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Old 01-06-2004, 02:47 PM   #1
Default DriversHQ installed some VB crap on my PC


I run IE6 on NT 4.0 (SP6) and the website below has installed some VBScript
crap on my PC that I think is causing me a problem with my network login
script.
It starts when I ran the Driver Detective at the following address
http://www.drivershq.com/predd.asp
I then received 2 security warnings. The first was for an ActiveX control
which I alloowed and downloaded. The second was something to do with
VBScript (sorry I can't be more specific). Having used this site on another
PC, I felt safe. So I carried on and allowed this too. Up springs the file
copy thing in the top left-hand side of the screen and starts copying DLL's
over.. copy, copy, copy.. then "would I like to reboot?"
Sure, OK, I'll reboot.
Now my bloody network login script doesn't work, and I'm sure there's a
connection, Any ideas about how I can find out what was copied onto my PC
from this site. I've tried looking at all my most recently created/modified
files but no luck.
Better still, can anyone predict (or figure out by going to the site) what
was downloaded after saying OK to that second security warning (I'm not
worried about the ActiveX bit, I uninstalled it anyway)
Please don't just suggest Spybot etc - I'm sure it's not
spyware/addware/otherware related, it's just some crappy dll's that just get
in the way.
Oh yeah, I also forgot to mention - The Driver Detective thingy (the reason
I accepted these security warnings and downloaded this script or whatever in
the first place) doesn't work anyway. I get:
Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a0006'
And looking this error up didn't really get me anywhere.




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Old 01-06-2004, 02:59 PM   #2
Mara
 
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Default Re: DriversHQ installed some VB crap on my PC
On Tue, 6 Jan 2004 15:47:49 +0100, gigajosh wrote:

>I run IE6 on NT 4.0 (SP6) and the website below has installed some VBScript
>crap on my PC that I think is causing me a problem with my network login
>script.
>It starts when I ran the Driver Detective at the following address
>http://www.drivershq.com/predd.asp
>I then received 2 security warnings. The first was for an ActiveX control
>which I alloowed and downloaded.


http://snipurl.com/3o5d

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Mara
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Old 01-06-2004, 03:13 PM   #3
gigajosh
 
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Default Re: DriversHQ installed some VB crap on my PC
Sorry, Mara, I don't really see how this helps. I've not got webscanx
running.

"Mara" <> wrote in message
news:...
> On Tue, 6 Jan 2004 15:47:49 +0100, gigajosh wrote:
>
> >I run IE6 on NT 4.0 (SP6) and the website below has installed some

VBScript
> >crap on my PC that I think is causing me a problem with my network login
> >script.
> >It starts when I ran the Driver Detective at the following address
> >http://www.drivershq.com/predd.asp
> >I then received 2 security warnings. The first was for an ActiveX control
> >which I alloowed and downloaded.

>
> http://snipurl.com/3o5d
>
> <snip>
>
> --
> Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.
> --Albert Einstein





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Old 01-06-2004, 03:25 PM   #4
gigajosh
 
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"gigajosh" <> wrote in message
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> I run IE6 on NT 4.0 (SP6) and the website below has installed some

VBScript
> crap on my PC that I think is causing me a problem with my network login
> script.
> It starts when I ran the Driver Detective at the following address
> http://www.drivershq.com/predd.asp
> I then received 2 security warnings. The first was for an ActiveX control
> which I alloowed and downloaded. The second was something to do with
> VBScript (sorry I can't be more specific). Having used this site on

another
> PC, I felt safe. So I carried on and allowed this too. Up springs the file
> copy thing in the top left-hand side of the screen and starts copying

DLL's
> over.. copy, copy, copy.. then "would I like to reboot?"
> Sure, OK, I'll reboot.
> Now my bloody network login script doesn't work, and I'm sure there's a
> connection, Any ideas about how I can find out what was copied onto my PC
> from this site. I've tried looking at all my most recently

created/modified
> files but no luck.
> Better still, can anyone predict (or figure out by going to the site) what
> was downloaded after saying OK to that second security warning (I'm not
> worried about the ActiveX bit, I uninstalled it anyway)
> Please don't just suggest Spybot etc - I'm sure it's not
> spyware/addware/otherware related, it's just some crappy dll's that just

get
> in the way.
> Oh yeah, I also forgot to mention - The Driver Detective thingy (the

reason
> I accepted these security warnings and downloaded this script or whatever

in
> the first place) doesn't work anyway. I get:
> Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a0006'
> And looking this error up didn't really get me anywhere.
>
>


Ok, I've discovered that logging into another PC has the same result with my
network login script, so it can't be anything to do with something I
downloaded from a website on PC 1 right?




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