alistair_craven
2005-12-07, 21:10
Hello!
I don't know what i did yesterday, but i infected my PC for the first time in 6 months with some malware that hijacks IE. The start page is modified to hxxp://www.yoursystemupdate.com where i am agressively invited to download antispyware programs, because my computer is infected. The only infection is this pest. Related sites are hxxp://onlinesecuritytest.net/ and hxxp://securityindex.net/] The pest also places two shortcuts on my desktop that lead to the above sites and imitate Windows XP icons related to security updates. There are also entries in the start-menu and in the favorites tab. Each time i am redirected, or Y!msg notifies me that i have new mail and i open the window, i get an error page and the message that my adware program prevents the access and i should download their crap.
Except spybot SD with TeaTimer, i also use Avast Home Edition and ZoneLabs Personal Firewall. Yesterday i updated both of them and after that i noticed the occurence. Another strange thing is that the firewall asks me if i want to grant persmission to Winlogon.. and i said yes.
After numerous scans, i have found no culprit. What shall i do? Please help me!
Firefox is not affected.
I don't know what i did yesterday, but i infected my PC for the first time in 6 months with some malware that hijacks IE. The start page is modified to hxxp://www.yoursystemupdate.com where i am agressively invited to download antispyware programs, because my computer is infected. The only infection is this pest. Related sites are hxxp://onlinesecuritytest.net/ and hxxp://securityindex.net/] The pest also places two shortcuts on my desktop that lead to the above sites and imitate Windows XP icons related to security updates. There are also entries in the start-menu and in the favorites tab. Each time i am redirected, or Y!msg notifies me that i have new mail and i open the window, i get an error page and the message that my adware program prevents the access and i should download their crap.
Except spybot SD with TeaTimer, i also use Avast Home Edition and ZoneLabs Personal Firewall. Yesterday i updated both of them and after that i noticed the occurence. Another strange thing is that the firewall asks me if i want to grant persmission to Winlogon.. and i said yes.
After numerous scans, i have found no culprit. What shall i do? Please help me!
Firefox is not affected.