rip18
Senior Member
I need some computer help. A couple of days ago while online, I got a pop-up message from my firewall saying an application was attempting to do somthing to my system. I told it to stop. A few minutes later it happened again. I told it to stop & logged off. I relogged on & had no further problems - I thought.
The next time I logged on, my user name, password, & dialup numbers for BOTH of my ISP accounts had been changed. I was dialing some out-of-country number. I ran a quick McAfee scan & found nothing. I changed back to my normal user names, numbers, etc. and logged on.
When I went my favorites to come visit y'all I found some sites had been added that looked rather interesting. Now, I had never been to those sites (still haven't), but their names were pretty graphic. I deleted them. They haven't shown back up.
I also found 2 short-cuts had been added to my desktop, both of which referenced an application called internet.exe. There were a couple of command options after the reference. I deleted the shortcuts & the application. They haven't shown back up.
BUT, everytime I get ready to get on the internet, my username, dialup number, & access phone number have been modified, even though I keep putting them back like they are supposed to be. I don't see any application running that shouldn't be. I looked at my processes, & I don't see one that looks like it shouldn't be running, but there are so many that I wouldn't recognize them all.
I re-ran McAfee. I ran Trend Micro's housecall service. I'm stumped. Any ideas of what to look for or what to try?
I'm headed to the hunting club for a 10:00 after-hunt members meeting shortly. Thanks for the help?
The next time I logged on, my user name, password, & dialup numbers for BOTH of my ISP accounts had been changed. I was dialing some out-of-country number. I ran a quick McAfee scan & found nothing. I changed back to my normal user names, numbers, etc. and logged on.
When I went my favorites to come visit y'all I found some sites had been added that looked rather interesting. Now, I had never been to those sites (still haven't), but their names were pretty graphic. I deleted them. They haven't shown back up.
I also found 2 short-cuts had been added to my desktop, both of which referenced an application called internet.exe. There were a couple of command options after the reference. I deleted the shortcuts & the application. They haven't shown back up.
BUT, everytime I get ready to get on the internet, my username, dialup number, & access phone number have been modified, even though I keep putting them back like they are supposed to be. I don't see any application running that shouldn't be. I looked at my processes, & I don't see one that looks like it shouldn't be running, but there are so many that I wouldn't recognize them all.
I re-ran McAfee. I ran Trend Micro's housecall service. I'm stumped. Any ideas of what to look for or what to try?
I'm headed to the hunting club for a 10:00 after-hunt members meeting shortly. Thanks for the help?