Re: Searches being hijacked to show results from search.pro

2009-07-22 Thread andy
I had a user doing a search on google and it came up with a valid PSU link. When we clicked on the link it took us to a virus page. This happened 3 times before it finally said page not found. (fortunately, the virus scanner stopped the infection.) The link worked fine at Yahoo. I have also

RE: Searches being hijacked to show results from search.pro

2009-07-22 Thread David Lum
PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Searches being hijacked to show results from search.pro That (customer miffed at being billed for a cleanup that wasn't successful) is why I won't even offer the cleanup option any more. You want it cleaned, get somebody else. It takes the same amount

RE: Searches being hijacked to show results from search.pro

2009-07-22 Thread John Aldrich
-AldrichTile-Tools From: andy [mailto:afo...@psu.edu] Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 10:01 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Searches being hijacked to show results from search.pro I had a user doing a search on google and it came up with a valid PSU link. When we clicked on the link

Re: Searches being hijacked to show results from search.pro

2009-07-22 Thread David W. McSpadden
. From: andy [mailto:afo...@psu.edu] Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 10:01 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Searches being hijacked to show results from search.pro I had a user doing a search on google and it came up with a valid PSU link. When we clicked

RE: Searches being hijacked to show results from search.pro

2009-07-22 Thread John Aldrich
Subject: Re: Searches being hijacked to show results from search.pro If the users are only users and not power user or admins of the pc can the drive-by install still work?? - Original Message - From: John Aldrich mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com To: NT System Admin Issues

Re: Searches being hijacked to show results from search.pro

2009-07-22 Thread David W. McSpadden
Admin Issues Subject: Re: Searches being hijacked to show results from search.pro If the users are only users and not power user or admins of the pc can the drive-by install still work?? - Original Message - From: John Aldrich To: NT System Admin Issues Sent

RE: Searches being hijacked to show results from search.pro

2009-07-21 Thread Gene Giannamore
Message- From: Carl Houseman [mailto:c.house...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 9:48 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Searches being hijacked to show results from search.pro Nuke and pave is the way to go if you want full confidence that your personal info is secure. No cleaning

Re: Searches being hijacked to show results from search.pro

2009-07-21 Thread Steven Peck
Houseman [mailto:c.house...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 9:48 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Searches being hijacked to show results from search.pro Nuke and pave is the way to go if you want full confidence that your personal info is secure.  No cleaning tool is 100

RE: Searches being hijacked to show results from search.pro

2009-07-21 Thread Gene Giannamore
-4185Cell gene.giannam...@abideinternational.com www.abideinternational.com -Original Message- From: Steven Peck [mailto:sep...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 1:08 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Searches being hijacked to show results from search.pro Tried those

RE: Searches being hijacked to show results from search.pro

2009-07-21 Thread Carl Houseman
Giannamore [mailto:gene.giannam...@abideinternational.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 6:34 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Searches being hijacked to show results from search.pro Luckily I do not do that anymore, too many ugly situations, now I am a junior admin again, at a small company

RE: Searches being hijacked to show results from search.pro

2009-07-21 Thread Jeremy Anderson
after Firefox downloaded an update, so I am wondering if that is where it came from. -Original Message- From: Carl Houseman [mailto:c.house...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 19:20 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Searches being hijacked to show results from search.pro

Searches being hijacked to show results from search.pro

2009-07-21 Thread Bill Monicher
Has anyone seen this before? When I do a search using Google or Yahoo, I'm presented with the usual list of links matching the search terms. When I click on one, I am very briefly presented with a page with a beige rectangle in the centre and an arrow. The legends says Skip this page and Your

re: Searches being hijacked to show results from search.pro

2009-07-21 Thread Rod Trent
Run Antimalware... www.malwarebytes.com Has anyone seen this before? When I do a search using Google or Yahoo, I'm presented with the usual list of links matching the search terms. When I click on one, I am very briefly presented with a page with a

RE: Searches being hijacked to show results from search.pro

2009-07-21 Thread Steven M. Caesare
works with FF or not) -sc -Original Message- From: Bill Monicher [mailto:bmacd5...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 9:49 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Searches being hijacked to show results from search.pro Has anyone seen this before? When I do a search using Google

RE: Searches being hijacked to show results from search.pro

2009-07-21 Thread Kennedy, Jim
: Searches being hijacked to show results from search.pro Has anyone seen this before? When I do a search using Google or Yahoo, I'm presented with the usual list of links matching the search terms. When I click on one, I am very briefly presented with a page with a beige rectangle

Re: Searches being hijacked to show results from search.pro

2009-07-21 Thread James Rankin
Try HijackThis or similar. Looks like something has sneaked right under your radar 2009/7/21 Bill Monicher bmacd5...@gmail.com Has anyone seen this before? When I do a search using Google or Yahoo, I'm presented with the usual list of links matching the search terms. When I click on one, I

RE: Searches being hijacked to show results from search.pro

2009-07-21 Thread Martin Blackstone
You have malware. Download MalwareBytes. -Original Message- From: Bill Monicher [mailto:bmacd5...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 6:49 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Searches being hijacked to show results from search.pro Has anyone seen this before? When I do a search

RE: Searches being hijacked to show results from search.pro

2009-07-21 Thread John Aldrich
10:03 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Searches being hijacked to show results from search.pro Try HijackThis or similar. Looks like something has sneaked right under your radar 2009/7/21 Bill Monicher bmacd5...@gmail.com Has anyone seen this before? When I do a search using Google

Re: Searches being hijacked to show results from search.pro

2009-07-21 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
, July 21, 2009 6:49 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Searches being hijacked to show results from search.pro Has anyone seen this before? When I do a search using Google or Yahoo, I'm presented with the usual list of links matching the search terms. When I click on one, I am very

RE: Searches being hijacked to show results from search.pro

2009-07-21 Thread Alex Eckelberry
] Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 10:26 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Searches being hijacked to show results from search.pro I would also recommend scanning with a copy of MalwareBytes from www.malwarebytes.com. It's a free anti-malware app that has found stuff that our antivirus

Re: Searches being hijacked to show results from search.pro

2009-07-21 Thread Steven Peck
been modified as well as your local DNS settings... Alex From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 10:26 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Searches being hijacked to show results from search.pro I would also recommend scanning

RE: Searches being hijacked to show results from search.pro

2009-07-21 Thread Carl Houseman
Admin Issues Subject: Re: Searches being hijacked to show results from search.pro Oh I wish I'd known about that link before I gave up and wiped a laptop (good friend of wife, I didn't have plans of course I'd be happy to help her out dear) Sunday. Nasty little piece of work would disable AV and lock

RE: Searches being hijacked to show results from search.pro

2009-07-21 Thread John Aldrich
: Searches being hijacked to show results from search.pro Oh I wish I'd known about that link before I gave up and wiped a laptop (good friend of wife, I didn't have plans of course I'd be happy to help her out dear) Sunday. Nasty little piece of work would disable AV and lock me out of the file