How does this malware target the system?

On this special day, Victek wrote:

> The first time I opened Internet Explorer 6 on the system I got a pop-up for
> XP Antivirus 2008, which the customer was getting before the reinstall.

My sister had pop ups of the fakealert kind although the Microsoft
Messenger was de-activated, after hitting the wrong button once in a
message box; and I had a hard time getting the trojan off her machine.

The message that made her download the trojan, was accessed via Google
Toolbar, or more precisely its chat line.


Gabriele Neukam

Gabriele.Spamfighter.Neukam.TakeThisOut@t-online.de

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Gabriele Neukam wrote:
> On this special day, Victek wrote:
>
>> The first time I opened Internet Explorer 6 on the system I got a
>> pop-up for XP Antivirus 2008, which the customer was getting before
>> the reinstall.
>
> My sister had pop ups of the fakealert kind although the Microsoft
> Messenger was de-activated, after hitting the wrong button once in a
> message box; and I had a hard time getting the trojan off her machine.
>
> The message that made her download the trojan, was accessed via Google
> Toolbar, or more precisely its chat line.
>
>
> Gabriele Neukam
>
> Gabriele.Spamfighter.Neukam.TakeThisOut@t-online.de
>

I suggest you eliminate the Google toolbar. Use only the toolbar built
into the browser (it's actually just another bookmark folder.) As for
chat lines, and other such programs - they are dangerous, as your friend
found out. I don't have any access to chat rooms, instant messengers,
etc, on this machine for that reason. If I want to talk to someone,
I'll use a Real phone. Much more pleasant, IMO.

_Never_ install a 3rd party toolbar. Unfortunately, a lot of software by
default installs one or another of these.

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wolf k.