Hi Jon, That certainly doesn't sound like a virus to me, more like someone managed to add a bookmark in a fashionable way to Explorers button bar. That can be from a "legitimate" download site, or from a pr0n-site or whatever.
Check out the bookmarks first and delete unwanted entries, (Window->Favorites or simply cmd-2) To restore the toolbar, you can either go to the toolbar customization menu (View->Customize Toolbars...) and do things from there, or quit the app and just delete the file: ~/Library/Preferences/Explorer/English.Toolbar.xml Then it should restore the file to the default settings when Explorer starts again. On the other hand, if your friend has Mac OS X 10.2.x or later, he should be using Safari from http://www.apple.com/safari instead of Winblows Exploder(TM ;-)) or for sites that play dirty javascript tricks on you, iCab from http://www.icab.de, where you can tweak javascript to do only what you want it to do. It has lousy CSS-support, but it should be coming. I have no idea what an original iMac costs, but have a look at the eMac too. I just got one for my parents instead of their aging iMac 400 DV. It is well worth the money, and you are sure that it will load more than 192 MB of RAM. On 27/12/03 14:37, "Jonathan Nash" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I do not know much about imacs. A friend of mine asked > me to help him with a problem. I think that he was infected > with one or more viruses which he cleaned off with Norton > anti-virus. He did not know which viruses they were. I guess > there might have been an audit trail of that in the Norton > software... He is accessing the Internet with a cable modem > but I do not think he is using a fire wall. I advised him > to install a fire wall. > > When he brings up internet explorer there is a menu at > the top that has the usual pull down buttons such as > FILE, EDIT etc... Below that there is another line of > buttons for pull down menus, one of which is Home. > On that lower line of pull down menus, there are now > some that didnt used to be there. When they are clicked > they pull up a URL on the Internet with some raunchy > sex. I tried to figure out how to remove them for him > but I only had an hour and couldnt figure it out. > > There did not appear to be a menu selection to allow > you to add and remove these new buttons... or whatever > they are called. Someone suggested that I didnt look > deeply enough under TOOLS on the top line of buttons. > > Does anyone know how to change these guys in IE ? > > Does this sound like something done by a virus or > by someone who hacked into the system or by a friend > of one of his kids ? > > I was able to get into a unix shell which was nice > but I couldnt find anything that seemed to be related > to this line of buttons in IE or any way to change them. > > I liked the fact that the Imac had unix under the shell. > How much do the original Imacs cost used ? > > Thank you, > > Jon -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
