Anyone heard of this? it keeps popping up with an
performed illegal operation error message - installed
under windows-system. Can't delete as windows is using -
AGH! HELP!!!

ANDREA

Run your antivirus software, along with an antispyware program such as;

Spybot Search & Destroy
http://security.kolla.de

Ad-Aware
http://www.lavasoftusa.com

Spyware Blaster / Spyware Guard
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com

Win Patrol
www.winpatrol.com/winpatrol.html

--
Regards

Steven Burn
Ur I.T. Mate Group
www.it-mate.co.uk

Keeping it FREE!

Disclaimer:
I know I'm probably wrong, I just like taking part ;o)


Andrea <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1056701c3f367$d8b53080$a001280a@phx.gbl...

Hi Andrea,

I would suggest you start by doing a virus scan with up to date virus
software, then scan for and removing any installed spyware.
If you are in need of virus software, here are a couple to choose from for
free.
Download the software, and in Update Manager run Update
then do a complete virus scan.
Free Offer: eTrust EZ Armor Security Suite from Computer Associates
http://www.my-etrust.com/microsoft/index.cfm
AVG Anti-Virus - Free Download Page:
http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_dwnl_free.php

Search and destroy any installed SpyWare:
Ad-aware is a free multi spyware removal utility that scans
your memory, registry and hard drives for known spyware
components and lets you remove them safely. After installing
Ad-Aware make sure to run the update feature before scanning.
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/

SpywareBlaster:
http://www.wilderssecurity.net/spywareblaster.html
SpywareBlaster doesn't scan and clean for spyware - it
prevents it from ever being installed. SpywareBlaster is
a non memory resident utility. It works by setting a "kill bit"
for the CLSIDs of spyware ActiveX controls, it prevents the
installation of any of them from a webpage.

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
http://dts-l.org/
How to Configure Outlook Express for Internet News:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=171164


"Andrea" wrote

Check your system for "hijackware":

Dealing with Hijackware
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/Darnit.htm#tshoot
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm

CoolWebSearch Chronicles
http://www.merijn.org/cwschronicles.html

You *must* seek updates for Ad-Aware, Spybot, etc., before each and every
use, even "right out of the box". But even then, they can't catch
everything. When all else fails, HijackThis
(http://www.merijn.org/files/hijackthis.zip) is the preferred tool to use.
It will help you to both identify and remove any hijackware/spyware. **Post
your files to http://forums.spywareinfo.com/ or the Spyware forum at
http://forum.aumha.org/ for expert analysis, not here.**

Also update your virus definitions and then run a full system scan. From
now on, do both daily.

[Many anti-spyware sites continue to suffer from a week-long DoS attack.
Alternative download pages for Ad-Aware, Spybot, HijackThis and CWShredder
may be found on this page: http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm.]

So How Did I Get Infected Anyway?
http://boards.cexx.org/viewtopic.php?t=957
--
HTH...Please post back to this thread

~Robear Dyer (aka PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE), AH-VSOP

AumHa Forums
http://forum.mvps.org/

Protect Your PC
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect

Andrea wrote:

It is most likely a trojan on your system.

Update your anti-virus app and then run a full-system virus scan.

Read here:
http://doxdesk.com/parasite/CoolWebSearch.html
and
http://www.merijn.org/cwschronicles.html

Use CWShredder, the removal tool:
http://www.merijn.org/files/cwshredder.zip

In addition, install Ad-Aware 6 free edition, start it, click its 'Check for Updates' link in the app to install updates, then use it to scan your system, and remove what it finds.
Ad-Aware:
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/

Install, update and run SpyBot Search & Destroy, scan your system, and then remove the items in RED only.
SpyBot S&D:
http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=download

Download, unzip, and run Hijack This, but don't remove anything with it yet:
http://www.merijn.org/files/hijackthis.zip
Follow the instructions at this Tutorial:
http://www.tomcoyote.org/hjt/
to save the log files and paste them into a new post at one of these forums:
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/index.php?showforum=30
http://forums.net-integration.net/
http://forums.tomcoyote.org/index.php?act=idx

The folks there will tell you what to remove.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

"Andrea" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:1056701c3f367$d8b53080$a001280a@phx.gbl...

"Andrea" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>
Anyone heard of this? AGH! HELP!!!
"Steven Burn" <nobody@PVT_it-mate.co.uk> wrote in message
news:e0eZZn28DHA.4060@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
"Bert Kinney" <bert@NSmvps.org> wrote in message
news:%23pD%23Ho28DHA.2792@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
"PA Bear" <PABear@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:O0T4Ss28DHA.4044@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
"glee" <glee29@spamindspring.com> wrote in message
news:ep0H7K38DHA.3112@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
It is most likely a trojan on your system.

2 hours later the OP "Andrea" say's, in a new thread:

news:1088601c3f379$db047280$a401280a@phx.gbl...
Isn't this just like when some one is drowning, and you can't reach them to
pull them out?

" mac" <macknever@fsmail.net> wrote in message news:ObBxSC68DHA.2792@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
The CDO pool has taken many.

It is almost always a waste of time to respond to CDOers. Few have a clue as
to how to see the responses.

"Andrea" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1056701c3f367$d8b53080$a001280a@phx.gbl...

News Rule: "Where the From line contains 'anonymous', Mark it as Ignored and
Stop processing more rules."

