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Posted by Webbster, Daniel on August 19, 2006, 9:50 am
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Disregard, Pandaman found me in the other group. Gracias.
Webbster
Webbster, Daniel gave microsoft.public.security.virus this:
> I posted this topic in microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin a few
> minutes ago.
> *
>
> I'm going to buy a new HD and re-install XP, but if anyone is
> interested.
>
> Preface: I know the link where I picked this up but I'm not posting it
> here.
>
> *
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> I was searching on google for song lyrics in firefox.
>
> something looked interesting and I clicked on the cached link.
>
> firefox closed very quickly.
>
> since it was early in the morning I followed the same procedure. stupid
> man.
>
> what I caught did something to the wallpaper, I think it turned my
> desktop into a black background active page.
>
> The IE browser usage drives the processor to 100 percent immediately.
> Other steps will drive up the processor as well.
>
> The wallpaper screensaver functions are muzzled, can't do anything
> really.
>
> There was white text above the sys tray on the screen, not boxed, about
> "windows security central" warning me, and then an icon in the tray
> begging me to click it for virus removal.
>
> When I reboot my own screensaver wallpaper shows for a moment.
>
> I installed norton antivirus from CD (a new purchase yesterday) but the
> web browser firefox is not allowed on a few on the online scan sites I
> went to.
>
> Ummm, I was interested in this prior thread in this group:
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin/
> brow
> se_frm/thread/3badd28e44822940/d086c3d9a59cd5b7?lnk=st&q=virus+%22active+
> desk top%22+xp&rnum=6&hl=en#d086c3d9a59cd5b7
>
> If anyone wants the link to the virus or trojan let me know how to send
> it to you.
>
> Webbster.
>
>
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