granstreet

Rick · External Since: Aug 18, 2006 Posts: 22

My son gave me an older computer with Me and an old virus called
badurl.grandstreet. I know that this is an old problem that was hopefully
solved years ago. Is there an easy fix?

Heather · External Since: Oct 04, 2006 Posts: 384

How do you know you have this virus?? I cannot find anything by that
name at Norton for starters, and I do not remember any virus bearing
that name.

Cite your source for this name please. And perhaps if you went to an
antivirus group, they could help. But start here with where you got
this name and what problems it is causing.

Heather

"Rick" <Rick RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:06DE900B-7B5E-412B-ABCC-723293F53DCB@microsoft.com...
> My son gave me an older computer with Me and an old virus called
> badurl.grandstreet. I know that this is an old problem that was
> hopefully
> solved years ago. Is there an easy fix?

Gary S. Terhune · External Since: Mar 22, 2007 Posts: 309

See
http://www.google.com/search?num=30&hl=en&newwindow=1&safe=off&q=badur...randstr

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"Heather" <figgyd RemoveThis @nospam.invalid> wrote in message
news:uJrTgn61HHA.3400@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> How do you know you have this virus?? I cannot find anything by that name
> at Norton for starters, and I do not remember any virus bearing that name.
>
> Cite your source for this name please. And perhaps if you went to an
> antivirus group, they could help. But start here with where you got this
> name and what problems it is causing.
>
> Heather
>
> "Rick" <Rick RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:06DE900B-7B5E-412B-ABCC-723293F53DCB@microsoft.com...
>> My son gave me an older computer with Me and an old virus called
>> badurl.grandstreet. I know that this is an old problem that was
>> hopefully
>> solved years ago. Is there an easy fix?
>
>

webster72n · External Since: Mar 07, 2006 Posts: 700

"Rick" <Rick DeleteThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:06DE900B-7B5E-412B-ABCC-723293F53DCB@microsoft.com...
> My son gave me an older computer with Me and an old virus called
> badurl.grandstreet. I know that this is an old problem that was hopefully
> solved years ago. Is there an easy fix?

Don't know about "easy", but "effective", yes.
Apparently you are dealing with "Spyware".
There are a few free programs for your consideration:

1. http://www.tucows.com/preview/310138
2. http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
3. http://www.adaware2008.com/ad_aware.html?gclid=CNeOt--3340CFRGCGgod1BBCmQ

Hope this helps.

Harry.

Heather · External Since: Oct 04, 2006 Posts: 384

Duh.....didn't think about Google, but this is so flippin' old and I was
reading thru a HiJack This report on Tom Coyote on it. Wouldn't any or
all of the various spyware programs nail this one now??? It is 2 to 3
years old. Probably one of the first hijackers out there.

Or perhaps I got the first one, grin. Forget which it was, but my
daughter went to a perfectly innocent Ladies Magazine website and
something nailed my WinME.

Cheers....Heather

"Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote in message
news:%237zGZL81HHA.600@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> See
> http://www.google.com/search?num=30&hl=en&newwindow=1&safe=off&q=badur...randstr
>
> --
> Gary S. Terhune
> MS-MVP Shell/User
> www.grystmill.com
>
> "Heather" <figgyd.RemoveThis@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
> news:uJrTgn61HHA.3400@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> How do you know you have this virus?? I cannot find anything by that
>> name at Norton for starters, and I do not remember any virus bearing
>> that name.
>>
>> Cite your source for this name please. And perhaps if you went to an
>> antivirus group, they could help. But start here with where you got
>> this name and what problems it is causing.
>>
>> Heather
>>
>> "Rick" <Rick.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:06DE900B-7B5E-412B-ABCC-723293F53DCB@microsoft.com...
>>> My son gave me an older computer with Me and an old virus called
>>> badurl.grandstreet. I know that this is an old problem that was
>>> hopefully
>>> solved years ago. Is there an easy fix?
>>
>>
>
>

Gary S. Terhune · External Since: Mar 22, 2007 Posts: 309

It's amazing the stuff you can accumulate visiting supposedly decent sites.

