Tech Support Forum - View Single Post - Constant Pop-ups, three different programs on Desktop, comes back after cleaning

sUBs · 08-10-2007, 05:45 AM

Go to Start > Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs and uninstall the following programs:

ViewPoint

Please note any other programs that you dont recognize in that list in your next response

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Go to Control Panel click Display>Desktop>Customize Desktop>Website
Under the 'Web pages' box, Delete - Privacy Protection

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Do a HijackThis scan & place a check next to these items and select "Fix checked":

R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://softwarereferral.com/jump.php...MjI6Ojg5&lid=2
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Alcmtr] ALCMTR.EXE

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Click here perform an online scan >> Online Scanner

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In your next post, please include fresh logs from:

Fresh Hijackthis log taken just before replying

Online scan

ComboFix's log

Please provide details of any problems you encountered whilst performing the above steps & update us on how the computer behaves now

08-10-2007, 05:45 AM	#7 (permalink)
sUBs Asst Manager Security, Expert Analyst, Moderator, Security Team; Rangemaster, Moderator, TSF Academy Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 24,498 OS: N/A	Re: Constant Pop-ups, three different programs on Desktop, comes back after cleaning Go to Start > Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs and uninstall the following programs: ViewPoint Please note any other programs that you dont recognize in that list in your next response --------------- Go to Control Panel click Display>Desktop>Customize Desktop>Website Under the 'Web pages' box, Delete - Privacy Protection --------------- Do a HijackThis scan & place a check next to these items and select "Fix checked": R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://softwarereferral.com/jump.php...MjI6Ojg5&lid=2 O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Alcmtr] ALCMTR.EXE --------------- Click here perform an online scan >> Online Scanner --------------- In your next post, please include fresh logs from: Fresh Hijackthis log taken just before replying Online scan ComboFix's log Please provide details of any problems you encountered whilst performing the above steps & update us on how the computer behaves now __________________ Question - what have you done for the community today?