Sounds like a Browser Hijack. The following FAQ might prove to be useful: http://www.cyberwalker.com/faqs/computer-threats/how-to-fix-browser-hijack.html
You can try to run Lavasoft ad-aware. It is unfortunate that AVG did not work for your case. Hope this was of some help, -A -- Anirban Banerjee Co-Founder Jaalcheck.com PhD Candidate [EMAIL PROTECTED] Riverside On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 11:24 AM, chesar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I recently had a virus problem. When I was searching for Los Angeles > Maps, using Google Search, a pop window appeared. My Firefox is > supposed to block such pop up windows. Anyway, at first a pop window > appeared saying my computer is infected. I tried to close it. It won't > close. Soon another pop up window appeared asking me to click on "I > accept". This window also won't allow me to close it. I used Window > Task Manger to close it. It still reappeared and I used the task > manager again. Meanwhile the damage has been done. Also I could not > close the first window. I found out that window became a part of my > screen saver. I also found, the virus eliminated 'the screen saver & > settings' tab from my 'Display Properties' of the monitor. I got the > help to recreate my old screen saver from a friend. I also got back > the above menu options. > > The virus created the following problems: > > Windows XP problem > If there is no activity, the window started shutting down saying "A > problem has been detected and windows has shut down to prevent further > damage". Then it will start again and shuts itself down. This back > and forth process continues until, I shut the power off and restart > the computer. If I do not turn off the computer, the same problem of > shutting down, restarting, shutting down continues. I used AVG and > luckily it eliminated this problem, probably by replacing the virus > affected window files > > Problems when I use the Browsers > The AVG anti virus could not eliminate the following problems with the > browsers that I encountered after the virus attack. I haven't found a > way to eliminate it. I hope somebody can suggest me a way to > eliminate it. > > The first is sites being redirected. If I type in say Air Canada in > Google, Air Canada > web site is one of the many that gets listed. However, once I click > Air > Canada in Google, it takes me to other websites. Same thing happened > when I > typed in Avg in Google and when I clicked on AVG link, it took me a > to > different site. It happens with both Firefox & Internet Explorer (IE). > In each case, it is being redirected to different sites > > Another problem is if I type in a url like AVG.com, I get a message > "Failed to > connect" or 'No address found". This happens both with Firefox and > IE. For IE, the message window says "This page cannot be displayed" > That means when I type the site address using keypad, there is > problem. If I click on a site from bookmark, this does not happen. > This means I can only go to sites that have been bookmarked already. > Also sometimes I see a mesage - 'Connection is interrupted. The > connection to the server was reset while page loading. already > bookmarked' > > Also I noticed it is taking longer time to download a web site. > Another problem that I encountered is "content encoding error" . This > happens when I go to a bookmarked site and make selections. Once > clicked the selections, the site is supposed to send me info based on > my selection. Instead I get the encoding error. > > My questions is - Is there anyway to correct the above problems > without reformatting it. > Any help would be greatly appreciated > > Chesar > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message through the Google Groups "stopbadware" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/stopbadware?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
