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November 22nd, 2003, 07:58 PM
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Ad for spyware opens CD-ROM drive
Hi,
I recently was browsing the web when I came across a popup advertisement that was advertising a spyware program and at the same time opened the CD-ROM drive and started Notepad with a text advertisement in it. Has anyone else seen this? I have also experienced my start page being changed silently. I am now trying to scan and rid my system of any unauthorized programs. I am using the latest version of AVG Anti-Virus and Spybot Search & Destroy. I was unable to find any viruses or any spyware, and I had not previously agreed to install/run any scripts from within Internet Explorer. Could this be a known security hole in Windows or Internet Explorer? This happened yesterday to myself (running Windows ME and Internet Explorer 5.5. Interestingly enough, it also happened to someone else here today, using Windows XP Home SP1 and running Norton AntiVirus. Any information would be appreciated. Thanks 
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November 22nd, 2003, 09:50 PM
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Hi..Download 'Hijack This!'. Unzip, doubleclick HijackThis.exe, and hit "Scan".
When the scan is finished, click "Save Log", and copy and paste it in a reply. Don't make any changes until someone checks it out. http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/hijackthis.zip
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#3
November 23rd, 2003, 07:16 AM
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November 23rd, 2003, 12:12 PM
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The CD opening is an ActiveX control, if you reset your security options in Tools>internet options>security to prompt before running Activex you can avoid that one.
The notepad thing can be done through Activex, so increasing the security may well prevent that as well.
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#5
November 23rd, 2003, 05:25 PM
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Since my browser settings were set to 'custom' after I had recently re-imaged my hard drive from the PC manufacturer's restore CDs, I changed the security to the 'default' level for the zone (which is medium), the level of security that I am used to working with. If I continue to encouter problems I'll fine-tune the settings by lowering the permissions granted to sites. If things continue I'll also post back here. So, after looking at my Hijack This report, do you agree that there are no unauthorized processes running on my computer?
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#6
November 25th, 2003, 03:28 AM
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This happened on one of my computers yesterday. I don't know how, but the "home page" URL was changed in Explorer so that when it was first opened, it would go to a certain web site and that's when the CD would open and the add would pop up. I simply changed the "home page" URL to "blank" and there has been no more problems. *shrug* I'm also gonna up the security level.
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#7
November 25th, 2003, 05:49 AM
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There is a new variant of CoolWebSearch that overwrites notepad with it's own version. Just to be on the safe side, go here and download and run CWShredder. Reboot afterwards and let us know if anything was found.
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