An embarrassing picture appears!

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Joe McGuire

Something very embarrassing has happened. I am usually in my office only a
day or two a week. I leave my desktop (Win2000 Pro on a network) running
all the time to support forwarding my e-mail to my cell phone and my
secretary is supposed to reboot the machine daily (but I doubt she actually
does this or she would have brought this to my attention). When I rebooted
the machine tonight it stopped and prompted me to press Ctrl+Alt+Delete as
usual. However, after I did so and entered my p/w a pornographic picture
appeared. The picture remained on the screen for a few seconds and
disappeared when the desktop started up. From that point the computer seems
to run fine. I can get the picture to reappear by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Delete
and it appears with the Task Manager windows. Once I leave the Task Manager
the picture disappears. I have searched using WinExplorer for all files
ending in *.jpg and *.bmp but found nothing potentially related. I also ran
AdAware, which found a bunch of ad ware things which I deleted, but the
picture still appears when I press Ctrl+Alt+Delete! Help! This is a work
place and I have to get this fixed.

Any suggestions? I tried restarting the computer and going to the last
Known Good Configuration but the picture returns as outlined.
 
Right-click on the Desktop. Select Properties. Turn off Background,
Screen Saver. Then add in the background you like etc.
 
Something very embarrassing has happened. I am usually in my office only a
day or two a week. I leave my desktop (Win2000 Pro on a network) running
all the time to support forwarding my e-mail to my cell phone and my
secretary is supposed to reboot the machine daily (but I doubt she actually
does this or she would have brought this to my attention). When I rebooted
the machine tonight it stopped and prompted me to press Ctrl+Alt+Delete as
usual. However, after I did so and entered my p/w a pornographic picture
appeared. The picture remained on the screen for a few seconds and
disappeared when the desktop started up. From that point the computer seems
to run fine. I can get the picture to reappear by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Delete
and it appears with the Task Manager windows. Once I leave the Task Manager
the picture disappears. I have searched using WinExplorer for all files
ending in *.jpg and *.bmp but found nothing potentially related. I also ran
AdAware, which found a bunch of ad ware things which I deleted, but the
picture still appears when I press Ctrl+Alt+Delete! Help! This is a work
place and I have to get this fixed.

Any suggestions? I tried restarting the computer and going to the last
Known Good Configuration but the picture returns as outlined.
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I should try Spyware Doctor, run the free program and see what it brings up.
Another good one is NoAdware - both give information but do not cure until you
pay, unless you can find a fix for that.

Borge in sunny Perth, Australia
 
Something very embarrassing has happened. I am usually in my office only a
day or two a week. I leave my desktop (Win2000 Pro on a network) running
all the time to support forwarding my e-mail to my cell phone and my
secretary is supposed to reboot the machine daily (but I doubt she actually
does this or she would have brought this to my attention). When I rebooted
the machine tonight it stopped and prompted me to press Ctrl+Alt+Delete as
usual.
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Uhhh, why would it ask you to do that??
However, after I did so and entered my p/w a pornographic picture
appeared. The picture remained on the screen for a few seconds and
disappeared when the desktop started up.
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The desktop background and the desktop you see are 2 different things,
check the 'background' in 'settings', you probably had your system
used to surf porn sites when you weren't there, and it picked up a
trojan that installed the picture.


Lumber Cartel (tinlc) #2063. Spam this account at your own risk.

This sig censored by the Office of Home and Land Insecurity...

Remove XYZ to email me
 
Thanks!
Uhhh, why would it ask you to do that??
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Security? It has been doing that ever since the IT guy set it up in my
office and said "It's yours!"

I will try working on the "background" as you and others have suggested when
I next get in there.
 
Great! It worked. Thanks!

Stubby said:
Right-click on the Desktop. Select Properties. Turn off Background,
Screen Saver. Then add in the background you like etc.
Click to expand...
 
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