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How to Kill a pop up
I have some form of malware on my old W98SE machine that I can't get rid of.
I don't really want to do a clean disk format/reload if I can avoid it. The screen comes up with an "About Blank" window that you can click on to take you to websites. By "right clicking" to get to the page properties I can see the main address, but a search of my whole hard drive for a file that contains this text is fruitless. Are there any suggestions on where this pop up is coming from? Thanks |
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How to Kill a pop up
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Brad had this to say: My reply is at the bottom of your sent message: I have some form of malware on my old W98SE machine that I can't get rid of. I don't really want to do a clean disk format/reload if I can avoid it. The screen comes up with an "About Blank" window that you can click on to take you to websites. By "right clicking" to get to the page properties I can see the main address, but a search of my whole hard drive for a file that contains this text is fruitless. Are there any suggestions on where this pop up is coming from? Thanks Try a scan... Gł - Windows All Platforms + General: Malware Cleaning and Repair: http://kgiii.info/windows/all/general/malwarefix.html That is pretty general. Poking about for a reputable forum and asking where to post your HJT logs (I've never used one of the forums so can't really lay a claim as to which is the best and if you posted it to mine I'd probably be pretty grouchy but I'd look at it but I'd still be grouchy) might be a good idea. It may well just be a dorked add-on? My normal snippet is this: Malware Cleaning: http://kgiii.info/windows/all/general/malwarefix.html After that look for poorly coded plug-ins. BHODemon 2.0: http://www.definitivesolutions.com/bhodemon.htm One thing to note is that you'll be able to boot to safe mode without networking, load IE - it will complain about not connecting - and from there you can probably go ahead and see what plug-ins are enabled or you can just use the above application... Finally... How to reinstall or repair Internet Explorer and Outlook Express: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=318378 Ignore the last one - that's not something you really need to accomplish at this point I don't believe. I'd start with the first two. (Note also that you can't really boot into safe mode without networking - you can't boot into safe mode with networking really so it's not an option on 98.) -- Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE) http://dts-l.org/ http://kgiii.info/ "At present I am, as you know, fairly busy, but I propose to devote my declining years to the composition of a textbook which shall focus the whole art of detection into one volume." - Sherlock Holmes |
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