Yes, I would think that most anti-spyware apps would deal with the problem,
but I haven't studied it in any depth.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"Heather" <figgyd RemoveThis @nospam.invalid> wrote in message
news:%234e$ms81HHA.5796@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Duh.....didn't think about Google, but this is so flippin' old and I was
> reading thru a HiJack This report on Tom Coyote on it. Wouldn't any or
> all of the various spyware programs nail this one now??? It is 2 to 3
> years old. Probably one of the first hijackers out there.
>
> Or perhaps I got the first one, grin. Forget which it was, but my
> daughter went to a perfectly innocent Ladies Magazine website and
> something nailed my WinME.
>
> Cheers....Heather
>
> "Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote in message
> news:%237zGZL81HHA.600@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> See
>> http://www.google.com/search?num=30&hl=en&newwindow=1&safe=off&q=badur...randstr
>>
>> --
>> Gary S. Terhune
>> MS-MVP Shell/User
>> www.grystmill.com
>>
>> "Heather" <figgyd RemoveThis @nospam.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:uJrTgn61HHA.3400@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>> How do you know you have this virus?? I cannot find anything by that
>>> name at Norton for starters, and I do not remember any virus bearing
>>> that name.
>>>
>>> Cite your source for this name please. And perhaps if you went to an
>>> antivirus group, they could help. But start here with where you got
>>> this name and what problems it is causing.
>>>
>>> Heather
>>>
>>> "Rick" <Rick RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:06DE900B-7B5E-412B-ABCC-723293F53DCB@microsoft.com...
>>>> My son gave me an older computer with Me and an old virus called
>>>> badurl.grandstreet. I know that this is an old problem that was
>>>> hopefully
>>>> solved years ago. Is there an easy fix?
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

Heirloom · External Since: Jun 02, 2005 Posts: 680

+1 on the 'innocent sites'.........my wife was looking up info on hyper
thyroidism and picked up Comet Cursor. The Net is not a place to blindly
stomp around in, especially, without adequate protection.
Heirloom, old and need a new bike....after the new
foot

P.S. Heather.....IIRC, that grandstreet nasty killed IE and getting rid of
it required some regedit. Of course, that was while ago and some of the
newer AV and AS apps may do the trick.

"Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote in message
news:%23Ms5V981HHA.5164@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> It's amazing the stuff you can accumulate visiting supposedly decent
> sites.
>
> Yes, I would think that most anti-spyware apps would deal with the
> problem, but I haven't studied it in any depth.
>
> --
> Gary S. Terhune
> MS-MVP Shell/User
> www.grystmill.com
>

Heather · External Since: Oct 04, 2006 Posts: 384

Yup, I read about what it did and it was a nasty one. Funny tho, I
never heard tell of it on the antivirus groups. Anyway, I would assume
that all of the anti-malware progs have it covered.

And what do you need a new bike for??? OLD guys ride OLD bikes. Hokay,
Jose??

XX Figgs

"Heirloom" <roland58XX.DeleteThis@XXcox.net> wrote in message
news:uTPL$cH2HHA.1184@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> +1 on the 'innocent sites'.........my wife was looking up info on
> hyper thyroidism and picked up Comet Cursor. The Net is not a place
> to blindly stomp around in, especially, without adequate protection.
> Heirloom, old and need a new bike....after the
> new foot
>
> P.S. Heather.....IIRC, that grandstreet nasty killed IE and getting
> rid of it required some regedit. Of course, that was while ago and
> some of the newer AV and AS apps may do the trick.
>
> "Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote in message
> news:%23Ms5V981HHA.5164@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> It's amazing the stuff you can accumulate visiting supposedly decent
>> sites.
>>
>> Yes, I would think that most anti-spyware apps would deal with the
>> problem, but I haven't studied it in any depth.
>>
>> --
>> Gary S. Terhune
>> MS-MVP Shell/User
>> www.grystmill.com
>>
>
>

Rick · External Since: Aug 18, 2006 Posts: 22

"webster72n" wrote:

