Please help with nephew`s "FREE PORN" message.

[gonelifting]

He get`s a message every time he sends me an IM on AOL of "FREE PORN</" or "check this out FREE PORN" while he`s typing to me. I see his message and somewhere in the middle is that message. It`s been happening for a month now. It`s a link that can be clicked on but I never did it in fear of getting a virus myself. It does have an IP address when I scroll over it. Not sure to where.. maybe HIS computer. I don`t know how that stuff works.

I sent him a free virus scan software that he`s gonna try. Does anyone know what else it could be? Is this a common virus to have. It`s embarrassing for him and his mother to be getting while on-line.

Please no jokes the kid`s got enough problems to begin with. He`s a good kid. Any computer guys might have an answer for this.

 

[Sub-Zero]

if hes embarrased, you can let him and his mother know that just because this is happening doesnt even remotely mean he has been looking at porn.


i recently got a virus that i thought i got rid of but it keeps adding amazingautosearch bs to my homepage..., but when i got it (from looking for a song) it added about 25 different porno pages to my favorites list.


not that good with computers, but if virus scan doesnt work only other option i can think of is to re-format...

 

[gonelifting]

not that good with computers, but if virus scan doesnt work only other option i can think of is to re-format...

Sorry, re-format means uninstalling and reinstalling the AOL disk? I`m not too savvy on this stuff. lol

Also AOL could`nt fix the problem so I`m guessing theycould`nt advise him on viruses and stuff. That`s more of a reason I`m guessing it is a virus

 

[Sub-Zero]

reformat means you whipe everything clean and start from scratch.

 

[opioxoipo]

I had something like this so you can tell him to try this. It might not work but its a shot...
1. Click Start
2. Select Control Panel
3. Click on Add or Remove Programs

When you open add or remove programs, see if that certain site's program is there and just remove it.

 

[PHATchik]

Do a search for it. I got a virus at the beginning of the year that said to check out my pictures from New Year''s. It was in someone's profile and once clicked, put it in my profile. Then there was another one of check out this link. Just do a search using terms like free porn virus or something. I had to search to find a way to get rid of mine.

 

[Sub-Zero]

or sort of like phatchik just said,

search but for "by date" option, and search for anything downloaded from a span of around when he thinks it started happenning.

then delete anything that doesnt look right, and if it says its in use, hit control alt delete and go to processes, and end process for it then delete it.

(i just got rid of the virus i was talking about above for myself by doing this)

 

[jnuts]

I have to run out right now, but if nobody else has hooked you up, I'll help out when I get back.

 

[PHATchik]

Here's a little info on it. I'm seeing what I can find.


http://www.vnunet.com/News/1130815

A worm discovered earlier this week is hijacking web browsers and internet chat clients with promises of free porn.

Although the potential threat posed by the worm is low, antivirus companies have warned that its multiple methods of propagation could make it a nuisance.

Known variously as Aphex or Aplore, the mass mailing worm infects PCs using a variety of different methods.

It may arrive as a .com attachment to an email, where the subject line and message body are left blank. If the file is executed it drops a Visual Basic script, which it uses to email itself to all addresses in the Outlook address book.

The worm also sets up a web server on the infected machine which listens for connections on port 8180 and drops a file, index.html, which acts as an infected homepage for the server.

The worm then connects to an IRC server and sends a message to users of a particular channel offering 'free porn'.

The link back to the naughty goodies references the victim's infected machine which, in turn, infects anyone who visits the link by tricking them into downloading an infected browser plug-in.

If the user connects via AOL Instant Messenger (Aim), whenever the infected user sends a message the recipient receives a message tempting them to click a link, which again takes them back to the infected machine.

The worrying aspect here is that the link will appear to come from a trusted Aim user.

Antivirus firms are on the case and are advising users to update their software accordingly to keep the bug at bay.

 

[PHATchik]

Bingo! We could have a winner. This says it has removal directions. Keep going down the page and you'll see it. It's worth a shot.

http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_99437.htm