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Annoying Virus
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Wed, 07 September 2005 04:44
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Hey, the other day I somehow got a virus that disguises itself as Internet explorer, Every 10 or so seconds it refreshes the screen opening and closing the window that I have open, occasionally it does it slowly enough for me to read this little window that pops up in the bottom left corner, it says STATIC in capital letters, If i go onto task manager, everytime it refreshes the page, IEXPLORE comes up as the process then disappears again, it is the most ANNOYING virus i've ever had, I tried to delete internet explorer using the "remove windows programs" wizard, but it has done absolutely nothing...
Anyone know????
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Banned user
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Liverpool NSW
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March 2004
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Re: Annoying Virus
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Wed, 07 September 2005 04:45
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thats what happens when you dont by my bonnet. Some poeple call it karma.
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Location:
NSW Engadine
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June 2003
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Re: Annoying Virus
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Wed, 07 September 2005 04:49
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If I go into program files and delete Internet Explorer it just replaces itself straight away...
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Location:
NSW Engadine
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June 2003
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Re: Annoying Virus
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Wed, 07 September 2005 04:49
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I didnt buy your bonnet because it was riddled with uncertainty...
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Location:
Campbelltown
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November 2003
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Re: Annoying Virus
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Wed, 07 September 2005 05:01
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| 79rollaboy wrote on Wed, 07 September 2005 14:49 |
I didnt buy your bonnet because it was riddled with uncertainty...
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was it pop riveted together 
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Location:
Newcastle
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June 2004
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Re: Annoying Virus
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Wed, 07 September 2005 05:28
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| Corona RT142 wrote on Wed, 07 September 2005 15:01 |
| 79rollaboy wrote on Wed, 07 September 2005 14:49 |
I didnt buy your bonnet because it was riddled with uncertainty...
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was it pop riveted together
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LOL bubble = owned again
I thought pop rivets were as certain as they came
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I supported Toymods
Location:
Perth
Registered:
July 2004
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Re: Annoying Virus
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Wed, 07 September 2005 05:34
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id like to help, but im goin to need u to hit ctrl+alt+del, click on ur processes tab and do a screenshot of that window..
paste it here when youve done it..
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Location:
eastern suburbs, melbourne
Registered:
March 2005
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Re: Annoying Virus
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Wed, 07 September 2005 05:39
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u got an antivirus?
try downloading adaware or something like that(eg: a free scanner), and run a full system scan.
try turning ur IE security settings up to max, it might stop it.
or get a firewall and that will prob come up saying some program is trying to access the internet.
go into safe mode and see if it happens there.
there was a file u could execute in win to fix IE. google it.
this prob wont stop ur prob but u could use an alternative like gozilla instead of IE.
or google your problem, someone is bound to have encountered it before.
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Location:
Sydney
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September 2003
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Re: Annoying Virus
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Wed, 07 September 2005 05:42
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| hamgatan wrote on Wed, 07 September 2005 15:34 |
id like to help, but im goin to need u to hit ctrl+alt+del, click on ur processes tab and do a screenshot of that window..
paste it here when youve done it..
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I second that, DO IT!.
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Location:
NSW Engadine
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June 2003
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Re: Annoying Virus
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Wed, 07 September 2005 05:44
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ok, this is gonna take a while to actually get it I have heaps of antivirus and adware remover stuff
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Location:
NSW Engadine
Registered:
June 2003
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Re: Annoying Virus
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Wed, 07 September 2005 05:45
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the process is IEXPLORE.EXE
supposedly it is supposed to come from the system32 folder but it isnt there on mine... keep in mind I have deleted internet explorer...
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Location:
Sydney
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September 2004
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Re: Annoying Virus
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Wed, 07 September 2005 05:50
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| hamgatan wrote on Wed, 07 September 2005 15:34 |
id like to help, but im goin to need u to hit ctrl+alt+del, click on ur processes tab and do a screenshot of that window..
paste it here when youve done it..
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DO IT!!
Or you can do it yourself. Don't close any of the processes. Instead do a google of your syptoms first -- if you don't find the solution (you probably will) then what you do is type in the names of all your processes into google one by one (eg. ctfmon.exe; IEXPLORE.exe etc.) It will come up with some description of the process (usually the first or second hit that comes up) and will tell you whether it is harmful or not.
When you find the culprit, head over to your best friend google again and search 'how to remove [process].exe'
Or type in the name of the process or show us a list of them like hamgatan said and maybe someone can be bothered to do the searching for you 
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Location:
Sydney
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September 2003
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Location:
NSW Engadine
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June 2003
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Re: Annoying Virus
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Wed, 07 September 2005 06:14
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Well its actually stopped for some reason now... I've found the virus using a virus program I downloaded but I have to register to remove it so I'll do that later tonight...
