Bob, I have been experiencing similar problems as our friend. The difference
is that I WAS searching porn sites. I'm currently going through the process
you listed below. Thanks for your help and in future I'll take the advise you
offered Flores and STFA from porn sites.

"Bob Smith" wrote:

>
> "kurttrail" <dontemailme@anywhereintheknowuniverse.org> wrote in message
> news:OmlgWeevFHA.1392@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > floresrikitic@hotmail.com wrote:
> > > This one doesn't seem to be affecting things too much EXCEPT
> > > that I now have a wallpaper that won't go away. It's a blood-
> > > red screen with a black area in the middle with "DANGER: SPYWARE"
> > > flashing in huge red letters. Then it goes on to tell me how
> > > I can pay them extortion money (my words not theirs) "for as
> > > low as $49.95" to get rid of the shit. My homepage had also
> > > been replaced by a warning from them, that I was being watched,
> > > along with listing my DNS etc. etc. (I think I've gotten
> > > rid of that problem, but the wallpaper I haven't been able to.)
> > >
> > > All this crap started yesterday after very briefly visiting
> > > an adult site. I wish they all had one neck and my hands
> > > were around it. It'll stop when these scum start being sent
> > > to prison for doing this. I've run HijackThis and Spybot,
> > > and have of course tried to change my wallpaper, but of course
> > > they've covered that and I can't override what they've done.
> > > Not yet anyway. Anybody know about this one and what to
> > > do to solve it? Thanks a bunch.
> >
> > LOL! People that get spyware, get what they pay for, and deserve it.
>
> I concur. Now, in saying that, here are some suggestions to get rid of that
> bugger. First, make a note of who is offering that $49.95 fix, as you can
> use that information to report them to the government authorities.
>
> Next, make sure that your Anti-Virus software definitions file is up to
> date. Click on the update feature to see.
>
> Go back into Spybot S & D, and check for a more recent updated definitions
> file. Go into the inoculate tab, and inoculate your system. Don't run the
> program yet.
>
> Go to www.majorgeeks.com , click on their spyware detection link in the left
> frame, and download SpywareBlaster & Ad-Aware SE. Install each one of them,
> and then click their update functions to make sure that you have the most
> recent definition files. Don't run Ad-Aware just yet.
>
> Reboot your computer into safe mode, and then run your anti-virus program,
> Ad-Aware & Spybot ... one at a time. Either one of those programs should be
> able to find and delete that nasty. Reboot your computer into regular mode
> and see if it shows up again.
>
> If it does, then run HiJackThis and post your log at one of the following
> forums.
>
> (http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=30)
> (http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/forum22.html)
> (http://castlecops.com/forum67.html)
> (http://forums.maddoktor2.com/index.php?showforum=17)
> (http://www.spywarewarrior.com/viewforum.php?f=2)
> (http://forums.spywareinfo.com/index.php?showforum=18)
> (http://www.wilderssecurity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=24)
> (http://boards.cexx.org/viewforum.php?f=1)
> (http://www.malwarebytes.biz/forums/i...hp?showforum=5)
> (http://forum.gladiator-antivirus.com/index.php)
> (http://www.dslreports.com/forum/security)
>
> Someone from one of these sites can provide some answers for you.
>
> Oh one more thing ... STFA from porn sites ...
>
> Bob
>
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