Connect prompt

Hi group,

Every few days my friend's computer will display a connect prompt screen
asking for user name and password to connect to 'a303.x.a.yimg.com' She
doesn't recognize that address and doesn't recall installing any software
related to that. I did a Google search and got no results. Has anyone else
seen this before? Any ideas what it is?

Any help is greatly appreciated,
Limonzitos

Limonzito wrote:

> Hi group,
>
> Every few days my friend's computer will display a connect prompt
> screen asking for user name and password to connect to
> 'a303.x.a.yimg.com' She doesn't recognize that address and doesn't
> recall installing any software related to that. I did a Google search
> and got no results. Has anyone else seen this before? Any ideas what
> it is?
>

All we can really tell you is that yimg.com belongs to Yahoo! so perhaps
the domain is to a Yahoo image-hosting site.

If this rings a bell for her, great. If not, she should do the normal
scanning for malware. See this link for steps:

http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware

If the machine is clean and the problem persists, she should see what is
starting with Windows:

How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP -
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310560

http://aumha.org/a/loads.htm - What loads at Startup?
http://castlecops.com/StartupList.html
http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_index.htm
http://www.theeldergeek.com/services_guide.htm
http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/processlibrary/
http://www.windowsstartup.com/wso/search.php

Malke
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