I have a Gateway Millenium Laptop. The only website I have been able to send
to the desktop in the past 6 months is partypoker.com. Here are the
symptoms when I try. I go to address line and type in yahoo.com or
google.com or bellsouth.com. I then go to "file" and "send" and then
"shortcut to desktop" or I sometimes just right click on the page and
send it to the deskptop. Same results
a dropdown menu comes up and in the left hand corner is
"file download"
then... "some files can harm your computer. If the file info below
looks suspicious or you do not fully trust the source, do not open or
save the file."
then
"file" and whatever website i try to bring to the desktop such as
Yahoo or google or bellsouth......that lines says the websites name
and ".url"
then
"file type: internet shortcut"
then
"from: c\windows\desktop"
then "this type of file could harm your computer if it contains
malicious code. Would you like to open the file or save it to your
computer?"
Then 4 boxes to choose from......box one "open"... click that it and
goes back to the same screen.
box two "save".... screen disappears
box three "cancel" screen disappears
box four "more info" screen comes up about downloading files but I
don't see where any of this pertains to why I can't send anything to
the desktop. I have my security zone set on medium....Any suggestions?
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Request for Question Clarification by
sublime1-ga
on
20 Aug 2005 16:24 PDT
fred...
Any chance you're using the NetCaptor browser?
sublime1-ga
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Clarification of Question by
fredg2004-ga
on
20 Aug 2005 17:11 PDT
1. for sublime1-ga.... I am using internet explorer as my browser.
2. for tlspiegel-ga.. I tried your suggestion but unfortunately the
dropdown menu that i described in my question popped up.
3. for tutuzdad-ga... I downloaded pandasoftware and when I clicked
on the button to start the download....the dropdown menu that i
described in my question popped up. I thank you all for your
suggestions but still same....
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Clarification of Question by
fredg2004-ga
on
20 Aug 2005 17:13 PDT
for tutuzdad-ga. i dropped and dragged but the pop up menu that i
described in my question popped up.
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Request for Question Clarification by
sublime1-ga
on
20 Aug 2005 17:24 PDT
Sounds like a malware infection. I'd suggest downloading
Hijack This, running it, and posting a log here, but if
you're unable to complete a download, I don't know that
it would help. Hijack This:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html
Short of a successful download of Hijack This, I'd suggest
going to Start -> Run, typing msconfig and hitting Enter.
Go to the Startup tab and disable all. Then reboot.
That should get you operational, and then you can download
Hijack This (HJT), run it and post a log here.
You may need to reboot with all the msconfig items re-enabled
in order to get a useful HJT log.
sublime1-ga
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Clarification of Question by
fredg2004-ga
on
21 Aug 2005 08:48 PDT
sublime1-ga.... went to the website you described. that website came
up but when i clicked on hijackthis... it went to what i described
that has been happening.... also tried a msconfig, but that seemed to
mess up my computer and had to use system restore to come back onto
the internet. please bear in mind that i can get the websites by
typing it in the address line, but cannot send any websites via right
click or using " file.... send to" to the desktop. thanks for the help
thogh.
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