. I'm 58 and just learning. Thanx--
Chuck

First eliminate any scumware.
CAUTION!!!!! Before you try to remove spyware using any of these programs ,
download a copy of LSPFIX from any of the following sites:
http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm
http://www.spychecker.com/program/winsockxpfix.html
(if your OS is Win2k or XP) The process of removing certain malware may kill
your internet connection. If this should occur, this program, LSPFIX, will
enable you to regain your connection.

See
Dealing with Unwanted Malware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

Note that AdAware and SpyBot S & D will each catch some things the other
won't. Also, each needs to be updated with the program's update function
before every use, even when just downloaded. There's also a lot more to do
than just those two programs. CWShredder is also available he
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs...cwshredder.zip
**Post your HijackThis log to
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/ or the Spyware forum at
http://forum.aumha.org/ for expert analysis, not here.**
Alternative download pages for Ad-Aware, Spybot, HijackThis and CWShredder
may be found on this page:
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm.


See this link for information about malwa
http://arstechnica.com/articles/paedia/malware.ars

If nothing there helps, please post back to this thread.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
Please respond in Newsgroup only. Do not send email
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Protect your PC
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

-----Original Message-----
"lbsccm" wrote in
message

While surfing I answered yes to a ms looking message and I
am in the crud on anything but firefox on the internet. If
I try to go on line with IE I get three pop-ups and an
error message inside IE itself. Q: Is there a way to sort
this out without a big time envolvement that works? I have
Norton SW 2002 and it's not solving the problem. My system
is: ASUSA7N8X-X, AMD XP 2600, 80GB, 512 DDR, running Me,
personal/business use. I'm 58 and just learning. Thanx--
Chuck

First eliminate any scumware.
CAUTION!!!!! Before you try to remove spyware using any
of these programs ,
download a copy of LSPFIX from any of the following sites:
http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm
http://www.spychecker.com/program/winsockxpfix.html
(if your OS is Win2k or XP) The process of removing
certain malware may kill
your internet connection. If this should occur, this
program, LSPFIX, will
enable you to regain your connection.

See
Dealing with Unwanted Malware, Parasites, Toolbars and
Search Engines
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

Note that AdAware and SpyBot S & D will each catch some
things the other
won't. Also, each needs to be updated with the program's
update function
before every use, even when just downloaded. There's also
a lot more to do
than just those two programs. CWShredder is also
available he
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs...cwshredder.zip
**Post your HijackThis log to
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/ or the Spyware forum at
http://forum.aumha.org/ for expert analysis, not here.**
Alternative download pages for Ad-Aware, Spybot,
HijackThis and CWShredder
may be found on this page:
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm.


See this link for information about malwa
http://arstechnica.com/articles/paedia/malware.ars

If nothing there helps, please post back to this thread.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
Please respond in Newsgroup only. Do not send email
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Protect your PC
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/


.
Frank:

Thank you for the response. I have several questions, I
hope you don't mind? What is "scumeware" and how would I
recognize it. Is there a way to identify it as
distinguished from correct programing? Would it be better
to fdisk this mother and reenter my software and mark a
restoration point so that in the future and now there is
not so much time wasted? I feel there is too much of an
mismatch and I won't get a clean job from the beginning and
in the future. Also, I wished there was a way to find
periphery, duplicate and obsolete files. I do not want to
necessarily limit the input or places I can go. It is just
as obnoxious, to me, to have all these warnings come up as
it is pop-up windows. It seems that I have a trade-off
with exposure vs. limitations Slowing me down. So... is
there a way to personally or via some ms or market software
or textbook that might help me quickly be better equiped to
deal with this problem or is that the purpose of "system
restore"?
Thanx--Chuck

-----Original Message-----
"lbsccm" wrote in
message

While surfing I answered yes to a ms looking message and I
am in the crud on anything but firefox on the internet. If
I try to go on line with IE I get three pop-ups and an
error message inside IE itself. Q: Is there a way to sort
this out without a big time envolvement that works? I have
Norton SW 2002 and it's not solving the problem. My system
is: ASUSA7N8X-X, AMD XP 2600, 80GB, 512 DDR, running Me,
personal/business use. I'm 58 and just learning. Thanx--
Chuck

First eliminate any scumware.
CAUTION!!!!! Before you try to remove spyware using any
of these programs ,
download a copy of LSPFIX from any of the following sites:
http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm
http://www.spychecker.com/program/winsockxpfix.html
(if your OS is Win2k or XP) The process of removing
certain malware may kill
your internet connection. If this should occur, this
program, LSPFIX, will
enable you to regain your connection.

See
Dealing with Unwanted Malware, Parasites, Toolbars and
Search Engines
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

Note that AdAware and SpyBot S & D will each catch some
things the other
won't. Also, each needs to be updated with the program's
update function
before every use, even when just downloaded. There's also
a lot more to do
than just those two programs. CWShredder is also
available he
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs...cwshredder.zip
**Post your HijackThis log to
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/ or the Spyware forum at
http://forum.aumha.org/ for expert analysis, not here.**
Alternative download pages for Ad-Aware, Spybot,
HijackThis and CWShredder
may be found on this page:
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm.


See this link for information about malwa
http://arstechnica.com/articles/paedia/malware.ars

If nothing there helps, please post back to this thread.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
Please respond in Newsgroup only. Do not send email
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Protect your PC
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/


.
Frank:

I have learned a lot, but still feel overwhelmed. I
learned: Filters on medium; I have protection devices
available; and I am not sure from that point forward. I
want to know more... so the only way I know to get this
project undercontroll is to ask questions. Are you the
person to ask? Would I insult you by asking basic question
like:my ie does not function properly...It comes on with
popups and a error message in the body of ie, not as a sml.
info. window. I can open ie in Firefox but ie has a tool
bar named "Intelligent Explorer" in it and it would seem
compromised. Fudge! This leads to another question: I
tryed to locate the program "intl. exp." but didnot even
come close-- I used Norton cleansweep and browsed file
after file and might have found it, but...since I can't
tell where all it's parts are and what they connect to
surgery seems futile, and a waste of time. My main
thought now is to stop the bleeding and use your optimum
"preventitive" stuff, put up with warning signs (until I
learn how to put stuff in "trusted" categories) and wipe
this compromised program set out and establish a start
period that if and when all else fails I can refresh to and
be back in bubububussssinessssss!!!!!

Sorry to dump on you, but if you are not the person to
bottle feed neophyte's, please direct me to one of your
departments/people, colleague's