The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #68739   Message #1160918
Posted By: Stilly River Sage
13-Apr-04 - 12:08 PM
Thread Name: Tech: spyware-etc..how it happens -what to do
Subject: RE: Tech: spyware-etc..how it happens -what to do
Bill,

Last night after viewing a page that was linked from Mudcat (I wish I could remember which one!) I started getting messages from my firewall that "bundle.exe" and several other programs wanted to connect to the internet. My firewall recommended blocking it. I read that script carefully and it looked like my Windows Update couldn't get out to check my software status. I initially let one connect, but was peppered with a whole bunch more. I did a search on Bundle.exe and found it was a malware program. I tried to delete it but kept getting the message that it was in use and couldn't be deleted. I started up the AdAware and it found a whole bunch of little things that I dropped. Bundle was still in there. I updated AdAware and ran it again. It got more stuff, but still Bundle.exe stayed put. I finally opened AdAware again and did a custom scan. I took it to this address (modified to reflect what your computer might be called)
C:\Documents and Settings\Your Computer's Name\Local Settings\Temp and said "scan this" and it picked up Bundle.exe and quarantined it.

I then went in and dumped most of the cookies in that file (there were so many I simpled selected all of them and went through and deselected the ones I wanted to keep). It had been a while since I last did this. I hadn't read this thread of yours yet, but it's good timing, and if you hadn't started it I would have. Thanks for the recommendations on programs. I'll go take a look at those later.

SRS