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Old November 20th, 2004, 04:13 PM
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I have some program that I can not find that keep putting "Links" into IE it is a DSKTPTR I keep pulling it out of the reg yet it stipp pops up I do not remember D/L anything any help is greatfull, I do not think uninstalling IE will help yet this is the step I am to
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Old November 20th, 2004, 04:56 PM
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Doesnt sound familiar. Does taskmanager have anything interesting? Something like WinAdCtl or Gainer?

Do you have the usual killers to run? a virus scanner? ad_aware? spybot?
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Old November 20th, 2004, 08:46 PM
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Doesnt sound familiar. Does taskmanager have anything interesting? Something like WinAdCtl or Gainer?

Do you have the usual killers to run? a virus scanner? ad_aware? spybot?
Nope task manage looked normal
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Default Re: (OT) Computer Hijacker?

Try looking for some strange programs in your add/remove programs list and get adaware from download.com
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I recommend you run spybot S&D. Most propably it finds and removes all spyware and adware from your computer.
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I recommend you run spybot S&D. Most propably it finds and removes all spyware and adware from your computer.
You will also want to run Adaware. Spybot misses things that Adaware catches, and occasionally Spybot will catch things that Adaware misses...
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Default Re: (OT) Computer Hijacker?

Do you mean real links to somewhere, or the "links" folder in your Favorites?
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I got it...found a "Mistery dll" sooo I deleted it and I'm good now..they were real links, if the page had "Games" some place in the text it would be a different color and active, took you to different places have no Idea where it came from
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