"Kenny Kans" <kalle65_03@yahoo.nospam.please.no> wrote in message
news:El83b.15302$BD3.2736009@juliett.dax.net...
> Hi
>
> I'm currently trying to do some repair-work on a friend's machinery, it's
> got a problem I've never seen or heard of before. I need some info on the
> problem, and urgently need some ideas on how to solve it.
>
> The machinery in question runs WinXP Pro with SP1 installed, and Norton
> Internet Security 2003.
>
> The problem has occured in the upper right corner of the screen - it's an
> annoying 'Searchengine' entiteled ' Search the Web'. It's got a thick
yellow
> frame, and by moving the cursor over it, it rolls out a long list of
> activities to search for on the internet - Casino, Gambling and so on.
>
> By doing a Ctrl+Alt+Del I find a service/program named mshta.exe running.
By
> shutting this service down the 'Searchengine' shuts down and disappears.
> However it starts up again on the next startup or login. I've tried to
> delete mshta.exe from the Windows-catalogue, but to no use - on the next
> startup or login it's there again.
>
> Neither AdAware 6.0, SpyBot nor Norton finds the programme, and I can't
find
> much info on the web on the problem. I'm getting a bit irritated over this
> annoying, uninvited guest, and I would very much appreciate some tips on
how
> to remove it.
>
> It's not my machine, and so I don't know when or how the programme has got
> into the machine. The owner claims that he hasn't installed any
> programs/apps or done anything else in particular to have been so lucky to
> recive this garbage.
>
> Any info/tips would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks
> Kenny
>
>
A quick google produced this if it helps.
http://www.nsclean.com/psc-htas.html

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