re: Ad ware hijacking Thursday, November 18, 2004 at 9:19 am Windows 2000 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Bob (2 messages posted) Alfie....I have the same problem and did what you had done. The pop ups still exist but a new and strange problem exists. When I search the net it will lock so I can't write any script in search boxs or navigate to another page. Once in a while I'll get an IE error and it will shutdown IE. Any idea? Hows your system working since deletion. I alsloread that the msiexec is a microsoft installer program..... On Sunday, September 19, 2004 at 1:21 pm, Alfie Mahmoud wrote: >Thanks everyone. I found the file after setting Win2K to display system files. >I already had it set to display hidden files, but that was not enough. Once set >to display system files, I found the file msiexec.exe and renamed it. The Spyware >quit loading and the pop-ups went away. After running it a few days, I deleted the >file. The file came from the scum-bags at fastclick.com. > >I hope this information is also useful for anyone else who gets this problem. > >Regards, > >Alfie > > > Written in response to: re: Ad ware hijacking (Alfie Mahmoud: Sunday, September 19, 2004 at 1:21 pm) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] Ad ware hijacking (Alfie Mahmoud: Thu, Sep 16, 2004, 5:37 pm) re: Ad ware hijacking (pass the salt: Thu, Sep 16, 2004, 7:28 pm) re: Ad ware hijacking (DEX: Thu, Sep 16, 2004, 9:02 pm) re: Ad ware hijacking (DEX: Thu, Sep 16, 2004, 9:27 pm) re: Ad ware hijacking (Alfie Mahmoud: Sun, Sep 19, 2004, 1:21 pm) re: Ad ware hijacking (Bob: Thu, Nov 18, 2004, 9:19 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 2000 Discussion Forum