Help me!!! Grrr computers!

Vanda · Post by **Vanda** » Fri Oct 31, 2003 5:42 pm

Whenever I log on to the net for some reason a certificate is displayed wanting me to accept it. It tells me this will enable the sender to run plug ins etc. This doesn't sound good to me so I keep cancelling it but it keeps appearing!
Help!

Post by **Lyndon** » Fri Oct 31, 2003 6:40 pm

which site does it come up on ??

Vanda · Post by **Vanda** » Sat Nov 01, 2003 1:56 pm

Okay this is what it says:

Backweb security notice

A new certificate has arrived for channel 'Support'. It will be used to digitally sign the channels contents. Do you wish to accept this certificate?

This certificate is published by MIS NEC computers international B.V. Wijchen, Gelderland, NL
as a publisher under credentials issued by
Secure Server Certification Authority RSA Data Security Inc. US
Expires Novermber 26th, 2004

So I click on No and then it comes up with some garb about channel support being deactivated and I'll be asked again in 24 hours unless I manually disable the channel.

Still clueless and it's really beginning to piss me off now!

Huu · Post by **Huu** » Sat Nov 01, 2003 5:16 pm

:yes: yeah its one of those spyware,
Try uninstalling via the "Add/Remove Program" icon in the Control Panel, if its not there then its must be in one of the program that install it.

Heres some links to how remove manually:

http://www.pestpatrol.com/PestInfo/B/Backweb.asp
http://www.darlingtontown.co.uk/hintsnt ... ient.shtml
http://www.cexx.org/dlgli.htm

and then find out which program install the thing to save you installing it again.
(i hate spyware, everytime i caught a hardware company sneak these into there drivers, software etc etc, i write to them and give them a mouthful

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Robbie · Post by **Robbie** » Sat Nov 01, 2003 7:09 pm

i hate spyware, everytime i caught a hardware company sneak these into there drivers, software etc etc, i write to them and give them a mouthful

Sadly these sort of companies don't give a damn whether you write to them or not.

These guys are pure evil and trade on people's misery for profit, last month I spent ages eradicating a program that highjacked my browser, I eventually traced it to a website advertising it for sale for $11,000.

I might just pose as a buyer, string em along for a month or so to really p*ss them off and give em a bit of their own.

Robbie.

Riss · Post by **Riss** » Sun Nov 02, 2003 12:55 pm

I've got Norton Firewall, fantastic piece of kit that stops all of that crap

LMAO as I was tying this it told me it had stopped another attempt to connect to my computer using the Backdoor/SubSeven Trojan Horse - not the foggiest idea what that is but it aint comin in here!!!

Stops all of those annoying popups too

Vanda · Post by **Vanda** » Sun Nov 02, 2003 4:50 pm

Cheers guys I'll give your ideas a go when my brain returns to normal!