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Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Saturday, October 13, 2007 - 10:51 am
Avg found a virus exploit yesterday. So far, this morning, Avg has found 2 virus exploits. When I signed on this morning there was a new header for IE - English, United States, Microphone, etc. Anyone else have this on their computer?
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Saturday, October 13, 2007 - 5:44 pm
I don't use IE, but I think there was a Microsoft update that might account for the additions to IE. Just opened and checked mine and don't see those headers. BUT, for the first time in ages, years probably, AVG found a trojan horse virus this morning. Wonder what's going on?
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Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Saturday, October 13, 2007 - 5:49 pm
Those additions are now gone, Juju2bigdog. They just popped up and sort of disappeared, while Avg was running. Avg calls it a virus but I googled Exploit Virus and it refers to IE but I can't make heads or tails out of it all. Glad Avg found that horse virus for ya!
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Saturday, October 13, 2007 - 9:54 pm
Thanks, Rosie. We went out and bought a case of Trojans to celebrate. Errrr ... going to donate them to charity, of course.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Sunday, October 14, 2007 - 8:38 am
And the Trojan is back this morning. Things were acting kind of sluggish, and I had an idea it was back, so I ran AVG. Trying to run TrendMicro online scan right now but it is taking forever. If that doesn't work, I am going to try restoring to an earlier date. I suspect the trojan is now in my Restore and that is why it came back.
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Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Sunday, October 14, 2007 - 8:48 am
Celebratus Interruptus? Well, the Exploit is still here. AVG can't seem to get it to disappear for good. Found a site online that says it will get rid of Exploit - clean the Registry Keys? I don't know. Guess I will try system restore too and then we can do all of the updates again.
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Sunday, October 14, 2007 - 8:52 am
y'all need to turn OFF your system restore, then run avg or your selected anti-virus program. When you turn off your system restore it will get rid of all your restore points, but it will get rid of the trojans in the restore points that keep coming back for you. Once you've turned off your restore, run your virus scan, made sure it was all cleaned, reboot, run virus scan again, when it comes up clean, then turn your restore back on and create a new restore point.
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Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Sunday, October 14, 2007 - 9:18 am
Thank you, Ladytex. My system restore is now turned off and I am running AVG again. Will follow the rest of your instructions too. This is going to take a long time - AVG takes a long time to scan. lol Good luck with the horsie, Juju2bigdog.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Sunday, October 14, 2007 - 9:25 am
Good advice LT!
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Sunday, October 14, 2007 - 10:06 am
Rosie, if it is DSO exploit its nothing to worry about at all. You can leave it there.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Sunday, October 14, 2007 - 5:19 pm
Heh, I was coming back here to report on what I did. I tried System Restore, and it would not restore to any earlier dates. And that is when I remembered about turning off System Restore. That seems to have done the trick. But I am not sure I made a restore point. I will go do that.
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Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Sunday, October 14, 2007 - 7:05 pm
Sure glad that you mentioned making a restore point, Juju2bigdog because I forgot to do that. All done. Thanks Ladytex and Juju2bigdog. Twinkie, thanks for your input but if it looks like a virus, I can live without it. lol
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Sunday, October 14, 2007 - 10:12 pm
quote:then turn your restore back on and create a new restore point.
Well, don't thank me. I was just having a duh moment, lol.

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Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Monday, October 15, 2007 - 1:48 pm
I know that Ladytex said to create a new restore point and I thought I had thanked her. lol Butt, I forgot until your post.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Saturday, November 03, 2007 - 5:20 am
what would cause me to lose my internet connection whenever i go to a specific site? (www.sephora.com) i have to restart to get it back.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Saturday, November 03, 2007 - 5:51 am
No idea, Texannie.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Saturday, November 03, 2007 - 6:40 am
gee..thanks! LOL it's not my firewall, i checked that. goofiest darn thing
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Saturday, November 03, 2007 - 7:33 am
weird..it doesn't happen on my other computer. that one is XP, Avast, Windows Defender. this one is Vista, McAfee. both computers are IE 7.0 but different extensions..the one that works is IE 7.0.57 and the one that doesnt is IE 7.0.60
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Heyltslori
Moderator
09-15-2001
| Saturday, November 03, 2007 - 7:59 am
Well Texannie, if you're like me it's because you simply spend too much $$ at Sephora, and there's been some kind of divine intervention. Let me know if you need me to order anything for you. 
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Saturday, November 03, 2007 - 8:05 am
ROFL!!! believe me, i thought about that..maybe my husband was blocking it somehow! but, i can get there on my other computer! and i NEED to cause it's Friends and Family 20% off now!!!!!
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Heyltslori
Moderator
09-15-2001
| Saturday, November 03, 2007 - 8:14 am
Huh? What? A sale???? I'm your friend, right????? 
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Saturday, November 03, 2007 - 10:05 am
here you go...now fix my puter! LOL http://bp1.blogger.com/_Xro9Xa-XVhQ/Ryt2rvOyJaI/AAAAAAAADWk/dlZN1aj7StA/s1600-h/sephora_famandfriend
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Heyltslori
Moderator
09-15-2001
| Saturday, November 03, 2007 - 10:14 am
THANK YOU!!!! I really wish I could fix it for you Annie. Know that I'll be thinking about you as I shop. lol You're the best! 
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Saturday, November 03, 2007 - 10:18 am
gee..thanks! LOL
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Nyheat
Member
08-09-2006
| Saturday, November 03, 2007 - 10:37 am
Sometimes it's the site's certificate? If it's unautherized it may block it. Try going and unchecking everything in your Custom Level Internet Security Options...or rather, try unchecking certain things. Some people don't like to mess with the auto settings, which I understand. But I find that my Windows Vista is overprotecting me all the time!
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