Memory can not be read error

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Terry Sterling

I connect to the internet via broadband. Everytime I
attempt to open Internet Explorer, it pays no attention
to the home page I have set and shows it attempting to
connect to http://badurl.grandstreetinteractive.com/
I then get a popup box that states Instruction at
0X3A707474 not readable. Memory could not be read. From
what I've been reading on the web, other individuals with
similar areas have replaced their memory to no avail.
Does anyone have any suggestions on how to correct this
error?

Thanks in advance.
 
This is spyware.

WinPatrol can be downloaded at
http://www.download.com/WinPatrol/3000-8022-10289770.html It can take
some time but you can use it to clean out stuff the "automatic"
systems don't. You will need a little technical experience to use it.
If you are unsure if a program or active task is a virus or spyware
just look them up on Google.

You will also want to do a search on your PC for "hosts" and delete
all the extranious entries in the hosts file (entries than the
localhost entry). You can use notepad for this.

Where do they come from? Sometimes freely downloadable software comes
with spyware which it installs without your knowledge.

The majority of spyware is acquired just by using Internet Explorer.
IE is very open to gathering spyware and viruses.

By way of example, I'm an Internet Tech with a major National ISP here
in the US. A customer was having problems with Internet Explorer
crashing at a certain web site. I went to the site to see what may
have been causing the problem. Netscape opened it with no problems so
I tried it with Internet Explorer because it's what the customer was
using. Internet Explorer hit the site, Norton Antivirus told me that
it caught two viruses and I got spyware pop-ups all over the screen. I
just unplugged the PC and then turned it back on. I had 5 viruses (3
that Norton did not even catch) and 8 pieces of spyware. Spybot,
Ad-aware, and Pest Patrol all failed to remove them. I was able to
use WinPatrol to find them and get the viruses and spyware cleared
out, which took a few hours.

Now when someone asks me how to keep from getting viruses and spyware
I tell them if they use Microsoft Windows don't use Internet Explorer!


Useful Links:
- Spyware info from Microsoft:
http://www.microsoft.com/security/articles/spyware.asp
- Microsoft info on Computer viruses:
description, prevention, and recovery:
http://support.microsoft.com/security/articles/viruses.asp
- Netscape 7.1 on CD: (Windows 98-XP)
http://on-disk.com/product_info.php/cPath/13/products_id/14
- IE6sp1 With Updates & Tools: (Windows 98-XP)
http://on-disk.com/product_info.php/products_id/46
- Internet Explorer 5.5 service pack 2 (SP2): (Windows 95-2000)
http://on-disk.com/ie55sp2.html

Windows 95 Links:
- Bring the older Windows 95 computer up to speed:
http://on-disk.com/product_info.php/products_id/33
- Windows Updates, IE5.5sp2, Firewall, Antivirus,
Spyware removal and monitoring:
http://on-disk.com/product_info.php/products_id/45
- Webpath.US, ISP with ongoing support for Windows 95
http://www.webpath.us
 
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