Warning! New Pop-up loader on the loose

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by Colbyt, Sep 24, 2006.

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    On Friday I started having a series of pop-ups being loaded onto my computer. This was using IE6 win XP and the blocker enabled. To say the least they were d$#@ annoying.

    I ran full system scans with Norton and windows defender. Nothing was detected. I started looking at the addon programs for IE6 and found one I did not recognize. l_exnet.dll . None of the search engines have any information about this file.

    That is most unusual. I searched for and found it on my hard drive. It likes to hide in c:\windows\system32. The file size is 16.5 kb. The creation date on my computer matched very closely the time I started having the problems.

    I disabled it the tools/internet options/programs/manage add on section of the tool bar. I have experienced no pop ups since I did that.

    I did visit some sites that morning that wanted to install stuff and I refused by closing the window. They must have had a blind opt in on the close button.

    I am posting here so the bots can pick this up and get the word out.
     
    Colbyt, Sep 24, 2006 IP