Want to terminate undesired font and DLL installation attempts

[stephanie]

I visited a bilingual website (Korean/English,
www.leadis.com) and clicked on the front page button that
said "English". This immediately triggered an UNPROMPTED
avalanche of downloads. I pressed "Cancel", but this did
not stop the cascade (possibly 100 files or more?). As
the file names flashed past, I noticed that many were
either fonts or DLLs.

Ever since this font/DLL cascade, any time I launch a
Microsoft application (Word, Excel, etc.), I get an
installer message box, which then requests SETUP.MSI from
my startup disk. I don't put in the disk, since I don't
want to install any of the useless Korean fonts or scary
DLLs. After several dialogue or error boxes, the
application finally launches.

I don't want to do-si-do with the installer for the rest
of my life. So...

1) How can I stop the Installer from trying to install
these fonts and DLLs?

2) How can I thoroughly purge these fonts and DLLs from
my computer?

3) How can I use security measures to prevent this kind
of unwanted downloading in the future?

My setup:
Windows XP Home
Sony Vaio PCG-VX89
Browser IE 6.0 with medium Internet security settings

Thanks so much to the wise and kind person out there who
can help me solve my problem.

[The Stare]

"stephanie" > wrote in message
...
> I visited a bilingual website (Korean/English,
> www.leadis.com) and clicked on the front page button that
> said "English". This immediately triggered an UNPROMPTED
> avalanche of downloads. I pressed "Cancel", but this did
> not stop the cascade (possibly 100 files or more?). As
> the file names flashed past, I noticed that many were
> either fonts or DLLs.
>
> Ever since this font/DLL cascade, any time I launch a
> Microsoft application (Word, Excel, etc.), I get an
> installer message box, which then requests SETUP.MSI from
> my startup disk. I don't put in the disk, since I don't
> want to install any of the useless Korean fonts or scary
> DLLs. After several dialogue or error boxes, the
> application finally launches.
>
> I don't want to do-si-do with the installer for the rest
> of my life. So...
>
> 1) How can I stop the Installer from trying to install
> these fonts and DLLs?
>
> 2) How can I thoroughly purge these fonts and DLLs from
> my computer?
>
> 3) How can I use security measures to prevent this kind
> of unwanted downloading in the future?

I'll only answer the one i think i know... #3. Internet options >> advanced
>> uncheck both install on demands.


> My setup:
> Windows XP Home
> Sony Vaio PCG-VX89
> Browser IE 6.0 with medium Internet security settings
>
> Thanks so much to the wise and kind person out there who
> can help me solve my problem.

[stephanie]

Thanks, The Stare. I'll try your approach for #3.
Meanwhile, I still have a problem with the installer
repeatedly firing up. Any help out there?

[The Stare]

If you are brave enough and antivirus is up to date...
Let it install and then see if it set an entry in the add/remove programs.
If it turns out to be spyware, a program like Ad-Aware will clean it out if
it isn't in add/remove.
If it is just a foreign language pack to properly display foreign
characters, it will do no harm.

"stephanie" > wrote in message
...
> Thanks, The Stare. I'll try your approach for #3.
> Meanwhile, I still have a problem with the installer
> repeatedly firing up. Any help out there?

[stephanie]

Thank you, The Stare. I suppose I can go dig out the XP
CD and try that.

>-----Original Message-----
>If you are brave enough and antivirus is up to date...
>Let it install and then see if it set an entry in the
add/remove programs.
>If it turns out to be spyware, a program like Ad-Aware
will clean it out if
>it isn't in add/remove.
>If it is just a foreign language pack to properly display
foreign
>characters, it will do no harm.
>
>"stephanie" > wrote in message
...
>> Thanks, The Stare. I'll try your approach for #3.
>> Meanwhile, I still have a problem with the installer
>> repeatedly firing up. Any help out there?
>
>
>.
>

[The Stare]

While you are at it, copy it to your hard drive so you don't need to find it
again.

"stephanie" > wrote in message
...
> Thank you, The Stare. I suppose I can go dig out the XP
> CD and try that.
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >If you are brave enough and antivirus is up to date...
> >Let it install and then see if it set an entry in the
> add/remove programs.
> >If it turns out to be spyware, a program like Ad-Aware
> will clean it out if
> >it isn't in add/remove.
> >If it is just a foreign language pack to properly display
> foreign
> >characters, it will do no harm.
> >
> >"stephanie" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> Thanks, The Stare. I'll try your approach for #3.
> >> Meanwhile, I still have a problem with the installer
> >> repeatedly firing up. Any help out there?
> >
> >
> >.
> >