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A Whiteford wrote:
> My background has reset to a black screen with a title "Warning You're in
> Danger" and a blurb about spyware etc.  If I click on the screen it takes me
> to the following web site:
> http://213.159.117.130/?affid=NAT-12
> 
> which basically is urging me to buy their product to remove spyware.
> 
> I've run AdAware and it's made no difference.  I've also tried resetting the
> desktop from the Display within the Control Panel.  If I choose a Windows
> theme it uses only the sounds/pointers and doesn't change the desktop to the
> theme.
> 
> Advice from anybody who knows how to get rid of this hijacker appreciated.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> 
See Virus Removal Instructions below
-max

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A Whiteford wrote:
> My background has reset to a black screen with a title "Warning You're in
> Danger" and a blurb about spyware etc.  If I click on the screen it takes me
> to the following web site:
> http://213.159.117.130/?affid=NAT-12
> 
> which basically is urging me to buy their product to remove spyware.
> 
> I've run AdAware and it's made no difference.  I've also tried resetting the
> desktop from the Display within the Control Panel.  If I choose a Windows
> theme it uses only the sounds/pointers and doesn't change the desktop to the
> theme.
> 
> Advice from anybody who knows how to get rid of this hijacker appreciated.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> 
Don't assume that AdAware is the be-all and end-all of anti-spyware 
programs. Yes I use it myself but I also use SpySweeper, SpyBot and 
Spyware Blaster. Have a look at some of these products as well and see 
if they can help you. But also as -max has suggested look at running a 
check for viruses as well.

Sh4d03

sh4d03 <sh4d03@TPG.com.au> wrote in news:41d733af$1@dnews.tpgi.com.au:

> A Whiteford wrote:
>> My background has reset to a black screen with a title "Warning
>> You're in Danger" and a blurb about spyware etc.  If I click on the
>> screen it takes me to the following web site:
>> http://213.159.117.130/?affid=NAT-12
>> 
>> which basically is urging me to buy their product to remove spyware.
>> 
>> I've run AdAware and it's made no difference.  I've also tried
>> resetting the desktop from the Display within the Control Panel.  If
>> I choose a Windows theme it uses only the sounds/pointers and doesn't
>> change the desktop to the theme.
>> 
>> Advice from anybody who knows how to get rid of this hijacker
>> appreciated. 
>> 
>> Thanks
>> 
>> 
> Don't assume that AdAware is the be-all and end-all of anti-spyware 
> programs. Yes I use it myself but I also use SpySweeper, SpyBot and 
> Spyware Blaster. Have a look at some of these products as well and see
> if they can help you. But also as -max has suggested look at running a
> check for viruses as well.
> 
> Sh4d03

Yes, indeed.  I'm no expert, but I just finished cleaning a teenager's 
machine, and I had to use AdAware, Spybot, Hijackthis, Trend Sysclean, 
Bitdefender, and McAfee to do the job.  

I had no viruses, but plenty of spyware, adware, and trojans.  What 
worked the best for me was manually deleting registry entries that 
Bitdefender and Hijackthis found, examining the startup tab in msconfig, 
and the running processes in the task manager.  

I sometimes felt like I was chasing my tail, as it was an iterative 
process.

Good luck,
Bruce