SP2 problem

[Ken K]

Since installing SP2 ,My computer keeps poppping up a window that is trying
to connect to http://vbs.searchwww.com/vbs.cgi .How can I stop this? I have
tried blocking it with Norton parental control,but it still tries anyway.

[The Grass is greener]

On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 16:30:49 +0000 (UTC), [Ken K] said :-

>Since installing SP2 ,My computer keeps poppping up a window that is trying
>to connect to http://vbs.searchwww.com/vbs.cgi .How can I stop this? I have
>tried blocking it with Norton parental control,but it still tries anyway.
>

This has nothing to do with SP2 - you almost certainly have spyware.



Here is some info Rock posted a couple of days ago :-

Cwshredder
http://aumha.org/freeware/freeware.php#cwshred

Bazooka Adware and Spyware Scanner
http://download.com.com/3000-2144-10247783.html

Pest Patrol Free Pest Scanner
http://www.pestscan.com/ScanOrTrial.asp

If you’re still having problems after running these then run
HijackThis and post the log to one of the specialty forums, _NOT_ this
one.

HijackThis
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=3155

Forums to Interpret HijackThis Logs:

http://www.spywareinfo.com/forums/
http://forum.aumha.org/viewforum.php?f=30
http://forums.tomcoyote.org/
http://www.wilderssecurity.com

[Morituri-Max]

Ken K wrote:
> Since installing SP2 ,My computer keeps poppping up a window that is trying
> to connect to http://vbs.searchwww.com/vbs.cgi .How can I stop this? I have
> tried blocking it with Norton parental control,but it still tries anyway.

Get and run Ad Aware 6 (www.lavasoft.de) and Spybot Search & Destroy
(http://beam.to/spybotsd)

Do this religously every time you get paranoid, or every couple days.. or every
day!!! <g> I can't stress that enough..

[Rock]

Ken K wrote:

> Since installing SP2 ,My computer keeps poppping up a window that is trying
> to connect to http://vbs.searchwww.com/vbs.cgi .How can I stop this? I have
> tried blocking it with Norton parental control,but it still tries anyway.
>
>

Also run Adaware and Spybot:

Ad-aware SE
http://www.lavasoftusa.com

Spybot Search and Destroy
http://www.safer-networking.org

[Plato]

Ken K wrote:
>
> Since installing SP2 ,My computer keeps poppping up a window that is trying
> to connect to http://vbs.searchwww.com/vbs.cgi .How can I stop this? I have
> tried blocking it with Norton parental control,but it still tries anyway.

Next time do the upgrade properly:

http://www.bootdisk.com/xptop15.htm#19