Guest DrFaustus Posted July 5, 2006 Report Share Posted July 5, 2006 Or at least someone with more computer nous than me. (That limits it to 50 million or so in the UK).My antivirus software informs me that trojan.win32.startpage.adh cannot be delted. As a result various 'dubious' pop ups appear, which is no fun when you have an eight year old son! Can someone help please?PS. I use Blueyonder and their hitherto excellent PC Guard complete protection package.Thank you in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robins72 Posted July 5, 2006 Report Share Posted July 5, 2006 I have been informed that you probably have a virus!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DrFaustus Posted July 5, 2006 Report Share Posted July 5, 2006 I have been informed that you probably have a virus!!Yes and getting rid of it would be useful! The other is an infection, not a virus! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robins72 Posted July 5, 2006 Report Share Posted July 5, 2006 Yes and getting rid of it would be useful! The other is an infection, not a virus!Do you have a virus checker? Otherwise if you try to install one it probably wont let you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DrFaustus Posted July 5, 2006 Report Share Posted July 5, 2006 Do you have a virus checker? Otherwise if you try to install one it probably wont let you!Yes it told me that it couldn't trace the virus. Have just had a pop-up offering me sex in Bristol tonight! Either that or it was an e-mail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robins72 Posted July 5, 2006 Report Share Posted July 5, 2006 Yes it told me that it couldn't trace the virus. Have just had a pop-up offering me sex in Bristol tonight! Either that or it was an e-mail Go to google type in AVG and go for the free trial. Thats what my computer techno husband has informed me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dagest Posted July 5, 2006 Report Share Posted July 5, 2006 Sorry, I'm the wrong type of geek. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Maesknoll Red Posted July 5, 2006 Admin Report Share Posted July 5, 2006 Have just had a pop-up offering me sex in Bristol tonight! Some guys get all the luck............... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flaxbourton Red Posted July 5, 2006 Report Share Posted July 5, 2006 go to download.comlook for "hijackthis" and download itits a sort of programme that helps you remove wierd stuff that you don't want from your PC.its pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinC Posted July 5, 2006 Report Share Posted July 5, 2006 Some guys get all the luck...............And here's me stuck here in Wigan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nogbad the Bad Posted July 5, 2006 Report Share Posted July 5, 2006 And here's me stuck here in Wigan Can't you get a transfer in your job rev? There's a very nice church i walk past going down the Gate just opposite Ashton Gate Primary. Reckon it might suit you perfectly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinC Posted July 5, 2006 Report Share Posted July 5, 2006 Can't you get a transfer in your job rev? There's a very nice church i walk past going down the Gate just opposite Ashton Gate Primary. Reckon it might suit you perfectly. I can get a transfer, but wifey wants to stay in t'north as her parents live nearby ..... no consideration of my parents in Longwell green, though!!!!!!St. Francis church in Ashton would be great for me. Let me know if it ever becomes vacant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nogbad the Bad Posted July 5, 2006 Report Share Posted July 5, 2006 I can get a transfer, but wifey wants to stay in t'north as her parents live nearby ..... no consideration of my parents in Longwell green, though!!!!!!St. Francis church in Ashton would be great for me. Let me know if it ever becomes vacant. Will do rev. As a matter of interest, do the clergy have some sort of magazine where they advertise vacancies or if you want to can you just ask them to place you in a vacancy in your chosen city? Or are vacancies usually automatically filled locally? Sounds to me from the other thread you've been up North a bit too long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laner Posted July 6, 2006 Report Share Posted July 6, 2006 As an initial step you could try using a pop-up blocker - at least this would stop your 8 year old getting an eye full every so often.Windows XP has this facility I think through it's firewall or try Zone Alarm.Obviously getting rid of the virius is the best course of action, but this might also help in the short term. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCFC Matt Posted July 6, 2006 Report Share Posted July 6, 2006 To remove the trojan, try:http://www.download.com/SuperAntiSpyware-F...4-10553808.htmlOnce it's been removed, a few basics I'd also suggest using to help keep your system protected:Firewall:ZoneAlarm http://www.download.com/3000-2092-10039884.htmlAnti Virus:AVG Free http://www.download.com/AVG-Anti-Virus-Fre...tml?tag=lst-0-2Ad-Aware Personal:http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE-Person...tml?tag=lst-0-1Also, keep windows up-to-date:Open Internet Explorer, Tools ---> Windows Update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barry_manc Posted July 6, 2006 Report Share Posted July 6, 2006 I'm rather proficient at this sort of thing:Find the URL of the mainframe and combine the vertical downloading configurator to the mouse and hopefully your keyboard will still work. Then take a hammer to the harddrive and pour a half drunk pint of Hoegaarden onto the monitor. Shouldn't be getting any pesky popups after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTone Posted July 6, 2006 Report Share Posted July 6, 2006 Crush two Panadols every 4 hours and sprinkle into disc drives. Helps with most viruses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reddrive Posted July 6, 2006 Report Share Posted July 6, 2006 Have just had a pop-up offering me sex in Bristol tonight! Either that or it was an e-mail Some guys get all the luck...............Not really , the offer was from MaloneFM..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DrFaustus Posted July 6, 2006 Report Share Posted July 6, 2006 Thank you to you all for your advice and to Reddrive for the nasty image that was temporarily lodged in my mind.I have firewall, pop-up blocker, anti virus etc etc, but apparently the trojan has got into my start-p menu. There is a way of seeing what is due to run at start-up and also a way of running in safe mode, but I'm too computer illiterate to remember. Any of you good people help further?Cheers again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scootered Posted July 6, 2006 Report Share Posted July 6, 2006 There is a way of seeing what is due to run at start-up and also a way of running in safe mode, but I'm too computer illiterate to remember. Any of you good people help further?Cheers again.Click on Run, Type msconfig and click on the start up tab......trust me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nogbad the Bad Posted July 6, 2006 Report Share Posted July 6, 2006 To remove the trojan, try:http://www.download.com/SuperAntiSpyware-F...4-10553808.htmlOnce it's been removed, a few basics I'd also suggest using to help keep your system protected:Firewall:ZoneAlarm http://www.download.com/3000-2092-10039884.htmlAnti Virus:AVG Free http://www.download.com/AVG-Anti-Virus-Fre...tml?tag=lst-0-2Ad-Aware Personal:http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE-Person...tml?tag=lst-0-1Also, keep windows up-to-date:Open Internet Explorer, Tools ---> Windows Update. Cheers Matt. A bit more info. please I've got the same problem as doc, computer wise anyway. Is there a charge for any of these? It's often not clear..... Can any of them do "unexpected" damage? - there are often dire warnings which stop me actually downloading these sort of things at the last moment. Can you recommend a pop-up blocker? It's like someone careless has been on the computer going to all sort of sites before checking the security is on, it's suddenly slow and absolutely full of ****. "SOPHIE".........!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCFC Matt Posted July 6, 2006 Report Share Posted July 6, 2006 Cheers Matt. A bit more info. please I've got the same problem as doc, computer wise anyway. Is there a charge for any of these? It's often not clear..... Can any of them do "unexpected" damage? - there are often dire warnings which stop me actually downloading these sort of things at the last moment. Can you recommend a pop-up blocker? It's like someone careless has been on the computer going to all sort of sites before checking the security is on, it's suddenly slow and absolutely full of ****. "SOPHIE".........!!!!! The problems I've suggested are completely free versions, and will not cause harm/damage to your pc.With regards to a pop-up blocker...XP Service Pack2 (SP2) comes bundled with a built in pop-up blocker...A quick way to check you have it turned on:Open Internet Explorer, --->Tools, You'll see an extending menu for Pop-up blocker...ensure it's turned on.The built in pop-up blocker does a job 85% of the time, but new ways are always being devised how to get around this...All I can suggest is installing the tools suggested [later three] as your primary line of defence, run them and keep them up-to-date, and you should see an improvement. If you have a 'clean(ish)' system, they will do a decent job, and if not, they'll help to clean it.Another suggestion I may add, is to install Windows Defender [Formerly Microsoft Anti Spyware], however, you will need a genuine copy of XP to do so, as Microsoft have devised a tool to block windows updates/downloads if your version of windows isn't genuine.Download:http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...;displaylang=enHope this helps... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nogbad the Bad Posted July 6, 2006 Report Share Posted July 6, 2006 Thanks again Matt, i'll give that lot a go then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophs Posted July 7, 2006 Report Share Posted July 7, 2006 "SOPHIE".........!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorset_Cider Posted July 7, 2006 Report Share Posted July 7, 2006 For a bit of background tryhttp://forums.techguy.org/security/463995-...rtpage-adh.htmlOr contact me via PMLuv you ya big 'Gasser' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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