JavaMoon
join:2002-12-11
San Jose, CA
| [Spyware] Network1.Popups in Yahoo! Anti-Spy
I did a scan with the Yahoo! Anti-Spy software and I got one adware entry: Network1.Popups. I go through the removal process but when I do, my browsers can't load any web pages. My connection still works (I was downloading a torrent at the time). I restart the computer and it doesn't boot up. It just hangs and all I see is my wallpaper and nothing else. Not even my Start Windows sound plays.
I fix the problem by rolling back to a "Last Known Good Setting", but the file still shows up. I scan with Spybot S&D, Adaware and Windows Defender as well as Yahoo and none of them say a thing, just Yahoo. Doing a bit of research about the file pretty much only mentions information in the PestPatrol forums. The information isn't very good, some considering it a false positive.
Does anyone know a bit more about this file so that I can find out if this is really something that I should deal with or just a false positive to ignore? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Cudni
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redwolfe_98
join:2001-06-11 | reply to JavaMoon
it sounds like the old pestpatrol false-positive.. can you post a log of what was flagged? |
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redwolfe_98
join:2001-06-11
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here is what pestpatrol flags on my pc.. the two items being flagged were added to IE's "restricted sites" zone by IESPYAD..
Adware "Network1.Popups" found in:
key "hkey_current_user \software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\internet settings\zonemap\domains\media-motor.net"
key "hkey_current_user \software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\internet settings\zonemap\domains\popuppers.com" |
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JavaMoon
join:2002-12-11
San Jose, CA
| said by redwolfe_98  :here is what pestpatrol flags on my pc.. the two items being flagged were added to IE's "restricted sites" zone by IESPYAD.. Adware "Network1.Popups" found in: key "hkey_current_user \software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\internet settings\zonemap\domains\media-motor.net" This is the only entry I get. |
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redwolfe_98
join:2001-06-11
·RoadRunner Cable
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javamoon, you could look to see if "media-motor.net" is in IE's "restricted sites".. if it is, it was probably put there by IESPYAD.. if "media-motor.net" is in IE's "trusted sites", you can manually remove it from IE's "trusted sites"..
maybe one of the regkeys that i listed was already removed when you allowed the "yahoo antispyware" to clean your pc, before.. |
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JavaMoon
join:2002-12-11
San Jose, CA | Media-motor.net is already in my restricted sites settings, but I still get the adware result in Yahoo Antispy. |
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redwolfe_98
join:2001-06-11 | reply to JavaMoon
javamoon, if the only item that is being flagged is the media-motor registry entry cited above, it is a "false-positive".. you can ignore it.. |
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