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[pearwaldorf]

Pop-up toolbar spreads via IE flaws

The flaws could let any attacker with a Web site send an e-mail message or an instant message with a link that, when clicked on by an Internet Explorer user, would cause a program to run on that victim's computer.

Heads up, IE users. And I can recommend many other browsers that work so much better than Internet Explorer. Seriously. Once you encounter tabbed browsing you'll never go back. And all of them have built-in popup killer support.

Comments

[nosanityxf.livejournal.com]

fucking hell, I totally got this same trojan virus last week. It's been a nightmare. If you see any more website about how to get rid of this shit, send it my way :)

-Rachel

[sonatine.livejournal.com]

First thing you need to do is download adaware (http://www.lavasoftusa.com/) (left sidebar, just plain "adaware") and spybot (http://download.com.com/3000-2144-10194058.html?tag=lst-0-1). Run those, and see what happens. Both should have options to get rid of the crap (and every computer has it, it's just one of those unpleasant side effects of Microsoft products) it finds for you. I believe Spyware also has an "inoculate" option to make sure you don't download any of that crap by mistake. You should run it about every month or so to make sure it catches anything else you might download.

If you still have problems, go to Panda Activescan (http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/com/activescan_principal.htm) and let the utility do a complete scan of your hard drive. If it comes up with a virus name, punch that into Google and you will most certainly come up with a removal utility. And it bears repeating, but keep your virus software up to date or find one that automatically updates.

[scaredsquee.livejournal.com]

I'm very confused by all of
this, since I've never run any
type of virus scan ever. so
if you could help me through it
one night? I'd really appreciate
that. Thanks! ::D

[scaredsquee.livejournal.com]

oh, and I'd like to get rid
of IE, because thats all I use
and your recommendations on
what I should use instead would
be quite helpful as well. I'm
quite tech-savvy impaired. ::(