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Unread 2 May 2003, 14:38   #1
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Virus (?) Help

Using Xp Pro when i logon i get the message:

"you (or a program) are trying to connect to <porn site url>, do you wish to connect etc"

cancelling it, and connecting normaly i can only connect at around 2Kbps (it took 10 minutes to get to here to post this)

anyone any suggestions?

just ran ad-aware and now running a virus scanner but not sure what to do if it doesn't pick anything up
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It sounds like a process is listening for when you connect to the internet and is then, as you say, connecting to that site.
Where is this message displayed? Is it a standard windows message (which would be odd as it's not normally bright enough to warn about that sort of thing) or from a personal firewall if you're running one, or what?

I would also recommend investigating your add/remove programs list to see if anything suspicious has inserted itself in there. If other people have access to your computer (or if you've accidentally clicked "yes" on one of those goddamn ActiveX Install boxes that certain sites throw at you) then there could be one of the porn dialer type thingies installed.

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was coming up in a 'something wants to connect to the internet so choose which internet account to use to dialup' box


been getting a load of spammy porn email recently with loads of activex crap in that aren't displaying as activex is disabled

anyway, still a bit worried bout this but turns out the reason i was getting a ****e connection is that the ****ing gardner cut through the main phone line into the house when he was gardening, then all the rain and crap over the last few days ****ed the line up. it went all together last night so we got NTL round to fix it this morning and stick a temporary cable in for now.
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