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 Possible Browser Hijack Attempt?
Hi Everybody,
I've just finished downloading and installing Ad-Aware on my system. I've got a list of suspcious files and folders, along with this message:
Possible Browser Hijack attempt data:Software\Microsoft\Intern
et Explorer\Main"Search Bar" (Possible Browser Hijack attempt)
Is anyone familiar with this?
Thanks.
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 12-19-02 07:32 AM
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maybe an ad tried to hijack your address bar
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12-19-02 07:41 AM
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HMMMM....
I'm gonna post on an ad-aware forum and see what they say too...
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12-19-02 08:07 AM
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that's a good idea
they could probably help you out there
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12-19-02 08:11 AM
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Maybe a hijacker wanted to get control of your browser, so it could crash it and bring down your OS?
(Insert tasteless terrorism joke here.)
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12-19-02 04:11 PM
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quote:
Originally posted by SomeGuy
Maybe a hijacker wanted to get control of your browser, so it could crash it and bring down your OS?
(Insert tasteless terrorism joke here.)
It could be bin Laden and just crew. 
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12-19-02 04:29 PM
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well, I was spending some time in a chat room on one of the music networks recently, that I found through WinMx. Even though I have Norton Internet Security on my system, I still wonder about those people...
kind of a mean bunch...I left on bad terms...
just wondering if they could have done something to my system...plus my departure seems to coincide with the time I started having my "runtime errors"...
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12-19-02 11:40 PM
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You sure it's not a virus symptom? Some viruses can infect your computer through IE (no other browser though, luckily).
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12-19-02 11:43 PM
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quote:
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You sure it's not a virus symptom? Some viruses can infect your computer through IE (no other browser though, luckily).
SomeGuy has a good point here. You should make sure that your virus definitions are current, if not update then NOW.
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12-19-02 11:52 PM
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well, I have Norton Internet Security and Anti Virus. I just updated it the other day. Also, the virus program updates automatically on it's own.
I'm going away for two weeks so I'll have to wait till I get back to post on the Ad-aware forum to see if anyone knows about it on there.
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