Some time ago I made a thread about a strange problem with my computer and how I got strange error messages that turned into ads on IE.

I recently downloaded a personal (FREE) firewall that actually identified and stopped the problem. It's something like ad.adyield something something. Now, I understand that it's being prevented by the firewall but is there a way to get rid of the source of the problem altogether?

Any help is appreciated.Let's here the whole problem, when it started, etc. plus what adware/spyware/virus scanners you have in place, updated and being used regularly. It would be easier to advise then.Alright, I'll tell you from the beggining.

For a very long time (6 months or so) I was regularly getting "server is busy" error messages every 10 or so minutes which told me something along the lines of "the program cannot open because the server is busy" then It let me choose between a Switch to button and a retry button. The message eventually turned into an ad from ad.adyield. This thing is really annoying as it poped up ALL the time and slowed/froze my computer most times. I got a firewall from Agnitum a month or so ago but my trial ran out (it stopped the problem). Now I have  OOps clicked enter w/o finishing the message, sorry.

Alright, I'll tell you from the beggining.

For a very long time (6 months or so) I was regularly getting "server is busy" error messages every 10 or so minutes which told me something along the lines of "the program cannot open because the server is busy" then It let me choose between a Switch to button and a retry button. The message eventually turned into an ad from ad.adyield. This thing is really annoying as it poped up ALL the time and slowed/froze my computer most times. I got a firewall from Agnitum a month or so ago but my trial ran out (it stopped the problem). Now I have a firewall from Kerio and it stopped the problem as well. What I want to know is if I can get RID of the problem instead of just stopping it with the firewall.Download, install & update...
CWShredder
Ad-Aware
Spybot S&D
AVG Free (Set options to 'scan all files')

Turn off System Restore if applicable. (ME & XP users)

Run Disk Clean-Up (Windows)
Run CWShredder
Run Ad-Aware
Run Spybot
Run AVG Free

Re-start in Safe Mode
Re-run AVG Free

For the full text of the above guidelines
http://forum.grisoft.cz/freeforum/read.php?4,27725,backpage=Ok I will attempt that tomorrow and let you know if it worked.

Thank youThanks, feedback is appreciated here.After you SOLVE this problem, regular use of these programs can prevent such snafus in the future.

(Editor's note - These are only required on Windows based machines.   )Well I installed, updated, and ran all the above programs.

I found lots of spyware and adware which was all deleted or fixed. The only problem is that when I ran the AVG, it found viruses and trojans. It deleted the viruses but it said the trojans (dialer 23) couldn't be removed or fixed because they were part of a file.

What should I do?Is this something you can google search for? What about a trojan scanner? A2 comes to MIND. Ewido?Quoted from the info. on the actual AVG:

Trojan horse Dialer is a group of Trojan horse viruses which is known by dialing different international telephone numbers VIA PC modem. These telephone numbers are usually connected to warez and *censored* sites, or sites with cracks for commercial software.
To prevent this, it is recommended to set High security level in your Internet browser, which means to deny automatic installing of ActiveX components and different plugins, or completely disable scripting function. Also it is possible to deny international calls from the internet connection line and calls with non-standard rate.

Following marks may show Dialer presence on the computer:
- new, unknown icon appears in systray
- differently looking internet connection window
- strange windows that ask if you want to connect to internet or dial a number

All Dialers in common dial different number that a default one for the Internet connection, the change is visible in the dialog for internet connection dialup, or the original number is dialed, then Dialer hangs up this connection and dials another (its own) number. This can e recognized on an external modem by the LED diods. Connection indicator in Systray is not reliable in this case."





I had a dialer a long time back, I didn't find out about it until I got my phone bill.
I rang the phone company & told them I didn't know anyone in the non descript country they said I'd been calling.
The first thing the woman said to me was, "Do you have kids"?  

I'm very SURPRISED the above programs didn't remove it, sometimes they need to be run in safe mode & more than once.

Try Ewido. Quote

Quoted from the info. on the actual AVG:

Trojan horse Dialer is a group of Trojan horse viruses which is known by dialing different international telephone numbers via PC modem. These telephone numbers are usually connected to warez and *censored* sites, or sites with cracks for commercial software.
To prevent this,.....