re: Strange application stalking web page visits
Tuesday, February 27, 2007 at 1:30 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Mark
(1810 messages posted)
Follow the procedures as outlined here
to see if you have any malware. After that download and use SpywareBlaster
to keep your system free of malware.
On Monday, February 26, 2007 at 11:32 pm, CharliO7 wrote:
>Recently I accidentally left task manager open as I was checking some processes
and
>performance issues. It was in the applications window and I was moving around a
web
>site when I noticed a little 'DOS' icon and the name Privacy Info Dialog. This little
>application popped up every time a new web page loaded and then disappeared. It
pops
>up at each and every site I visit and then disappears a few seconds later. I immediately
>thought I had a virus. Did a scan with Zone Alarm Security Suite, and it found a
>Win32 Trojan. ZA couldn't remove it. A spyware remover gave it a different name,
>said it removed it, but when I checked the registry, the entry it described was
still
>in the location shown in the log. I had another strange app running, "SysFader"
which
>I thought was another piece of malware. But thanks to your article I finally got
>that straight. Is this application "Privacy Info Dialog" a part of windows and/or
>Zone Alarm, or is it some malware collecting my info. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
> Thx CharliO7
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