Demoness Abigor wrote:
> ":: brian ::" <user@127.0.0.1> wrote in message
> news:RFcgb.56760$a16.52272@lakeread01...
> | Demoness Abigor wrote:
> | Have you checked the computer for spyware programs? Maybe? I don't
> | understand what this link looks like.
>
> I'm not running any P2P programs at all and I use Lavasoft Ad-aware 6 twice
> a day.
>
> In regards to how they come up. It's like someone sends a message through to
> my web browser as if I wanted to go to there site but haven't made the
> action myself.
And one more time: does this happen no matter what site you are
currently looking at?
>
> |Final thought. If the initial inquiry/message that causes the problem is
> |always coming from www.outwar.com, you can add that entry in your Hosts
> |file and block access completely.
>
> I think that's what I was trying to find out. How would I do that.
>
Depends on your OS.
Windows 95/98/Me c:\windows\hosts
Windows NT/2000/XP Pro c:\winnt\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
Windows XP Home c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
It's a plain text file. There should be a default file that you can
edit. Just make sure that when you save it you do not put an extension
(like .txt) on the file or Windows won't recognize it.
The file will have some explanatory (and non-functional) comments and a
single functional line at the bottom:
127.0.0.1 localhost
Add this line after the one above in your hosts file:
127.0.0.1
www.outwar.com
Save the file.
Depending on how this intrusion is working you may be ok with this. Or
you may now start getting error messages from Mozilla that the
connection couldn't be made. If so, just back out the change to the
hosts file. Or the intrusion may be coming from some other source, in
which case you'll need to positively ID what that source is for the
hosts file trick to work.
Perhaps a better way to approach this is with a firewall program that
would allow you to block the incoming and outgoing traffic generated by
this intrusion. The built-in Windows firewall does not block outbound
traffic. If your machine is running some service that is allowing this
to happen a good firewall like Zone Alarm (even the free version) is the
first thing I'd do to try to identify how this is happening.
You should also look at Task Manager when this happens to see if there
are any processes running that you don't recognize and cannot identify
as legitimate. Especially any instant messaging programs.
The hosts file and the fire wall are still not an ultimate solution to
the problem. From your description I'm guessing there is some service
on your system that is allowing this. You really should continue to try
and figure out why this is happening. Wish I could sit down at your
machine and see this in action.
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