Guest Rick Posted August 5, 2007 Posted August 5, 2007 My son gave me an older computer with Me and an old virus called badurl.grandstreet. I know that this is an old problem that was hopefully solved years ago. Is there an easy fix?
Guest Heather Posted August 5, 2007 Posted August 5, 2007 Re: granstreet How do you know you have this virus?? I cannot find anything by that name at Norton for starters, and I do not remember any virus bearing that name. Cite your source for this name please. And perhaps if you went to an antivirus group, they could help. But start here with where you got this name and what problems it is causing. Heather "Rick" <Rick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:06DE900B-7B5E-412B-ABCC-723293F53DCB@microsoft.com... > My son gave me an older computer with Me and an old virus called > badurl.grandstreet. I know that this is an old problem that was > hopefully > solved years ago. Is there an easy fix?
Guest webster72n Posted August 5, 2007 Posted August 5, 2007 Re: granstreet "Rick" <Rick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:06DE900B-7B5E-412B-ABCC-723293F53DCB@microsoft.com... > My son gave me an older computer with Me and an old virus called > badurl.grandstreet. I know that this is an old problem that was hopefully > solved years ago. Is there an easy fix? Don't know about "easy", but "effective", yes. Apparently you are dealing with "Spyware". There are a few free programs for your consideration: 1. http://www.tucows.com/preview/310138 2. http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html 3. http://www.adaware2008.com/ad_aware.html?gclid=CNeOt--3340CFRGCGgod1BBCmQ Hope this helps. Harry.
Guest Gary S. Terhune Posted August 6, 2007 Posted August 6, 2007 Re: granstreet See http://www.google.com/search?num=30&hl=en&newwindow=1&safe=off&q=badurl.grandstreet -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://www.grystmill.com "Heather" <figgyd@nospam.invalid> wrote in message news:uJrTgn61HHA.3400@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > How do you know you have this virus?? I cannot find anything by that name > at Norton for starters, and I do not remember any virus bearing that name. > > Cite your source for this name please. And perhaps if you went to an > antivirus group, they could help. But start here with where you got this > name and what problems it is causing. > > Heather > > "Rick" <Rick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:06DE900B-7B5E-412B-ABCC-723293F53DCB@microsoft.com... >> My son gave me an older computer with Me and an old virus called >> badurl.grandstreet. I know that this is an old problem that was >> hopefully >> solved years ago. Is there an easy fix? > >
Guest Heather Posted August 6, 2007 Posted August 6, 2007 Re: granstreet Duh.....didn't think about Google, but this is so flippin' old and I was reading thru a HiJack This report on Tom Coyote on it. Wouldn't any or all of the various spyware programs nail this one now??? It is 2 to 3 years old. Probably one of the first hijackers out there. Or perhaps I got the first one, grin. Forget which it was, but my daughter went to a perfectly innocent Ladies Magazine website and something nailed my WinME. Cheers....Heather "Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote in message news:%237zGZL81HHA.600@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > See > http://www.google.com/search?num=30&hl=en&newwindow=1&safe=off&q=badurl.grandstreet > > -- > Gary S. Terhune > MS-MVP Shell/User > http://www.grystmill.com > > "Heather" <figgyd@nospam.invalid> wrote in message > news:uJrTgn61HHA.3400@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... >> How do you know you have this virus?? I cannot find anything by that >> name at Norton for starters, and I do not remember any virus bearing >> that name. >> >> Cite your source for this name please. And perhaps if you went to an >> antivirus group, they could help. But start here with where you got >> this name and what problems it is causing. >> >> Heather >> >> "Rick" <Rick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:06DE900B-7B5E-412B-ABCC-723293F53DCB@microsoft.com... >>> My son gave me an older computer with Me and an old virus called >>> badurl.grandstreet. I know that this is an old problem that was >>> hopefully >>> solved years ago. Is there an easy fix? >> >> > >
