Re: Pop ups going to adgardener.com

[Dan <dan27649@xxxxxxxxx>]

Rick, have you considered one of the many diagnostic / AV boot CD's
available on the wild world web?  Google: boot cd antivirus

I've never used one for AV purposes, but the theory is that, since Windows
never starts when you boot up with this CD, the malware is unable to prevent
you from scanning for it and, hopefully, disinfecting it.

Of course, you probably need to download and burn this from an uninfected
PC.

Good luck,
- Dan

On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 11:48 PM, rick baird <rick.baird@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> John,
>
> Thanks for the reply.  I'm thinking I've picked up a bug - see below.
>
> > Not happening to me, but you could add adgardner.com to your hosts file
> with
> > a 127.0.0.1 address.  It probably wouldn't stop the popups but they would
> at
> > least be empty.
>
> Did that, but it still tries to launch the window.
>
> > Check FF for any undesired add-ons.
> >
> > Run a full AV scan, not just anti-ad/spyware.  Try yours or a free scan
> from
> > Housecall: http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
>
> When I click 'start scan' it just hangs.
>
> > Run the Secunia Software Inspector to look for missing updates:
> > http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/online/
>
> it won't load the java applet.  Says I'm not up to date with java, but I
> am.
>
> Sounds like whatever bug I've got is blocking these sites.
>
> I've got some work to do.   Thanks again,
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