Guest Lou Posted February 25, 2008 Posted February 25, 2008 Does anyone know what the above Subject phrase is all about? It appears when I access the Internet at the end of the page name. For instance: The top line of my home page reads "(My ISP) Start Page - MonaRonaDona" It continues to appear on all pages that I access. ----- Lou
Guest Shenan Stanley Posted February 25, 2008 Posted February 25, 2008 Re: MonaRonaDona Lou wrote: > Does anyone know what the above Subject phrase is all about? > It appears when I access the Internet at the end of the page name. > For instance: The top line of my home page reads "(My ISP) Start > Page - MonaRonaDona" > It continues to appear on all pages that I access. Somebody added it to your Titlebar - likely through registry/group policy. Look in your registry: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main "Window Title"= -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Guest Colin Barnhorst Posted February 26, 2008 Posted February 26, 2008 Re: MonaRonaDona Another user had this problem: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=An.p3PGGAoD5UhQiltrGunEjzKIX;_ylv=3?qid=20080223121446AAc5Gse Google on the phrase for more hits. "Lou" <louisr@toast.net> wrote in message news:13s6in6rln7hd5b@corp.supernews.com... > Does anyone know what the above Subject phrase is all about? > It appears when I access the Internet at the end of the page name. > For instance: The top line of my home page reads "(My ISP) Start Page - > MonaRonaDona" > It continues to appear on all pages that I access. > ----- > Lou >
Guest MAP Posted February 26, 2008 Posted February 26, 2008 Re: MonaRonaDona Lou wrote: > Does anyone know what the above Subject phrase is all about? > It appears when I access the Internet at the end of the page name. > For instance: The top line of my home page reads "(My ISP) Start Page > - MonaRonaDona" > It continues to appear on all pages that I access. > ----- > Lou If you are using Spywareblaster (and you should be), you can change that to whatever you want it to be. http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html -- Mike Pawlak
Guest PD43 Posted February 26, 2008 Posted February 26, 2008 Re: MonaRonaDona "MAP" <mikepawlak2REM@OVEhotmail.com> wrote: >Lou wrote: >> Does anyone know what the above Subject phrase is all about? >> It appears when I access the Internet at the end of the page name. >> For instance: The top line of my home page reads "(My ISP) Start Page >> - MonaRonaDona" >> It continues to appear on all pages that I access. >> ----- >> Lou > >If you are using Spywareblaster (and you should be), you can change that to >whatever you want it to be. Without Spywareblaster: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/176497
Guest MAP Posted February 26, 2008 Posted February 26, 2008 Re: MonaRonaDona PD43 wrote: > "MAP" <mikepawlak2REM@OVEhotmail.com> wrote: > >> Lou wrote: >>> Does anyone know what the above Subject phrase is all about? >>> It appears when I access the Internet at the end of the page name. >>> For instance: The top line of my home page reads "(My ISP) Start >>> Page - MonaRonaDona" >>> It continues to appear on all pages that I access. >>> ----- >>> Lou >> >> If you are using Spywareblaster (and you should be), you can change >> that to whatever you want it to be. > > Without Spywareblaster: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/176497 Nice but that doesn't stop crap from installing on your system as well. -- Mike Pawlak
Guest Bjarke Andersen Posted February 26, 2008 Posted February 26, 2008 Re: MonaRonaDona "Lou" <louisr@toast.net> crashed Echelon writing news:13s6in6rln7hd5b@corp.supernews.com: > Does anyone know what the above Subject phrase is all about? > It appears when I access the Internet at the end of the page name. > For instance: The top line of my home page reads "(My ISP) Start Page - > MonaRonaDona" > It continues to appear on all pages that I access. If you had searched the net you would easily find the answers which people have posted, but also you would find that you possibly have a virus installed, so maybe it was time you did overhaul on your computer. -- Bjarke Andersen
Guest PD43 Posted February 26, 2008 Posted February 26, 2008 Re: MonaRonaDona "MAP" <mikepawlak2REM@OVEhotmail.com> wrote: >> Without Spywareblaster: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/176497 > >Nice but that doesn't stop crap from installing on your system as well. I've been surfing the 'net for 15 years and have yet to get my first virus/malware infestation.
