Thanks, Cosmo. This is good information. On Jan 1, 12:55 pm, Cosmo <[email protected]> wrote: > Oops, sorry. I didn't see that you had it resolved. > > If anyone else has this problem, there is a relatively new type of > trojan which changes your DNS settings and thus, you will be taken to > a fake website. > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/05/new_dnschanger_hijacks/ > > Be careful, especially when entering passwords! > > On Dec 31 2008, 5:17 pm, studio <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On Dec 31, 9:53 am, wncs <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I've heard good things about AVG. I need to get that! > > > Problem solved. > > I came to the conclusion last night that it had to be malware. > > I ran a full system scan and it was detected and quarantined. > > > As an aside: > > I use AVG 8.0. > > No noticeable other effects or slowing down was noticed while > > infected. > > As these things go; it really wasn't all that bad, just annoying and > > stealthy. > > It probably could have been prevented through more aggressive Windows > > security settings and/or, in my case, AVG settings.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum
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