hi, Is it possible for someone to put a virus in a webpage as soon as it loads? I visited a site recently and AVG anti virus cut in and said a virus was detected in c:/windows/temporary internet files/xxxx/xxxx/SCRIPT/EXPLOIT.HTM i denied access and carried on as normal. Also now this virus is on my pc can i get rid of it by simply deleting the temp internet files or has it already ran and done damage. I would be grateful if anyone knew what this virus is and if it was a conflict with my system or was it put there intentionally. thanks in advance.

I've had that happen before going to a Google cached link, Norton popped up & haulted my computer so I could Quarantine it, mine was VBS.LoveLetterA I contacted Google since it was one of their cached links, they never answered me I'd run an online virus scan at either Panda or House Call to make sure you're clean Good luck

If yo go to AVG's site it will tell you that script/exploit isn't really a virus but a bit of bad java whot changes registry settings to enable remote users access to registry fiddling. Classic use of this ploy is to re-set your home page to www.arses&breasts.com or something similar. Avg will get rid of the script and you then have to go into system settings to disable remote registry access. No sweat.

To avoid the homepage hijack of IE in win9x, setup this key in your registry after you make sure the homepage is set to the one you want. [HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Control Panel] "Homepage"=dword:00000001 If you want to chnge your home page at a later time, you'll have to set this key value to 0 to unlock the Internet options, homepage dialogue.

Thanks for your help. I dont want to block access to the internet options menu as i tend to reset my homepage to blank anyway. One last query: How do i disable remote registry access, i've opened system from the control panel but cant find anything associated with the system settings. I have Win98SE thanks in advance

Have had the same thing happen to me and look forward to any response to how to disable remote registry access. Same operating system as above. Thanks for the great board here.

I dun seem to see this key in my registry. do i have to add it in?