Guest M.I.5¾ Posted February 26, 2008 Posted February 26, 2008 Re: MonaRonaDona "PD43" <pauld1943@comcast.net> wrote in message news:prn7s3hmhem7mroes8m9lk3i0q6d6t377r@4ax.com... > "MAP" <mikepawlak2REM@OVEhotmail.com> wrote: > >>> Without Spywareblaster: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/176497 >> >>Nice but that doesn't stop crap from installing on your system as well. > > I've been surfing the 'net for 15 years and have yet to get my first > virus/malware infestation. I find that seriously hard to believe. Even if you keep your virus checker as up to date as you can, there is always a short interval between the release of a new virus and the virus checker gaining the ability to detect it. As for other malware: have you tried a scan with AdAware and other similar products? They usually turn up all sorts of surprises (and plenty of them to boot).
Guest Gordon Posted February 26, 2008 Posted February 26, 2008 Re: MonaRonaDona "PD43" <pauld1943@comcast.net> wrote in message news:prn7s3hmhem7mroes8m9lk3i0q6d6t377r@4ax.com... > "MAP" <mikepawlak2REM@OVEhotmail.com> wrote: > >>> Without Spywareblaster: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/176497 >> >>Nice but that doesn't stop crap from installing on your system as well. > > I've been surfing the 'net for 15 years and have yet to get my first > virus/malware infestation. As far as YOU know. Some viruses/malware don't manifest themselves to the user of the machine - they just use the machine to propagate themselves to other unprotected machines and then set up a network of zombie machines to send spam emails without your knowledge.....
Guest PD43 Posted February 26, 2008 Posted February 26, 2008 Re: MonaRonaDona "M.I.5¾" <no.one@no.where.NO_SPAM.co.uk> wrote: >> I've been surfing the 'net for 15 years and have yet to get my first >> virus/malware infestation. > >I find that seriously hard to believe. Sorry... it's true. And for probably half of that time I ran without virus protection. It's simple: I don't visit strange websites, don't download from unknown sites, don't do file-sharing and I play safe with email. >Even if you keep your virus checker >as up to date as you can, there is always a short interval between the >release of a new virus and the virus checker gaining the ability to detect >it. As for other malware: have you tried a scan with AdAware and other >similar products? They usually turn up all sorts of surprises (and plenty >of them to boot). Stopped doing that a couple years ago... all it ever found was "tracking cookies". I now regularly check my cookie file and delete those I don't want (CC Cleaner).
Guest Gordon Posted February 26, 2008 Posted February 26, 2008 Re: MonaRonaDona "PD43" <pauld1943@comcast.net> wrote in message news:mdt7s3lm9180p7st4um072e068lqp84r6s@4ax.com... > It's simple: I don't visit strange websites, don't download from > unknown sites, don't do file-sharing and I play safe with email. > well all I can say is you've been EXTREMELY lucky. Do you get attachments by email? Many viruses are spread by people opening attachments from PEOPLE THEY KNOW.....
Guest PD43 Posted February 26, 2008 Posted February 26, 2008 Re: MonaRonaDona "Gordon" <gbplinux@gmail.com.invalid> wrote: >"PD43" <pauld1943@comcast.net> wrote in message >news:mdt7s3lm9180p7st4um072e068lqp84r6s@4ax.com... >> It's simple: I don't visit strange websites, don't download from >> unknown sites, don't do file-sharing and I play safe with email. >> > >well all I can say is you've been EXTREMELY lucky. Do you get attachments by >email? Many viruses are spread by people opening attachments from PEOPLE >THEY KNOW..... > I'm well aware of that... one can hardly have spent as much time on the 'net as I have and NOT know that. Why does it seem to bother you so much that I have never had a virus or malware infestation?
