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senoritafish ([personal profile] senoritafish) wrote2004-08-23 03:00 pm
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If you happen to be looking for song lyrics, avoid LetsSingIt dot com like the plague.

I think that's where all this adware crap on my computer came from. Also something nasty called BKDR_BERBEW.L, which likes to steal passwords. Thanks [livejournal.com profile] dipster, for turning me on to Housecall, which I've been running regularly. It keeps finding stuff that Spybot, AdAware and Norton are not finding, however, I think my machine is still not completely clean. I am still getting pop-ups, and now IE is putting up "please wait while this page loads, and in the meantime, look at this ad..." (the URL at the top is www.ads234.com) on websites that I know perfectly well do not have ads on them - like the link from my LJ profile to my friends page.
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[identity profile] senoritafish.livejournal.com 2004-08-24 11:52 am (UTC)(link)
Hmm.
There already was a "Hosts" file with a bunch of URLS in it. So I added those to the bottom (the number was in the first column, rather than visa versa). Now the ad page still comes up anytime I click my friends link, but the URL is now:

http://64.95.76.7/inBetween.aspx

I added that as well, but it is still coming up.

(Dipster, I know you've been helping out of the kindness of your heart, but I hope I'm not being a bother...Thanks for the tips and I was mostly just bitching)
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[identity profile] senoritafish.livejournal.com 2004-08-24 11:58 am (UTC)(link)
Never mind - I guess you have to past it a time or two first? It works now. :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

Thank You,
Thank You!