Guest Gary S. Terhune Posted August 6, 2007 Posted August 6, 2007 Re: granstreet It's amazing the stuff you can accumulate visiting supposedly decent sites. Yes, I would think that most anti-spyware apps would deal with the problem, but I haven't studied it in any depth. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://www.grystmill.com "Heather" <figgyd@nospam.invalid> wrote in message news:%234e$ms81HHA.5796@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > Duh.....didn't think about Google, but this is so flippin' old and I was > reading thru a HiJack This report on Tom Coyote on it. Wouldn't any or > all of the various spyware programs nail this one now??? It is 2 to 3 > years old. Probably one of the first hijackers out there. > > Or perhaps I got the first one, grin. Forget which it was, but my > daughter went to a perfectly innocent Ladies Magazine website and > something nailed my WinME. > > Cheers....Heather > > "Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote in message > news:%237zGZL81HHA.600@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >> See >> http://www.google.com/search?num=30&hl=en&newwindow=1&safe=off&q=badurl.grandstreet >> >> -- >> Gary S. Terhune >> MS-MVP Shell/User >> http://www.grystmill.com >> >> "Heather" <figgyd@nospam.invalid> wrote in message >> news:uJrTgn61HHA.3400@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... >>> How do you know you have this virus?? I cannot find anything by that >>> name at Norton for starters, and I do not remember any virus bearing >>> that name. >>> >>> Cite your source for this name please. And perhaps if you went to an >>> antivirus group, they could help. But start here with where you got >>> this name and what problems it is causing. >>> >>> Heather >>> >>> "Rick" <Rick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >>> news:06DE900B-7B5E-412B-ABCC-723293F53DCB@microsoft.com... >>>> My son gave me an older computer with Me and an old virus called >>>> badurl.grandstreet. I know that this is an old problem that was >>>> hopefully >>>> solved years ago. Is there an easy fix? >>> >>> >> >> > >
Guest Heirloom Posted August 6, 2007 Posted August 6, 2007 Re: granstreet +1 on the 'innocent sites'.........my wife was looking up info on hyper thyroidism and picked up Comet Cursor. The Net is not a place to blindly stomp around in, especially, without adequate protection. Heirloom, old and need a new bike....after the new foot P.S. Heather.....IIRC, that grandstreet nasty killed IE and getting rid of it required some regedit. Of course, that was while ago and some of the newer AV and AS apps may do the trick. "Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote in message news:%23Ms5V981HHA.5164@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > It's amazing the stuff you can accumulate visiting supposedly decent > sites. > > Yes, I would think that most anti-spyware apps would deal with the > problem, but I haven't studied it in any depth. > > -- > Gary S. Terhune > MS-MVP Shell/User > http://www.grystmill.com >
Guest Heather Posted August 7, 2007 Posted August 7, 2007 Re: granstreet Yup, I read about what it did and it was a nasty one. Funny tho, I never heard tell of it on the antivirus groups. Anyway, I would assume that all of the anti-malware progs have it covered. And what do you need a new bike for??? OLD guys ride OLD bikes. Hokay, Jose?? XX Figgs "Heirloom" <roland58XX@XXcox.net> wrote in message news:uTPL$cH2HHA.1184@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > +1 on the 'innocent sites'.........my wife was looking up info on > hyper thyroidism and picked up Comet Cursor. The Net is not a place > to blindly stomp around in, especially, without adequate protection. > Heirloom, old and need a new bike....after the > new foot > > P.S. Heather.....IIRC, that grandstreet nasty killed IE and getting > rid of it required some regedit. Of course, that was while ago and > some of the newer AV and AS apps may do the trick. > > "Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote in message > news:%23Ms5V981HHA.5164@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >> It's amazing the stuff you can accumulate visiting supposedly decent >> sites. >> >> Yes, I would think that most anti-spyware apps would deal with the >> problem, but I haven't studied it in any depth. >> >> -- >> Gary S. Terhune >> MS-MVP Shell/User >> http://www.grystmill.com >> > >
