Firewall Wizards: Re: firewall-wizards digest, Vol 1 #625 - 2 msgs

["Mike Barkett" <mbarkett () nfr com>]

Not sure how this relates to your firewall, but have you scanned your system
with AdAware?  Periodically run this in addition to your everyday virus
software:

http://www.lavasoft.com

-MAB

----- Original Message -----
> To: firewall-wizards () honor icsalabs com
> From: WebMaster () rbfcu org
> Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002 09:06:29 -0500
> Subject: [fw-wiz] weird browser behavior...possible compromise...any
ideas?
> Home XP computer on DSL running norton system works...IE is VERY
slow...you
> put your cursor in the address bar and type...and it's 20 seconds or so
> before the letters appear.  You go to any site, and it takes quite a while
> for the page to come up.  So I installed NS 6.2 thinking it's just a
> browser corruption.  When I bring up NS, and don't do anything, words
start
> appearing in the address bar...
>
> something like this.
>
> ......start appearing then the word *to* then the word *you* then some
more
> .....'s
>
> And if you put your cursor in the address bar to type a url, the message
> overrides what you're typing.
>
> Any ideas folks?  This ones got me stumped...
>
>
> Thanks,
> Michael Sorbera
> Intelligent Computer Services
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