Security Warning

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Hi.

For the past week, I have been getting "Security Warnings" in IE when I
visit select websites. These are websites I visit frequently and trust (in a
very relative sense) their content. However, I am a victim of a "drive-by"
hacker and to be honest, I believe in my effort to defend, I may have
over-tweaked the computer security. FYI - The hacking mess occurred in March
so this is not something related to that, per se. I think it is related to my
defense against it happening again?

These are 2 examples of the hassle I am speaking of:

1. download.com

Security Warning pop-up
The current Webpage is trying to open a site on the Internet. Do you want to
allow this?
Current site: view.atdmt.com
Internet site: C:\WINDOWS\System32\shdoclc.dll
If I click 'no': Displayed under an advertisement section is "Action
Cancelled" screen.
If 'yes": Displayed under an advertisement section is "Page Cannot Be
Displayed.

2. pcmag.com

Security Warning pop-up
The current Webpage is trying to open a site on the Internet. Do you want to
allow this?
Current site: ad.doubleclick.net
Internet site: C:\WINDOWS\System32\shdoclc.dll
If I click 'no': Displayed under an advertisement section is "Action Can
celled" screen.
If 'yes": Displayed under an advertisement section is "Page Cannot Be
Displayed.
** With this site, I have to 'yes' or 'no' my way out of 6-7 pop-ups.

I would like to be able to utilize these sites at a functioning level, which
was the case until recently. I am unsure of what to do and guess I am
"spooked" into doing nothing, until I understand why this is so.
Any assistance would be appreciated, greatly.
 
Hi,
See the "Recommended Minimal Security Settings" at
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm The recommended "Custom" settings
will improve security and should resolve the security prompt you're seeing.
Or, you could go back to "Default" settings.

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE/OE]
 
Thank you Don. I will reference this information and try to determine what is
going on. I do appreciate your willingness to help. If needed, I will
respond.

Don Varnau said:
Hi,
See the "Recommended Minimal Security Settings" at
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm The recommended "Custom" settings
will improve security and should resolve the security prompt you're seeing.
Or, you could go back to "Default" settings.

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE/OE]


Shana said:
Hi.

For the past week, I have been getting "Security Warnings" in IE when I
visit select websites. These are websites I visit frequently and trust (in a
very relative sense) their content. However, I am a victim of a "drive-by"
hacker and to be honest, I believe in my effort to defend, I may have
over-tweaked the computer security. FYI - The hacking mess occurred in March
so this is not something related to that, per se. I think it is related to my
defense against it happening again?

These are 2 examples of the hassle I am speaking of:

1. download.com

Security Warning pop-up
The current Webpage is trying to open a site on the Internet. Do you want to
allow this?
Current site: view.atdmt.com
Internet site: C:\WINDOWS\System32\shdoclc.dll
If I click 'no': Displayed under an advertisement section is "Action
Cancelled" screen.
If 'yes": Displayed under an advertisement section is "Page Cannot Be
Displayed.

2. pcmag.com

Security Warning pop-up
The current Webpage is trying to open a site on the Internet. Do you want to
allow this?
Current site: ad.doubleclick.net
Internet site: C:\WINDOWS\System32\shdoclc.dll
If I click 'no': Displayed under an advertisement section is "Action Can
celled" screen.
If 'yes": Displayed under an advertisement section is "Page Cannot Be
Displayed.
** With this site, I have to 'yes' or 'no' my way out of 6-7 pop-ups.

I would like to be able to utilize these sites at a functioning level, which
was the case until recently. I am unsure of what to do and guess I am
"spooked" into doing nothing, until I understand why this is so.
Any assistance would be appreciated, greatly.
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Shana said:
Hi.

For the past week, I have been getting "Security Warnings" in IE when I
visit select websites. These are websites I visit frequently and trust (in
a
very relative sense) their content. However, I am a victim of a "drive-by"
hacker and to be honest, I believe in my effort to defend, I may have
over-tweaked the computer security. FYI - The hacking mess occurred in
March
so this is not something related to that, per se. I think it is related to
my
defense against it happening again?

These are 2 examples of the hassle I am speaking of:

1. download.com

Security Warning pop-up
The current Webpage is trying to open a site on the Internet. Do you want
to
allow this?
Current site: view.atdmt.com
Internet site: C:\WINDOWS\System32\shdoclc.dll
If I click 'no': Displayed under an advertisement section is "Action
Cancelled" screen.
If 'yes": Displayed under an advertisement section is "Page Cannot Be
Displayed.

2. pcmag.com

Security Warning pop-up
The current Webpage is trying to open a site on the Internet. Do you want
to
allow this?
Current site: ad.doubleclick.net
Internet site: C:\WINDOWS\System32\shdoclc.dll
If I click 'no': Displayed under an advertisement section is "Action Can
celled" screen.
If 'yes": Displayed under an advertisement section is "Page Cannot Be
Displayed.
** With this site, I have to 'yes' or 'no' my way out of 6-7 pop-ups.

I would like to be able to utilize these sites at a functioning level,
which
was the case until recently. I am unsure of what to do and guess I am
"spooked" into doing nothing, until I understand why this is so.
Any assistance would be appreciated, greatly.
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I have exactly the same problem and the IE6 security level is set at the
default (medium) and has not changed. Ad-Aware, Spybot S&D and MS
AntiSpyware are all uptodate and run regularly.

Any suggestion as to the 'fix'.
 
Edward said:
I have exactly the same problem and the IE6 security level is set at the
default (medium) and has not changed. Ad-Aware, Spybot S&D and MS
AntiSpyware are all uptodate and run regularly.

Any suggestion as to the 'fix'.
Click to expand...

When all else fails, HijackThis v1.99.1
(http://aumha.net/downloads/hijackthis.zip) is the preferred tool to use.
It will help you to both identify and remove any hijackware/spyware. **Post
your log to http://forums.spywareinfo.com/,
http://castlecops.com/forum67.html or http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=30
for expert analysis, not here.**
 
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