Guest Gordon Posted February 26, 2008 Posted February 26, 2008 Re: MonaRonaDona "PD43" <pauld1943@comcast.net> wrote in message news:l828s39f5l3253lukpmk7avta9dieg8rve@4ax.com... > "Gordon" <gbplinux@gmail.com.invalid> wrote: > >>"PD43" <pauld1943@comcast.net> wrote in message >>news:mdt7s3lm9180p7st4um072e068lqp84r6s@4ax.com... >>> It's simple: I don't visit strange websites, don't download from >>> unknown sites, don't do file-sharing and I play safe with email. >>> >> >>well all I can say is you've been EXTREMELY lucky. Do you get attachments >>by >>email? Many viruses are spread by people opening attachments from PEOPLE >>THEY KNOW..... >> > > I'm well aware of that... one can hardly have spent as much time on > the 'net as I have and NOT know that. Why does it seem to bother you > so much that I have never had a virus or malware infestation? It doesn't - I am concerned however that you may not KNOW you've ever had a virus, and may, unwittingly, have spread it to others. That is why there are virus checkers for Linux, not, to protect Linux, because it doesn't need protecting, but to protect WINDOWS machines that might be in contact with that Linux box.
Guest M.I.5¾ Posted February 26, 2008 Posted February 26, 2008 Re: MonaRonaDona "PD43" <pauld1943@comcast.net> wrote in message news:mdt7s3lm9180p7st4um072e068lqp84r6s@4ax.com... > "M.I.5¾" <no.one@no.where.NO_SPAM.co.uk> wrote: > >>> I've been surfing the 'net for 15 years and have yet to get my first >>> virus/malware infestation. >> >>I find that seriously hard to believe. > > Sorry... it's true. And for probably half of that time I ran without > virus protection. > It has frequently been demonstrated that if you connect a PC to the internet without a virus checker then the longest it is likely to last before a virus invades is around 15 minutes. And that is without even opening Internet Explorer at all. Many of these viruses and worms simply look for unprotected ports and install themselves. Many have become infected between the time they install windows and installing the virus scanner and firewall (though windows XP SP2 has alleviated the position a little by including a firewall - of sorts). > It's simple: I don't visit strange websites, don't download from > unknown sites, don't do file-sharing and I play safe with email. > It is not necessary to do any of these things to get infected. For all you know, your PC could have been silently infected with a bot of some sort and is even as you read interfering with something somewhere - and you can be totally unaware of it. >>Even if you keep your virus checker >>as up to date as you can, there is always a short interval between the >>release of a new virus and the virus checker gaining the ability to detect >>it. As for other malware: have you tried a scan with AdAware and other >>similar products? They usually turn up all sorts of surprises (and plenty >>of them to boot). > > Stopped doing that a couple years ago... all it ever found was > "tracking cookies". I now regularly check my cookie file and delete > those I don't want (CC Cleaner). I don't do anything you don't do except keep my protection up to date, but every malware scan still turns up a lot more than just 'tracking cookies'.
Guest PD43 Posted February 26, 2008 Posted February 26, 2008 Re: MonaRonaDona "M.I.5¾" <no.one@no.where.NO_SPAM.co.uk> wrote: >It has frequently been demonstrated that if you connect a PC to the internet >without a virus checker then the longest it is likely to last before a virus >invades is around 15 minutes. Whatta bunch of bullshit. >> Stopped doing that a couple years ago... all it ever found was >> "tracking cookies". I now regularly check my cookie file and delete >> those I don't want (CC Cleaner). > >I don't do anything you don't do except keep my protection up to date, but >every malware scan still turns up a lot more than just 'tracking cookies'. Your problem, not mine. You are obviously more active visiting strange websites than I am.
