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  1. Asian1118

    Asian1118 F1 Rookie

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    amenasce Three Time F1 World Champ Silver Subscribed

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    Id say u have a trojan and someone is messing with you ?

    Install counterspy and scan ur HD .
     
    amenasce, Dec 20, 2005
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  3. taber

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    Disconnect from the Internet.

    Have a friend install adaware/spybot search&destroy/crapcleaner/some kind of anti virus program.

    btw, hqseek is some kind of porn website.
     
    taber, Dec 20, 2005
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    Don't forget SP 2 if you haven't already. It helps immensely.
     
    Gran Drewismo, Dec 21, 2005
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    LIKE NOW! Don't try the recs below while still connected.

    try that. If its a bad one you'll have to wipe the HD and re-install Windows, backing up vitals first. Its an unfortunate Internet way of life but you have to be proactive and REGULARLY update everything and scan daily to remove these damn things. Also be sure you have a firewall and some of the ad/spyware blockers to stop them before they get to your PC. Also, did you click on an anon email by chance?
    I like and use and since installing, have NOT had problems-
    TrendMicro
    Ad-Aware
    SpyBlocker
    Spybot
    Of course, if you're a techie you could avoid the Windows security hassles and go with UNIX, LINUX, etc...
    Good luck!
     
    BigAl, Dec 21, 2005
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    PeterS Five Time F1 World Champ Silver Subscribed

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    You get this when you look at too much porn on your computer.
     
    PeterS, Dec 21, 2005
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    Not for me--OS X, baby! Never going back to Windows.

    Good luck, by the way.
     
    b-mak, Dec 21, 2005
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    yep, that too.
     
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    so i did spybot it deleated 13 things and norton found 57 all is well but i noticed that my settings went back to normal my bookmarks were deleted and my skin has went away my web browser mozilla should i be worried because i stored my usernames and passwords through the browser
     
    Asian1118, Dec 21, 2005
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    that had nothing to do with spybot or norton. Still sounds like you got hacked. I'd back up and reinstall.
     
    BigAl, Dec 22, 2005
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    Change your passwords too. If it were me, I'd do so from another machine.


    Once you're compromised, the only way to know you're OK is to flatten the machine and reinstall everything from scratch. I hope you have good backups of your data before the compromise.
     
    GrigioGuy, Dec 22, 2005
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    Sadly, I agree.

    Do you have any kind of hardware or software firewall as a first layer of defense?
     
    taber, Dec 22, 2005
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