Guest Rick Posted August 7, 2007 Posted August 7, 2007 Re: granstreet "webster72n" wrote: > > "Rick" <Rick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:06DE900B-7B5E-412B-ABCC-723293F53DCB@microsoft.com... > > My son gave me an older computer with Me and an old virus called > > badurl.grandstreet. I know that this is an old problem that was hopefully > > solved years ago. Is there an easy fix? > > Don't know about "easy", but "effective", yes. > Apparently you are dealing with "Spyware". > There are a few free programs for your consideration: > > 1. http://www.tucows.com/preview/310138 > 2. http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html > 3. http://www.adaware2008.com/ad_aware.html?gclid=CNeOt--3340CFRGCGgod1BBCmQ > > Hope this helps. > > Harry. > >Thanks to everyone on answering my question. I installed Spyware Detector and it cleared up all of my problems. I had a bunch on old virus stuff. My son used the computer when he was in college 2000 to 2006 and download who knows what. Music, prgrams and just about everything. The compter works much faster and grandtreet is gone forever (hopefully). Thanks again. > >
Guest webster72n Posted August 7, 2007 Posted August 7, 2007 Re: granstreet "Rick" <Rick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:2C94E8E3-CA52-4B92-8DDC-DA1AFF18BF83@microsoft.com... > > > "webster72n" wrote: > > > > > "Rick" <Rick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > > news:06DE900B-7B5E-412B-ABCC-723293F53DCB@microsoft.com... > > > My son gave me an older computer with Me and an old virus called > > > badurl.grandstreet. I know that this is an old problem that was hopefully > > > solved years ago. Is there an easy fix? > > > > Don't know about "easy", but "effective", yes. > > Apparently you are dealing with "Spyware". > > There are a few free programs for your consideration: > > > > 1. http://www.tucows.com/preview/310138 > > 2. http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html > > 3. http://www.adaware2008.com/ad_aware.html?gclid=CNeOt--3340CFRGCGgod1BBCmQ > > > > Hope this helps. > > > > Harry. > > > >Thanks to everyone on answering my question. I installed Spyware Detector and it cleared up all of my problems. I had a bunch on old virus stuff. My son used the computer when he was in college 2000 to 2006 and download who knows what. Music, prgrams and just about everything. The compter works much faster and grandtreet is gone forever (hopefully). Thanks again. Thanks for the feedback, Rick and letting us know you solved your problem. Harry. > > > >
Guest Gary S. Terhune Posted August 7, 2007 Posted August 7, 2007 Re: granstreet May I suggest that you'd do a lot better to wipe that drive and reinstall everything fresh. I doubt that malware infestation is the only problem that machine has, and even if it is, once a machine has been infested you have no certain way to know that it is fully cleaned up. At the very least, go to http://www.aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm and run ALL of the tests suggested there, finishing with a HijackThis log posted to an appropriate forum (NOT this one!) Even then, there's no sure way to know the machine is clean. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://www.grystmill.com "Rick" <Rick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:2C94E8E3-CA52-4B92-8DDC-DA1AFF18BF83@microsoft.com... > > > "webster72n" wrote: > >> >> "Rick" <Rick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:06DE900B-7B5E-412B-ABCC-723293F53DCB@microsoft.com... >> > My son gave me an older computer with Me and an old virus called >> > badurl.grandstreet. I know that this is an old problem that was >> > hopefully >> > solved years ago. Is there an easy fix? >> >> Don't know about "easy", but "effective", yes. >> Apparently you are dealing with "Spyware". >> There are a few free programs for your consideration: >> >> 1. http://www.tucows.com/preview/310138 >> 2. http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html >> 3. >> http://www.adaware2008.com/ad_aware.html?gclid=CNeOt--3340CFRGCGgod1BBCmQ >> >> Hope this helps. >> >> Harry. >> >>Thanks to everyone on answering my question. I installed Spyware Detector >>and it cleared up all of my problems. I had a bunch on old virus stuff. >>My son used the computer when he was in college 2000 to 2006 and download >>who knows what. Music, prgrams and just about everything. The compter >>works much faster and grandtreet is gone forever (hopefully). Thanks >>again. >> >>
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