Guest Lou Posted February 26, 2008 Posted February 26, 2008 Re: MonaRonaDona "Shenan Stanley" <newshelper@gmail.com> wrote in message news:e%23rfPWAeIHA.5348@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > Lou wrote: >> Does anyone know what the above Subject phrase is all about? >> It appears when I access the Internet at the end of the page name. >> For instance: The top line of my home page reads "(My ISP) Start >> Page - MonaRonaDona" >> It continues to appear on all pages that I access. > > Somebody added it to your Titlebar - likely through registry/group policy. > > Look in your registry: > > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main > "Window Title"= > > -- > Shenan Stanley > MS-MVP > -- > How To Ask Questions The Smart Way > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html Many thanks. Title removed. Was it a virus that placed it on my computer? Lou
Guest Shenan Stanley Posted February 26, 2008 Posted February 26, 2008 Re: MonaRonaDona Lou wrote: > Does anyone know what the above Subject phrase is all about? > It appears when I access the Internet at the end of the page name. > For instance: The top line of my home page reads "(My ISP) Start > Page - MonaRonaDona" > It continues to appear on all pages that I access. Shenan Stanley wrote: > Somebody added it to your Titlebar - likely through registry/group > policy. > Look in your registry: > > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main > "Window Title"= Lou wrote: > Many thanks. Title removed. > Was it a virus that placed it on my computer? Virus installed applicatioon, malware. I should have stated, "Somebody/something added it to your Titlebar - likely through registry/group policy." Most of the buzz on it points to some software called, "Unigray Antivirus". Did you install that lately? Have you rebooted and made sure the title does not get 'put back'? -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Guest Ken Blake Posted February 26, 2008 Posted February 26, 2008 Re: MonaRonaDona "M.I.5¾" <no.one@no.where.NO_SPAM.co.uk> wrote in message news:47c3e423$1_1@glkas0286.greenlnk.net... > "PD43" <pauld1943@comcast.net> wrote in message > news:prn7s3hmhem7mroes8m9lk3i0q6d6t377r@4ax.com... >> "MAP" <mikepawlak2REM@OVEhotmail.com> wrote: >> >>>> Without Spywareblaster: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/176497 >>> >>>Nice but that doesn't stop crap from installing on your system as well. >> >> I've been surfing the 'net for 15 years and have yet to get my first >> virus/malware infestation. > > I find that seriously hard to believe. I'll say the same thing PD43 did. I have twice inserted an infected diskette into the drive (both times were years ago), but both times my anti-virus software alerted me and the diskette was taken out before any damage was done. Other than that, nothing. > Even if you keep your virus checker as up to date as you can, there is > always a short interval between the release of a new virus and the virus > checker gaining the ability to detect it. As for other malware: have you > tried a scan with AdAware and other similar products? They usually turn > up all sorts of surprises (and plenty of them to boot). I run an anti-virus program and six different anti-spyware programs, in addition to a firewall. In my case, nothing more than Tracking Cookies has ever been found. ..
Guest PD43 Posted February 26, 2008 Posted February 26, 2008 Re: MonaRonaDona "Ken Blake" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote: >I run an anti-virus program and six different anti-spyware programs, in >addition to a firewall. In my case, nothing more than Tracking Cookies has >ever been found. I have been running AVG Anti-virus for quite some time now. Prior to XP, I rarely ran an anti-virus... mainly because my system prior to installing XP was minimal, and didn't have a lot of RAM. That, plus the fact that worms, etc. were less prevalent prior to that time made my exposure less probable. I still don't run any resident malware obstructers, and when I ran the free scanning programs from several vendors, they ONLY found tracking cookies (doubleclick, etc. ) as problems.
Guest jeese45 Posted February 26, 2008 Posted February 26, 2008 Re: MonaRonaDona MonaRonaDona is a virus which closed my programs & had an annoying pop up over the taskbar. I tried 5 different Anti-spyware & antiviruses but none worked. Finally it was Unigray Antivirus ('Unigray Antivirus: Perfect security solution for professional and home users' (http://www.unigray.com)) that provided me relief from MonaRonaDona. -- jeese45
Guest Lou Posted February 26, 2008 Posted February 26, 2008 Re: MonaRonaDona "Shenan Stanley" <newshelper@gmail.com> wrote in message news:ezCxm3IeIHA.3756@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > Lou wrote: >> Does anyone know what the above Subject phrase is all about? >> It appears when I access the Internet at the end of the page name. >> For instance: The top line of my home page reads "(My ISP) Start >> Page - MonaRonaDona" >> It continues to appear on all pages that I access. > > Shenan Stanley wrote: >> Somebody added it to your Titlebar - likely through registry/group >> policy. >> Look in your registry: >> >> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main >> "Window Title"= > > Lou wrote: >> Many thanks. Title removed. >> Was it a virus that placed it on my computer? > > Virus installed applicatioon, malware. I should have stated, > "Somebody/something added it to your Titlebar - likely through > registry/group policy." > > Most of the buzz on it points to some software called, "Unigray > Antivirus". Did you install that lately? > > Have you rebooted and made sure the title does not get 'put back'? > > -- > Shenan Stanley > MS-MVP > -- > How To Ask Questions The Smart Way > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html I just now did that and Mona etc. is back. I went to regedit again and Mona etc. was listed as the Window Title. I deleted that name and added my own. I rebooted my computer and Mona etc. was back. I tried without success to "save" the registry after I had made the change. Any further help would be greatly appreciated. Lou
Guest PD43 Posted February 27, 2008 Posted February 27, 2008 Re: MonaRonaDona "Lou" <louisr@toast.net> wrote: >I just now did that and Mona etc. is back. >I went to regedit again and Mona etc. was listed as the Window Title. I >deleted that name and added my own. >I rebooted my computer and Mona etc. was back. >I tried without success to "save" the registry after I had made the change. >Any further help would be greatly appreciated. Do you have anything running that is supposed to keep you or anyone else from messing with Explorer's settings??? Like any malware blocker or anti virus program that has a "watch" function that continuously monitors your system??
