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I Don’t Hate Firefox But Use IE or Else
February 22nd, 2008 · by David Bradley >> 8 Comments
Have you ever seen the following message when you open the Mozilla or Firefox browser?
I DNT HATE MOZILLA BUT USE IE OR ELSE
Several Sig Fig readers have contacted me recently because they have seen this message and other similar popup boxes.
Well, if you see that or a similar message, don’t panic. Calmly and steadily, save any open files, shut down open applications, and reboot your PC into safe mode. From there run your (hopefully up to date virus checker). You will most likely then discover that you have been infected with “w32.usbworm”. Other symptoms include messages telling you that Orkut and Youtube are inaccessible. You might see, for example, a message box that says:
orkut is banned you fool!!!
Those messages are all symptoms of a worm burrowing into your system.
Here’s a nice cartoony video showing the damage worms, viruses, and trojans might do to you and your data.
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8 responses so far ↓
Lalit // Mar 29, 2008 at 5:00 am
site has been banned by a program but i dont know how from where to remove it
it showing this msgs
“Orkut is banned you fool, The administrators didnt write this program guess who did?? MUHAHAHA!!”
anie // Apr 25, 2008 at 12:07 pm
“Orkut is banned you fool, The administrators didnt write this program guess who did?? MUHAHAHA!!”
i hv the same problm,plzzzz help me out ! i hv done everything bt this option comes again and the window is closed ,cn someone tell me what shud i do !!
i hv done wd all this stuff, nothing happens !!
David Bradley // Apr 25, 2008 at 2:07 pm
Anie – http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.support.firefox/msg/12ba87e2b0e3b7a4
rajiv // Jun 8, 2008 at 12:33 pm
this link doesnt help me out…
my pc again n again showing me this box saying “orkut is banned you fool…..
plzz help wat shuld i do?????
David Bradley // Jun 9, 2008 at 8:20 am
Try this alt approach – from here
Open Task Manager by holding Ctrl + Alt + Del and click on the process tab.
Ignore the warning messages and stop the SVC.Host for the system’s user name.
Navigate to C:/Heap41a and delete the contents of the folder.
To prevent re-infection, avoid transferring data from internet centers using flash drives.
Anees // Jan 14, 2009 at 2:16 pm
I’ve a problem with Multiple folder virus. This one is really annoying. It duplicates the folder inside and contains absolutely nothing and I can’t delete them. Please help me to get rid from this,
Hassan Ali // Jul 8, 2009 at 3:42 pm
oh man i cant use firefox orkut or utube plz help me i really need these sites
David Bradley // Jul 8, 2009 at 3:46 pm
Firefox isn’t a site…it’s a browser.
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