>
> "Rick" <Rick.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:06DE900B-7B5E-412B-ABCC-723293F53DCB@microsoft.com...
> > My son gave me an older computer with Me and an old virus called
> > badurl.grandstreet. I know that this is an old problem that was hopefully
> > solved years ago. Is there an easy fix?
>
> Don't know about "easy", but "effective", yes.
> Apparently you are dealing with "Spyware".
> There are a few free programs for your consideration:
>
> 1. http://www.tucows.com/preview/310138
> 2. http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
> 3. http://www.adaware2008.com/ad_aware.html?gclid=CNeOt--3340CFRGCGgod1BBCmQ
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Harry.
>
>Thanks to everyone on answering my question. I installed Spyware Detector and it cleared up all of my problems. I had a bunch on old virus stuff. My son used the computer when he was in college 2000 to 2006 and download who knows what. Music, prgrams and just about everything. The compter works much faster and grandtreet is gone forever (hopefully). Thanks again.
>
>

Gary S. Terhune · External Since: Mar 22, 2007 Posts: 309

May I suggest that you'd do a lot better to wipe that drive and reinstall
everything fresh. I doubt that malware infestation is the only problem that
machine has, and even if it is, once a machine has been infested you have no
certain way to know that it is fully cleaned up. At the very least, go to
www.aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm and run ALL of the tests suggested there,
finishing with a HijackThis log posted to an appropriate forum (NOT this
one!) Even then, there's no sure way to know the machine is clean.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"Rick" <Rick DeleteThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>
>
> "webster72n" wrote:
>
>>
>> "Rick" <Rick DeleteThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:06DE900B-7B5E-412B-ABCC-723293F53DCB@microsoft.com...
>> > My son gave me an older computer with Me and an old virus called
>> > badurl.grandstreet. I know that this is an old problem that was
>> > hopefully
>> > solved years ago. Is there an easy fix?
>>
>> Don't know about "easy", but "effective", yes.
>> Apparently you are dealing with "Spyware".
>> There are a few free programs for your consideration:
>>
>> 1. http://www.tucows.com/preview/310138
>> 2. http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
>> 3.
>> http://www.adaware2008.com/ad_aware.html?gclid=CNeOt--3340CFRGCGgod1BBCmQ
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> Harry.
>>
>>Thanks to everyone on answering my question. I installed Spyware Detector
>>and it cleared up all of my problems. I had a bunch on old virus stuff.
>>My son used the computer when he was in college 2000 to 2006 and download
>>who knows what. Music, prgrams and just about everything. The compter
>>works much faster and grandtreet is gone forever (hopefully). Thanks
>>again.
>>
>>

webster72n · External Since: Mar 07, 2006 Posts: 700

"Rick" <Rick DeleteThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2C94E8E3-CA52-4B92-8DDC-DA1AFF18BF83@microsoft.com...
>
>
> "webster72n" wrote:
>
> >
> > "Rick" <Rick DeleteThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:06DE900B-7B5E-412B-ABCC-723293F53DCB@microsoft.com...
> > > My son gave me an older computer with Me and an old virus called
> > > badurl.grandstreet. I know that this is an old problem that was
hopefully
> > > solved years ago. Is there an easy fix?
> >
> > Don't know about "easy", but "effective", yes.
> > Apparently you are dealing with "Spyware".
> > There are a few free programs for your consideration:
> >
> > 1. http://www.tucows.com/preview/310138
> > 2. http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
> > 3.
http://www.adaware2008.com/ad_aware.html?gclid=CNeOt--3340CFRGCGgod1BBCmQ
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> >
> > Harry.
> >
> >Thanks to everyone on answering my question. I installed Spyware
Detector and it cleared up all of my problems. I had a bunch on old virus
stuff. My son used the computer when he was in college 2000 to 2006 and
download who knows what. Music, prgrams and just about everything. The
compter works much faster and grandtreet is gone forever (hopefully).
Thanks again.

Thanks for the feedback, Rick and letting us know you solved your problem.

Harry.
> >
> >