Guest Hans Posted February 29, 2008 Posted February 29, 2008 RE: MonaRonaDona Despite lack of information on the Internet, I was able to pinpoint the culprit that was causing my machine to start acting up due to the MonaRonaDona virus. I was able to fix the problem and here is how. The virus installs an executable SRVSPOOL.EXE in the startup folder of the all users account. Click Start/Programs/Startup, right click the SRVSPOOL.EXE entry and delete it. How to fix the header of your Internet explorer and how to re-enable taskmanager, is posted in numerous postings online. Re-enable Task Manager: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Go to this page and try #51 from the right column. Click on "enable the task manager." Modify header of Internet explorer: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080223085704AA1dibb (optionally, you can manually type "Microsoft Internet Explorer" to replace the string "MonaRonaDona". After that, reboot your machine. The virus puts a message on the screen. Aside from that, the task manager is disabled, the header of Internet Explorer is modified and when trying to open programs, those programs are shut down immediately. Whatever you do, do NOT download and install the virus scanner named UniGray. That "scanner" is a scam, a non-working piece of software. The website tries to get you to register and pay for something that does nothing. Hope this info helps those who come across this virus. It seems to be a brand new occurence given the lack of solutions found on the Internet. "Lou" wrote: > Does anyone know what the above Subject phrase is all about? > It appears when I access the Internet at the end of the page name. > For instance: The top line of my home page reads "(My ISP) Start Page - > MonaRonaDona" > It continues to appear on all pages that I access. > ----- > Lou > > >
Guest hans@vredeling.net Posted February 29, 2008 Posted February 29, 2008 Re: MonaRonaDona Lou;551543 Wrote: > Does anyone know what the above Subject phrase is all about? > It appears when I access the Internet at the end of the page name. > For instance: The top line of my home page reads "(My ISP) Start Page - > > MonaRonaDona" > It continues to appear on all pages that I access. > ----- > Lou Despite lack of information on the Internet, I was able to pinpoint the culprit that was causing my machine to start acting up due to the MonaRonaDona virus. I was able to fix the problem and here is how. The virus installs an executable SRVSPOOL.EXE in the startup folder of the all users account. Click Start/Programs/Startup, right click the SRVSPOOL.EXE entry and delete it. How to fix the header of your Internet explorer and how to re-enable taskmanager, is posted in numerous postings online. Re-enable Task Manager: 'Troubleshooting Windows XP, Tweaks and Fixes for Windows XP' (http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm) Go to this page and try #51 from the right column. Click on "enable the task manager." Modify header of Internet explorer: 'How do i get rid of monaronadona on top bar of my homepage? - Yahoo! Answers' (http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080223085704AA1dibb) (optionally, you can manually type "Microsoft Internet Explorer" to replace the string "MonaRonaDona". After that, reboot your machine. The virus puts a message on the screen. Aside from that, the task manager is disabled, the header of Internet Explorer is modified and when trying to open programs, those programs are shut down immediately. Whatever you do, do NOT download and install the virus scanner named UniGray. That "scanner" is a scam, a non-working piece of software. The website tries to get you to register and pay for something that does nothing. Hope this info helps those who come across this virus. It seems to be a brand new occurence given the lack of solutions found on the Internet.
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