Makes life much more, er..., *bear*able.
--
~PA Bear

Papa wrote:

Thanks guys for your helpful suggestions...
BTW - I had already taken the suggestions and already had
run one of the programs by the time I made the second
post - so while I appriciate the help - I certainly dont
appriciate being made to look like an idiot with the
following comments:

<<It is almost always a waste of time to respond to
CDOers. Few have a clue as to how to see the responses.>>

<<News Rule: "Where the From line contains 'anonymous',
Mark it as Ignored and Stop processing more rules.">>

<<Isn't this just like when some one is drowning, and you
can't reach them to pull them out?>>

Oh the irony considering that upon sending emails to
several of the above responents the MAILER-DAEMON shot the
emails back - the difference between that and anon. - oh
wait there is none...

Although - thanks again for the software advice.
Everything is fixed now...Oh wait - that right - I dont
know how to open the repsonse - gee that must be what
those pretty little x and - are for...

@

Well, get off the CDO wagon then. You obviously have no idea how much wasted
time the majority of CDOers cause. Not your fault, I know, but you are
wearing the CDO label.

"Andrea" <sodoff1969@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:10dac01c3f443$1aca7d50$a401280a@phx.gbl...

It's been a year since I've been in the newsgroups. Would you please tell
me what a CDO is? TIA

Weldon
---
Knowledge is the only resource on earth that multiplies when shared.

"Papa" <bikingis@my.fun> wrote in message
news:eHFEz198DHA.2524@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

It is the term used for the MS web-based forums, where many of the newsgroup posts now originate.
If you look at the headers of a post from the web-based interface, it contains the line:
X-Newsreader: Microsoft CDO for Windows 2000

BTW, why are you using such an outdated version of Outlook Express? According to your headers, you are still using OE 5.00.3018.1300 :-o
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

"Weldon" <blacksheep@netpenny.net> wrote in message news:OgNEgOF9DHA.2524@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

"Andrea" <sodoff1969@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:10dac01c3f443$1aca7d50$a401280a@phx.gbl...

<Rant snipped>

NB: the message subject line - No Re: --- It Is another new post, luckily
the subject was identical, or it would have been another new thread.


http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/p...oups/setup.asp

"Weldon" <blacksheep@netpenny.net> wrote in message
news:OgNEgOF9DHA.2524@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
http://support.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx

Emails to respondents will generally fail because we are not quite dumb enough use our real email address in the newsgroups. In addition to it causing us to be swamped by unsolicited emails for tech help, it also causes massive quantities of spam and (worse) hundreds of virus-attachment emails to fill our inboxes to the point of being unable to use our email accounts at all.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

"Andrea" <sodoff1969@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:10dac01c3f443$1aca7d50$a401280a@phx.gbl...

Andrea wrote:
<snip>
Having a post marked Ignored doesn't mean I never read or respond to it.
(Actually, the rule I use highlights posts by "Anonymous" in a certain color
so they're easy to spot.)

It's sad to say and sorry you took umbrage at my post but the overwhelming
majority of posters using the web-interface (and their numbers are legion)
seldom find their way back to the newsgroup, let alone know to click on the
+ to see replies to their question. My time and that of others here is
valuable /and/ volunteered: I see no point wasting it by making what for all
intents and purposes will be a "dead end" reply.

Using OE to access this and other MS Newsgroups
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/resou...tm#setupmsnews
http://snipurl.com/4iru
--
Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE), AH VSOP

What You Should Know About the Mydoom Worm Variants:
Mydoom.A, Mydoom.B, and Mydoom.C (a.k.a. Doomjuice)
http://www.microsoft.com/security/antivirus/mydoom.asp

Before You Connect a New Computer to the Internet
http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/before_you_plug_in.html

I thought it was just mac hated anonymouses? Now, he has vanished, and
no one can prove who did it!

--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR
pcrrcp@netzero.net
"PA Bear" <PABear@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:O3rAenB9DHA.2576@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
| News Rule: "Where the From line contains 'anonymous', Mark it as
Ignored and
| Stop processing more rules."
|
| Makes life much more, er..., *bear*able.
| --
| ~PA Bear
|
| Papa wrote:
| > It is almost always a waste of time to respond to CDOers. Few have a
clue
| > as to how to see the responses.
| >
| > "Andrea" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
| > news:1056701c3f367$d8b53080$a001280a@phx.gbl...
| >> Anyone heard of this? it keeps popping up with an
| >> performed illegal operation error message - installed
| >> under windows-system. Can't delete as windows is using -
| >> AGH! HELP!!!
| >>
| >> ANDREA
|

"PCR" <pcrrcp@netzero.net> wrote in message
news:%23ViUXhO9DHA.2832@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

"vanished" ?

PCR, is this some form of vendetta? Or am I a little paranoid?
I appreciate, even enjoy the 'crack', but you have me scratching my head
mate.

--
Regards Steve.

I thought you had turned completely into blanks, mac. It was a
vendetta, but, in honor of your return to us, I'll stop for a while.

--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR
pcrrcp@netzero.net
" mac" <macknever@fsmail.net> wrote in message
news:uPk4B5O9DHA.2604@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
|
| "PCR" <pcrrcp@netzero.net> wrote in message
| news:%23ViUXhO9DHA.2832@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
| > I thought it was just mac hated anonymouses? Now, he has vanished,
and
| > no one can prove who did it!
|
|
| "vanished" ?
|
| PCR, is this some form of vendetta? Or am I a little paranoid?
| I appreciate, even enjoy the 'crack', but you have me scratching my
head
| mate.
|
| --
| Regards Steve.
|
|