[pchelpers] Re: Unknown attack

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I thought I would help you out there is a bunch of urls in there.--check =
them out.
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Tonia=20
  To: pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx=20
  Sent: Monday, December 24, 2001 7:12 PM
  Subject: [pchelpers] Re: Unknown attack



   Hi Jackie, yes I tried to find a way to contact them but I had =
deleted that newsletter and their website doesn't have any link for =
contact. Anyway haven't found it yet. I'll keep looking and email them =
when I find their contact address. Thanks for the suggestion, Jackie. =
=A7:^)
  =20
  Tonia
    Jackie MacWhirter <jmacwhirter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:=20
  Hi Tonia: Can you contact the website-owner and tell them what =
happened--?
  Maybe they could help you or explain? -Just a thought-- Jackie
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Tonia
  To: pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  Sent: Monday, December 24, 2001 7:52 AM
  Subject: [pchelpers] Re: Unknown attack



  Hi Robert
  Yes, I'm still around. I have a back up machine so if one doesn't work =
I
  fire up the other. I need that redundancy for my work. I work from =
home on
  weekends and that means I need my Internet connection at those times.
  My hdd is barely six months old and so are my RAMs. In fact I had new =
ones
  installed just a few months ago. If it's hardware, then I have no =
worries.
  It's still under warranty! =A7:^)
  I experienced this problem only after I clicked on the link to try to =
read
  about the case brought by CompTIA against Troytech for copyright
  violatation. Something got installed immediately I clicked on the link =
and
  that link didn't take me anywhere either. Oh well, it's still a =
mystery to
  me. It'd be interesting to know what or why this is happening. Then =
again
  you may be right and I'd been given a lemon of a hdd.
  I'm not wiping the hdd yet. I want to find out what exactly is =
happening
  first.
  Thanks for the feedback. =A7:^)

  Tonia

  pchelp=20
  wrote:
  Don't know if you are still around but it sounds like you may have a =
hdd
  going bad. OR... bad memory. I have had the experiences you mentioned
  with both those media.

  Robert McLellan

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: "Tonia"
  To:

  Sent: Monday, December 24, 2001 1:36 AM
  Subject: [pchelpers] Re: Unknown attack


  >
  > Hi John
  >
  > Thanks for the tip. Norton was beaten with this one. When I =
suspected
  something wasn't right I tried to bring up NAV to do a scan but it =
won't
  even start, giving an error instead. It was just stone dead!
  > This strange phenomenon sure is weird! I know it zapped my Lotus =
WordPro
  and some other apps. I can still log onto the web at times and it is =
only at
  around late afternoon, strange things begins to happen. So during one =
of
  those times when things were working ok, I downloaded AVG and did a =
scan. It
  hanged at one file and I had to shut it down by brute force! I wonder
  if it's a virus at all. I had NAV on all the time and it didn't catch =
this
  one. Instead it got zapped. AVG tells me no virus was found. Yesterday
  while trying to boot up, I got the 'window protection' error. And then =
it
  won't shut down, instead hanging at the 'windows is shutting down' =
screen.
  Looks like I may have to start all over again. I'll try the HP system
  recovery CD to see if it works. Otherwise I'd have no choice but to
  reformat.
  > In the meantime I'll search around the web and see if I can find =
anything.
  Checking my registry didn't turn up anything suspicious. I'll let you =
know
  if I find anything resembling this odd critter.
  > The worse part of this thing is not knowing what bit me! Oh well, =
it's a
  learning experience. I learned to read all pop-ups before clicking OK =
or
  Open! =A7:^)
  > Thanks for your suggestions and off of help.
  > Tonia
  >
  > John Ford wrote:
  > Tonia,
  > Another thing that you could do would be to load and install another =
virus
  > program on your infected machine. Most of the time when installing a
  > program such as those you are able to answer a question something =
like "is
  > your machine infected with a virus" or something to that effect.
  >
  > Norton's program will allow you to do that and perhaps it may locate =
the
  > problem and at least quarantine it for you and at the very least =
give you
  a
  > name for the critter and then using your older machine you could get =
the
  > information needed to isolate and remove from your HD on your newer
  machine.
  > I am surprised if you had a virus program running that it did not =
detect
  > anything when you clicked open on the pop up window.
  >
  > If you get he name of the virus and need our help from the list do =
not
  > hesitate to ask and maybe we can collectively come up with a =
solution or
  at
  > the very least get you the instructions needed to help you remove =
it.
  >
  > John F
  >
  > -----Original Message-----
  > From: pchelpers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  > [mailto:pchelpers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Tonia
  > Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2001 1:32 AM
  > To: pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  > Subject: [pchelpers] Unknown attack
  >
  >
  >
  > Hi all
  > I've got the strangest thing happen to me yesterday while I was on =
line. I
  > was reading an article in a newsletter from Cramsession and clicked =
on a
  > link which said "Read More". What I got was a pop up window like =
what you
  > get when you want to download something and it prompts you to save =
to disk
  > or open in current window etc. Without thinking I clicked on =
Open....and
  > that opened a Pandora box! I noticed something being installed on my
  > system. Before I could do anything to stop it, it was all over! So =
were my
  > apps, Internet connection, Outlook Express email etc. Nothing works
  anymore.
  > The icon of the Word Viewer turned into a black pokemon-like =
monster!
  > I have been reading this Cramsession newsletter for some years. It's =
all
  > about exams and certifications and other techie stuff. This =
particular
  > article was on CompTIA suing Troytech so I didn't even think of =
reading
  what
  > that pop up window was about. After shutting it down I booted up my =
older
  > machine to continue with my work. Later that evening, I went back to =
it
  and
  > it seemed to work fine. Didn't give it a thought this morning when I
  started
  > it up. But towards the later part of the morning it started to act =
funny!
  It
  > killed my Lotus WordPro, even notepad won't start up! And the online
  > mentoring chat window just went blank! I went to shut down at =
"Start" but
  > it refused to start! I normally use the winkey for that but seeing =
it
  won't
  > work I used the mouse and what I got was a small square with a =
computer
  icon
  > saying "shut down". But fortunately it worked and I managed to shut =
it
  down.
  > I wonder if anyone here had this experience. I want to know what was
  planted
  > on my machine. I'm using Win98SE on an HP Brio workstation. Never =
given me
  > any problem till now. I hope I'm not zombiefied!
  > Any advice would be most appreciate...before I reformat which means =
I lose
  > everything. Haven't backed up a thing yet!
  >
  > TIA.
  > Tonia
  >
  >
  >
  >
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