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Brad - 19 Oct 2006 09:05 GMT

I have some form of malware on my old W98SE machine that I can't get rid of.
I don't really want to do a clean disk format/reload if I can avoid it.

The screen comes up with an "About Blank" window that you can click on to
take you to websites. By "right clicking" to get to the page properties I can
see the main address, but a search of my whole hard drive for a file that
contains this text is fruitless. Are there any suggestions on where this pop
up is coming from?

Thanks

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Galen - 19 Oct 2006 10:11 GMT

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> I have some form of malware on my old W98SE machine that I can't get
> rid of. I don't really want to do a clean disk format/reload if I can
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>
> Thanks

Try a scan...

G³ - Windows > All Platforms + General: Malware Cleaning and Repair:
http://kgiii.info/windows/all/general/malwarefix.html

That is pretty general. Poking about for a reputable forum and asking where
to post your HJT logs (I've never used one of the forums so can't really lay
a claim as to which is the best and if you posted it to mine I'd probably be
pretty grouchy but I'd look at it but I'd still be grouchy) might be a good
idea. It may well just be a dorked add-on? My normal snippet is this:

Malware Cleaning:
http://kgiii.info/windows/all/general/malwarefix.html

After that look for poorly coded plug-ins.

BHODemon 2.0:
http://www.definitivesolutions.com/bhodemon.htm

One thing to note is that you'll be able to boot to safe mode without
networking, load IE - it will complain about not connecting - and from there
you can probably go ahead and see what plug-ins are enabled or you can just
use the above application...

Finally...

How to reinstall or repair Internet Explorer and Outlook Express:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=318378

Ignore the last one - that's not something you really need to accomplish at
this point I don't believe. I'd start with the first two. (Note also that
you can't really boot into safe mode without networking - you can't boot
into safe mode with networking really so it's not an option on 98.)

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whole art of detection into one volume." - Sherlock Holmes

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