Jean, Make sure you unplug your modem from your phone jack or you could end up with charges on your phone bill for calls to some far out countries. Then, have someone knowledgeable look at your PC. Also be sure that your system is protected by the latest AV software definitions that you use. Ken Quinn Vice President of Parade Organization United Irish Societies of Montreal, Inc. www.montrealirishparade.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean Atkinson" <chapeloak@tesco.net> To: <GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2004 2:04 PM Subject: [Gen-Comp-Tips] asking for help with a homepage hijacker etc. > Hi all, could someone give me some advice please about the results of a page > that my son looked at on the Internet? The page he looked at has put it's > own dialler on the computer in the DialUp Networking folder and every few > minutes this dialler cuts us off and immediately dials up to the web site > that it's connected with. I have tried to delete the dialler in the normal > way, but it just keeps coming back. Also, there are a couple of pictures > from the web site he looked at that keep popping up at the same time as the > dialler cuts us off. In addition to that the web page, www. Pureseekers. > com. , keeps making itself my home page, maybe this is what triggers off the > bogus dialler, I'm not sure. > I'm on Windows 98 if anyone could give me any "Plain English" instructions > as to how to get these things off I'd be really grateful. I have downloaded > two programmes, one is Ad-Aware (the free version) and the other is Spyware > Nuker 2004. I've scanned the machine with both of these and they found a > couple of things but not the ones that I wanted them to find. Thanking you > for reading this message. Kind regards, Jean. > > > ==== GEN-COMP-TIPS Mailing List ==== > Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites of the Internet: > http://www.cyndislist.com > > ============================== > You can manage your RootsWeb-Review subscription from > http://newsletters.rootsweb.com/ > >

Jean, Spyware Nuker is considered Spyware. You should try Spybot. It is updated frequently, so perhaps it will fix your problem. It is free, but they welcome donations. You can find it at http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html. John Vilburn Ohana Software LLC www.ohanasoftware.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean Atkinson" <chapeloak@tesco.net> To: <GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2004 2:04 PM Subject: [Gen-Comp-Tips] asking for help with a homepage hijacker etc. > Hi all, could someone give me some advice please about the results of a page > that my son looked at on the Internet? The page he looked at has put it's > own dialler on the computer in the DialUp Networking folder and every few > minutes this dialler cuts us off and immediately dials up to the web site > that it's connected with. I have tried to delete the dialler in the normal > way, but it just keeps coming back. Also, there are a couple of pictures > from the web site he looked at that keep popping up at the same time as the > dialler cuts us off. In addition to that the web page, www. Pureseekers. > com. , keeps making itself my home page, maybe this is what triggers off the > bogus dialler, I'm not sure. > I'm on Windows 98 if anyone could give me any "Plain English" instructions > as to how to get these things off I'd be really grateful. I have downloaded > two programmes, one is Ad-Aware (the free version) and the other is Spyware > Nuker 2004. I've scanned the machine with both of these and they found a > couple of things but not the ones that I wanted them to find. Thanking you > for reading this message. Kind regards, Jean. > > > ==== GEN-COMP-TIPS Mailing List ==== > Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites of the Internet: > http://www.cyndislist.com > > ============================== > You can manage your RootsWeb-Review subscription from > http://newsletters.rootsweb.com/ > > ==== GEN-COMP-TIPS Mailing List ==== DO NOT open unexpected file attachments from people, even if you know them. Verify with the sender first. This may be your only line of defence, other than AV Software, against mail "viruses" ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid= 1237