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Re: A new hijacking
Posted by quding on October 5th, 2005


try to stop messger

"kurttrail" wrote:

> 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 been replaced by a warning from them, that I was being watched,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.
>
> --
> Peace!
> Kurt
> Self-anointed Moderator
> microscum.pubic.windowsexp.gonorrhea
> http://microscum.com/mscommunity
> "Trustworthy Computing" is only another example of an Oxymoron!
> "Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei"
>
>
>

Posted by kurttrail on October 5th, 2005


quding wrote:
> try to stop messger


OK. I have.

>
> "kurttrail" wrote:
>
>> 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 been replaced by a warning from them, that I was being watched,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.
>>
>> --
>> Peace!
>> Kurt
>> Self-anointed Moderator
>> microscum.pubic.windowsexp.gonorrhea
>> http://microscum.com/mscommunity
>> "Trustworthy Computing" is only another example of an Oxymoron!
>> "Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei"




--
Peace!
Kurt
Self-anointed Moderator
microscum.pubic.windowsexp.gonorrhea
http://microscum.com
"Trustworthy Computing" is only another example of an Oxymoron!
"Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei"



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