Weird start up probs

Hi all,

When I boot up my laptop (WinXP Home), all most
immediately my dial up connection starts up. I have
checked all of the dialup connections & they appear to be
ok - oh I have compared these settings to a desktop I use
(again WinXP Home). Thats the first problem.
Now the second problem in my opinion is possibly tied in
with the first. When my laptop has successfully logged on
I get a toolbar appear & if I click on HOME it takes me to
a site www.active-max.com.
I must admit it doesnt really bother me to much however
reading your groups this might be quite serious &
therefore I would like to take some action.
I regular use Sybot search & destroy, I use black ice
defender as my firewall & use Nortons anti virus.
Also I regulary do my microsoft updates.
I have also checked in my add & remove programs to ensure
there have not been any dodgy software loaded - there is
not.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated

Thank in advance

Jim

Dirk
Wed Dec 17 10:16:42 CST 2003


"Jim" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> schreef in bericht
news:098b01c3c4b0$bbcfecc0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> Hi all,
>
> When I boot up my laptop (WinXP Home), all most
> immediately my dial up connection starts up. I have
> checked all of the dialup connections & they appear to be
> ok - oh I have compared these settings to a desktop I use
> (again WinXP Home). Thats the first problem.
> Now the second problem in my opinion is possibly tied in
> with the first. When my laptop has successfully logged on
> I get a toolbar appear & if I click on HOME it takes me to
> a site www.active-max.com.
> I must admit it doesnt really bother me to much however
> reading your groups this might be quite serious &
> therefore I would like to take some action.
> I regular use Sybot search & destroy, I use black ice
> defender as my firewall & use Nortons anti virus.
> Also I regulary do my microsoft updates.
> I have also checked in my add & remove programs to ensure
> there have not been any dodgy software loaded - there is
> not.

http://www.tomcoyote.org/SPYBOT/

Mike
Wed Dec 17 11:23:46 CST 2003

Jim,
"active-max.com" = LOP parasite
Make *sure* SpyBot is updated .....

Go to: http://www.tomcoyote.org/hjt/
Download "Hijack This!" [freeware] or download direct (below):
http://www.merijn.org/files/hijackthis.zip

Unzip, double-click "HijackThis.exe" and Press "Scan".

When the scan is finished, the "Scan" button will change into a "Save Log"
button.
Click: "Save Log" (generates: "hijackthis.log")

Next, go to the below location:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/forums/

Sign in, go to the "Spyware and Hijackware Removal" section.
Press "New Topic", copy and paste hijackthis.log into your new message.
____________________________________________________________
Mike Burgess [MVP Windows Shell\User] http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/
Blocking Spyware, Adware, Parasites, Hijackers, Trojans, with a HOSTS file
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm [updated 12-15-03]
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"Jim" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:098b01c3c4b0$bbcfecc0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> Hi all,
>
> When I boot up my laptop (WinXP Home), all most
> immediately my dial up connection starts up. I have
> checked all of the dialup connections & they appear to be
> ok - oh I have compared these settings to a desktop I use
> (again WinXP Home). Thats the first problem.
> Now the second problem in my opinion is possibly tied in
> with the first. When my laptop has successfully logged on
> I get a toolbar appear & if I click on HOME it takes me to
> a site www.active-max.com.
> I must admit it doesnt really bother me to much however
> reading your groups this might be quite serious &
> therefore I would like to take some action.
> I regular use Sybot search & destroy, I use black ice
> defender as my firewall & use Nortons anti virus.
> Also I regulary do my microsoft updates.
> I have also checked in my add & remove programs to ensure
> there have not been any dodgy software loaded - there is
> not.
>
> Any advice would be greatly appreciated
>
> Thank in advance
>
> Jim
>