Subj : Re: Way OT - Browser help
To   : alt.tv.er
From : Cathy M
Date : Thu Sep 29 2005 21:31:43

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.er


galt_57@hotmail.com wrote:
> Cathy M wrote:
> > I'm hoping someone can help me with this problem.
> > Yesterday I started to see a "double underline" under selected
> > parts of websites and usenet postings.  When I hover the cursor
> > over the double underlines, an ad pops up that is related to those
> > words.
> > [...]
>
> I'd dump IE and if you are using Outlook I'd dump that too.
>
> One popular scheme is to use the following freeware;
>
> Firefox browser
> Thunderbird e-mail
> Ad-AwareSE ad-ware scanner
> Spybot S&D spy-ware scanner
> Grisoft AVG anti-virus
> ZoneAlarm version 5.5 (not 6) firewall

Thank you all for the advice...I had not been using Ad-Aware (was using
a Yahoo spyware/adware scanner) so I updated it and ran it and my
problem went away.  I still have no idea where I acquired the hijacker
but at least I'm not stressing out about it now.

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