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When I go on the internet, after about 10 mins there is a new webpage on my menu bar. There are two different ones, but they are from the same place. http://xlime.offeroptimizer.com When I click on them, they won't open, but i can easily close them. Why are they there? I have ad-aware on my computer, and it doesn't pick these things up.
I also just recently went on to a couple of sites to get a crack for a program. After this, it installed an adult site search bar. I removed this, and i had to use MS-DOS to remove a particularly stubborn program. However, some of my .exe files have been turned into .exe.0.avb and i am unable to use them any more. Is this a virus?
Thanks
Kim
Try this:
Delete these files from C:\windows
bi.dll
bi.ini
biprep.exe
Click Start --> Run, type in "msconfig" and hit enter.
Uncheck anything for "bi" or "birep".
If this doesn't work, email me at carolyn.meinel@techbroker.com and we'll look at some other possibilities.
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| Comment | An excellent and full response. Many thanks. By the way we have upgraded our Adaware program and this version seems to have found and removed it????? LOVE your footnote! | ||
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Carolyn Meinel
Expertise
I cover Windows, Linux, TCP/IP and Ethernet security questions. I do not cover Mac, smart phones, or other networking issues.
Experience
Books by Carolyn Meinel: wrote a chapter for The Hacking of America book (see http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1567204600/happyhacker)
My article Code Red for the Web for Scientific American was reprinted in the book Best American Science Writing 2002 (see http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060936509/happyhacker). My book The Happy Hacker: A Guide to Mostly Harmless Hacking is now in 4th edition with a Japanese edition (see http://happyhacker.org/hhbook/).
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IEEE, AAAS
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See a list with some online links at http://cmeinel.com
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MS, Industrial Engineering, The University of Arizona
Took a course in computer forensics at the University of Texas at Austin/
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DARPA, SAIC, Palmer Labs
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