I'll keep you posted to see if that works...
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I supported Toymods
Location:
Perth
Registered:
July 2004
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Re: Annoying Virus
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Wed, 07 September 2005 07:30
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| thu187 wrote on Wed, 07 September 2005 13:50 |
| hamgatan wrote on Wed, 07 September 2005 15:34 |
id like to help, but im goin to need u to hit ctrl+alt+del, click on ur processes tab and do a screenshot of that window..
paste it here when youve done it..
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DO IT!!
Or you can do it yourself. Don't close any of the processes. Instead do a google of your syptoms first -- if you don't find the solution (you probably will) then what you do is type in the names of all your processes into google one by one (eg. ctfmon.exe; IEXPLORE.exe etc.) It will come up with some description of the process (usually the first or second hit that comes up) and will tell you whether it is harmful or not.
When you find the culprit, head over to your best friend google again and search 'how to remove [process].exe'
Or type in the name of the process or show us a list of them like hamgatan said and maybe someone can be bothered to do the searching for you
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exactly. perfectly put.
i doubt iexplore would have been the perpertrating application at fault. many viruses today are blended threats so theyre using far more sophisticated ways of distribution of payload, as well as operating in stealth mode. you might have some other process thats running in your startup that is remote triggering IE to load and go to a particular URL to download the rest of its payload through activex exploits.. its been done a lot. i doubt very much that its just a virus posing as iexplore.exe.. thats so 1990s..
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Banned user
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Liverpool NSW
Registered:
March 2004
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Re: Annoying Virus
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Wed, 07 September 2005 07:32
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| 79rollaboy wrote on Wed, 07 September 2005 14:49 |
I didnt buy your bonnet because it was riddled with uncertainty...
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Why did you tell me not to sell it then?
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Banned user
Location:
Liverpool NSW
Registered:
March 2004
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Re: Annoying Virus
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Wed, 07 September 2005 07:33
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| WantaTurbo wrote on Wed, 07 September 2005 15:28 |
| Corona RT142 wrote on Wed, 07 September 2005 15:01 |
| 79rollaboy wrote on Wed, 07 September 2005 14:49 |
I didnt buy your bonnet because it was riddled with uncertainty...
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was it pop riveted together
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LOL bubble = owned again
I thought pop rivets were as certain as they came
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owned on what, i dont use pop rivets.
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Location:
SW Sydney
Registered:
February 2005
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Re: Annoying Virus
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Wed, 07 September 2005 07:33
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| bubbles wrote on Wed, 07 September 2005 17:32 |
Why did you tell me not to sell it then?
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Can someone Ban this guy already. He is getting on my nerves. 
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Location:
Melbourne
Registered:
November 2003
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Re: Annoying Virus
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Wed, 07 September 2005 07:43
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| WaLLLY wrote on Wed, 07 September 2005 17:33 |
| bubbles wrote on Wed, 07 September 2005 17:32 |
Why did you tell me not to sell it then?
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Can someone Ban this guy already. He is getting on my nerves.
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SECOND! OH GOD SECOND! *puts hand up*
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Registered:
July 2005
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Re: Annoying Virus
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Wed, 07 September 2005 08:50
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jeebus crist u guys give bubbles so much shit its not funny....well it is but u know and u managed tog et him on probation 
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I supported Toymods
Location:
Perth
Registered:
July 2004
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Re: Annoying Virus
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Wed, 07 September 2005 10:05
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annoying virus...
bubbles...
annoying virus...
bubbles...
its all starting to make sense now
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Location:
Dubbo NSW
Registered:
June 2004
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Location:
Sydney
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September 2004
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Re: Annoying Virus
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Thu, 08 September 2005 18:11
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| hamgatan wrote on Wed, 07 September 2005 17:30 |
exactly. perfectly put.
i doubt iexplore would have been the perpertrating application at fault.
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I was using iexplore and ctfmon as example proceses, very very unlikely iexplore would be the offending process. 
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Location:
1st street on the right
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November 2002
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Re: Annoying Virus
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Thu, 08 September 2005 22:07
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What happened to the good old days of format c: ?
River? Where did we go wrong?
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Location:
wollongong NSW
Registered:
August 2003
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Re: Annoying Virus
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Fri, 09 September 2005 00:46
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dont use IE download mozilla, stops pop ups and that crap.
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Location:
NSW Engadine
Registered:
June 2003
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Re: Annoying Virus
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Fri, 09 September 2005 01:05
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I do use mozilla thats why im so peeved because I dont even use internet explorer...
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Location:
NSW Engadine
Registered:
June 2003
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Re: Annoying Virus
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Sat, 10 September 2005 03:05
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Fixed it, somehow...
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