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Pop Up That Won't Go Away
09.29.11
| Chickensoup
Posted on 09/29/2011 6:37:01 AM PDT by Chickensoup
I have this constantly popping network popup that wont go away. I cannot find it on my computer but every minute or two it pops up asking me to do something with the network password. I have had thoughts of what I would like to do with it, but not approptiate for this board.
I do not have accounts anymore at hostmonster, a child signed me up, did not know until last week that I had been paying for them since 2009. They were never activated. Have kid for sale too.
It says ENTER NETWORK PASSWORD server: host385.hostmonster.com user: an email address of mine password: ****************
OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER...
I don't really want to have to buy a new computer or anything over this.
Would anyone be able to tell me how to make this go away?
TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: pop; up
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To: Chickensoup
no Idea but if it looks strange it could be it
www.majorgeeks.com
maybe able to help they have a lot of spyware//trojan//virus removal stuff.
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posted on
09/29/2011 7:06:57 AM PDT
by
Rightly Biased
(Do you know how awkward it is to have a political argument with a naked man?)
To: thoolou
It's most likely not a virus.
Agreed. Sounds like this was installed by somebody voluntarily. I'd think that no malware scanning is going to help in this case. Since they were paying for it for years, a system restore isn't going to help either.
Gotta be a startup program in msconfig or installed as "automatic" in "services.msc".
To: mmichaels1970
Thank you. I do use Microsoft Security Essentials now & I can’t believe how much faster my computer runs. So far, so good.
To: Chickensoup
Here is a
support article from hostmonster that may help titled
Password Protected Folder Gives Continual Prompts. Maybe there is a webfolder on your desktop, under "network places", or under "my computer" that is linked to some sort of hostmonster cloud-based folder.
To: thoolou
Not a virus folks. Had to delete one of the email addresses to my website that was pointed instead to hostmonster. I will need to get it repointed to the correct server, Experthost.
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posted on
09/29/2011 7:13:24 AM PDT
by
Chickensoup
(In the 20th century 200 million people were killed by their own governments.)
To: mmichaels1970
Thank you everyone! Fixed. My heros!!
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posted on
09/29/2011 7:16:58 AM PDT
by
Chickensoup
(In the 20th century 200 million people were killed by their own governments.)
To: tnlibertarian
Pop Up That Won’t Go Away
I believe if you have that for more than four hours, you are supposed to seek medical attention.
That is funny, even on a bad day!
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posted on
09/29/2011 7:17:51 AM PDT
by
Chickensoup
(In the 20th century 200 million people were killed by their own governments.)
To: Chickensoup
Glad you got everything working.
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posted on
09/29/2011 7:26:25 AM PDT
by
tnlibertarian
(Things are so bad now, Kenyans are saying Obama was born in the USA.)
To: Chickensoup
If you are running WinXp, take note of when it appeared. Then reboot PC into Safe Mode (hold down F5 as system boots).
Then in Safe Mode, run System Restore and select a restore point that is before the time of the infection. It might work.
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