Here's the deal:
The other day i clicked a link in a friends profile bringing me to a page asking me to download something, making a dumb move i accepted the download and saved the file to my desktop, only to find it was what looked like a program file. When i clicked on it it seemed to do nothing. Confused i deleted the file (i don't remember the name of the file but i am pretty sure it was something ".scr"). After thiis point i started having strange isolated symptoms on my computer. First my profile was deleted (not a big deal). Than i come home to my computer to find my away message changed and a website opened in internet explorer asking me to download a file. I can't remember now the name of the file (i know not very helpful) but with a look at the history in my comp i found the address to the site of the unclosable window. I also found out that my away message had been changed and contained a link to another website(unforntunately i don't have that website address again not helpful but if it happens again i will post it). Well the first thing i attempted to do was use ctrl alt del to close the internet explorer window. When the ctrl alt del window opened it immeaditatly closed. I soon realized that i was most likely dealing with a virus that had some process or background program running that would allow me to close it. The first thing i did was to scan my computer with Norton Anti-Virus, which returned no results. Than I scanned my computer with a adware/spyware protecting program called "spybot." Which also changed none of the symptoms. So i decided one of the things i should do is to try and get the ctrl alt del running again. So i tried to open my registry to possible edit the key, but the registry window would flash and than close( NOTE: both ctrl+alt+del and the registry window continue not to open). I assumed this must be another part of the virus. So i searched AIM's webstie to see if i could find any posting of any potential threats or such, but i found none that related to my problem. One of the links mentioned above is listed below but CAUTION is advised becuase i don't understand what it does but it may be helpful to finding the answer to this problem:
The unclosebale window that i saw open in internet explorer when i came home is the following:
http://www.angelfire.com/al4/spin8/staff.htmlOther Specifications:
XP Home edition (Version 2002)
Pentium III
256 RAM
The communication program discussed is AIM (AOL Instant Messenger)
Since these isolated symptoms seem to be happening fequently i will will post news of any others, or with further information regarding some of the information left blank above.
Your help will be greatly appreciated
Sincerely,
phatzo
