Well, it's starting.

[Weedo]

I'm starting to get popups in Firefox. I guess it was bound to happen. Started off with the Phoenix U popup and now more are showing up. A like so...

[Black Hawk]

Have you checked for Spyware/Adware?

[Weedo]

Yeah, I check for it often.

[primesuspect]

Can you give me a URL to test?

[Weedo]

Next time I see one I'll get the url and pass it on.

That appears to be msnbc.msn.com. I just hit it again and didn't get hte popup though.

[Dexter]

Silly question perhaps, but do you have the Firefox built-in pop-up stopper enabled?

I personally keep it disabled and use the 3rd party Pop-up Stopper Pro. Although I have found that is a little less compatible with FF than IE. My list of allowed pop-up sites works fine in IE, but does not work at all in FF, so I do end up enabling and disabling it more often.

Dexter...

[Weedo]

Yes, I do have it enabled. I'm not getting them all the time. It's actually rare, except for the Phoenix University one. That one popped up a lot there for a while. Been a couple of days since I saw it last though.

The other 3 I only saw once (in the last few days) and not since, so not a big problem so far. Also, I don't think is was msnbc that those 2 were generated from after all. Can't remember what is was though.

[Weedo]

Here's that Phoenix University popup. Anyone else getting this one? I've been seeing it regularly. Even after runnig all my spyware stuff. My Hijackthis log is clean too.

[Dexter]

Pheonix U has been an advertiser of C2 Media (aka Lop / Omegasearch) and other unscrupulous advertisers. I'd say something is fishy. Let's see your HJT log....

Dexter...

[Weedo]

Here's the log.

Logfile of HijackThis v1.98.0
Scan saved at 3:20:22 AM, on 10/9/2004
Platform: Windows XP SP1 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106)

Running processes:
C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\Ati2evxx.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\Ati2evxx.exe
C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\SOUNDMAN.EXE
C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI Control Panel\atiptaxx.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVG6\avgcc32.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\MI948F~1\GAMECO~1\Common\SWTrayV4.exe
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Hardware\Keyboard\type32.exe
C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe
C:\Program Files\Java\j2re1.4.2_05\bin\jusched.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\spool\DRIVERS\W32X86\3\E_S4I2M1.EXE
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exe
C:\Program Files\mail.com\mcalert.exe
C:\Program Files\Folding@Home\winFAH.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVG6\avgserv.exe
C:\Program Files\Folding@Home\FahCore_78.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\Program Files\Outlook Express\msimn.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\MOZILL~1\FIREFOX.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\System32\wuauclt.exe
C:\Security Programs\Hijack This\HijackThis.exe

R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://www.msnbc.msn.com/
F0 - system.ini: Shell=
F2 - REG:system.ini: UserInit=C:\WINDOWS\system32\userinit.exe,
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {53707962-6F74-2D53-2644-206D7942484F} - C:\PROGRA~1\SPYBOT~1\SDHelper.dll
O3 - Toolbar: &Radio - {8E718888-423F-11D2-876E-00A0C9082467} - C:\WINDOWS\System32\msdxm.ocx
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SoundMan] SOUNDMAN.EXE
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ATIPTA] C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI Control Panel\atiptaxx.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AVG_CC] C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVG6\avgcc32.exe /STARTUP
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SideWinderTrayV4] C:\PROGRA~1\MI948F~1\GAMECO~1\Common\SWTrayV4.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [IntelliType] "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Hardware\Keyboard\type32.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HPDJ Taskbar Utility] C:\WINDOWS\System32\spool\drivers\w32x86\3\hpztsb04.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe" -atboottime
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SunJavaUpdateSched] C:\Program Files\Java\j2re1.4.2_05\bin\jusched.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [KernelFaultCheck] %systemroot%\system32\dumprep 0 -k
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [\\TBIRD1200\EPSON Stylus Photo RX600] C:\WINDOWS\System32\spool\DRIVERS\W32X86\3\E_S4I2M1.EXE /P36 "\\TBIRD1200\EPSON Stylus Photo RX600" /O6 "USB001" /M "Stylus Photo RX600"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [TkBellExe] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exe" -osboot
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Mail.com] C:\Program Files\mail.com\mcalert.exe -auto
O4 - Startup: Folding@home 4.00.lnk = ?
O12 - Plugin for .bcf: C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\Plugins\NPBelv32.dll
O12 - Plugin for .fpx: C:\\Program Files\\Internet Explorer\\PLUGINS\\NPRVRT32.dll
O12 - Plugin for .ivr: C:\\Program Files\\Internet Explorer\\PLUGINS\\NPRVRT32.dll
O12 - Plugin for .spop: C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\Plugins\NPDocBox.dll
O16 - DPF: {0878B424-1F95-4E26-B5AB-F0D349D89650} - http://download2.us4.outblaze.com/download/mail.com/emailalert/mail_mcea115.cab
O16 - DPF: {31B7EB4E-8B4B-11D1-A789-00A0CC6651A8} (Cult3D ActiveX Player) - http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/resources/cult3d/cult.cab
O16 - DPF: {6414512B-B978-451D-A0D8-FCFDF33E833C} (WUWebControl Class) - http://v5.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/v5consumer/V5Controls/en/x86/client/wuweb_site.cab?1095707476203