http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/ven....opensite.html
Just found this
"BHJ" <NOSPAMbjensen5@wi.rr.com> wrote in message
news3Dqb.65$Vu6.33@twister.rdc-kc.rr.com...
> If it is internet explorer it is doing so without my initiation. I have no
> clue what open site is and certainly have not selected this "program" or
> whatever it is for downloading and installation. All I know is that if I
do
> accept the certificate it installs this Open Site program, the uninstall
> feature does not work, and while AdAware and other programs ID it as
> "malware" and allows me to delete it and the registry keys ..... sure
> enough, next time I boot up while connected there it is
> again....frustrating...
> Apparently it is some sort of auction site...at least when I go to
> www.zuvio.com it sure looks like it...
> I am out of ideas...
> BHJ
> "Whiskers" <catwheezel@operamail.com> wrote in message
> news:k58r71-jl6.ln1@ID-107770.user.uni-berlin.de...
> > In alt.privacy.spyware on Thursday 06 Nov 2003 4:54 am, BHJ
> > <NOSPAMbjensen5@wi.rr.com> wrote:
> >
> > snip
> >
> > > The high jack log from tonight appears below. What is interesting is
> that
> > > if I boot this laptop w/o an internet connection, this does not
apppear.
> > > If I make internet explorer "work offline" (when not connected) and
then
> > > boot it, a screen pops up telling me the web page I am attempting to
> reach
> > > is not available offline and do I want to connect. If I say yes, the
> above
> > > certificate pops up. This is a laptop I use at home and work; this
> happens
> > > both places and my IT guys looked at it and said "hmmm, never seen
that
> > > before.."
> >
> > snip
> >
> > Is Internet Explorer trying to complete a download? It's a long time
> since
> > I used it, but there is presumably a 'download manager' that you can use
> to
> > start, stop, queue, or resume, the download of any file. Have you
looked
> > there to see if it's trying to download 'Open Site'?
> >
> > It might be useful to Google "open site".
> >
> > --
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> > -- Whiskers <http://www.aacit.net>
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>
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