pop up exiting atoque

[jenni]

Everytime I close IE I get a popup ad from atoque - what's
going on?

 

[Joe Mama]

wrong newsgroup

 

[Joe Edwards]

Look for a file in the C:\Windows\System folder. Each time you start
up your browser, the file will copy itself to
a new file name and erase the old one, so you have to look for a
recently modified application file in the format XXXXXXXX.exe with the
X's randomly generated alpha-numeric characters. If you're not sure if
it's the right one, make note of the file name, use your browser a few
times and check to see if it's gone and a new one is there. Try
renaming it first to see if it takes care of the problem. If it does,
then erase it. You may have to go to a DOS prompt to erase it.

HTH,
Joe Edwards

 

[Lani]

Apparently, it's some type of worm that got onto your
system via some webpage or game or something. It's been
annoying me, too, for quite some time and I finally found
something helpful.

http://computing.net/security/wwwboard/forum/9909.html

It's in Response 4 from "Wilson". He's not a computer
expert, but his advice seems to have helped people. He
helped me (as far as I can tell)! Good luck.

~Lani