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Old January 14th 10, 06:29 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.video,microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
Yousuf Khan[_2_]
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Default Keep getting message to update graphics driver

almostbob wrote:
that prompt and a redirect to a spoofed nvidia.com site dumped into your
hosts file
Zap: youre a spambot

too easy


Good point, I didn't remember that. Sure enough, I went into my hosts
file and saw the following lines inserted:

66.98.148.65 auto.search.msn.com
66.98.148.65 auto.search.msn.es

IP 66.98.148.65 corresponds to a site called ns1.funkstaserver.com.
Looking it up, there seems to be discussions about it being a site
infected with the "WIN.MSSQL.worm.helkern", whatever that is.

Don't know if my aforementioned "update your display drivers" alert
created this, or if it was something else, but obviously I'm starting a
scan with previously suggested tools, right now.

Yousuf Khan
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