Me to Bird

[Kelvin]

I also just got a series of viruses (one or more of which had the "backdoor" name).

After the file was deleted, I just happened to click on Norton's description of one of the viruses, and read that the virus will add porno sites to your favorites and will change the home page in Internet Explorer to a site with a porno menu.

Even though the files with viruses were already deleted, I decided to check the home page (which I rarely access). Just as advertised, the home page had been changed and there were 4 or 5 undesirable sites added to the list of favorites.

So....
Even though the viruses may be deleted, there may be some lingering effects...

Kelvin

 

[pruntyc]

I guess I caught mine in time. After reading your post, I went and checked, and it didn't add any bad sites. I probably caught it before it had time, and I did a virus scan just as soon as Norton told me I had one. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif