Re: Whats going on with iboats
PJ, glad to hear you've been de-wormed.
Keep and eye on things, and if anything starts to look strange again, take immediate action.
Minimum 3 things *everyone* should have running on their pc when they're online:
1) Antivirus. Many good ones. My main pc at home uses Norton. I've got AVG on my wife's. AVGfree is a good (and free) AV program, usually rated highly by both PC World and Consumer Reports. Run only one!
2) AntiSpy. Also many good ones, both purchase or free download. The last evals I read are the free ones are good but not quite as good as the purchased (stands to reason). Spybot search & Destroy and Lavasoft Adaware are well-recognized free ones.
3) Firewall. Keeps the bad guys from getting into your pc when you're online. Windows has one built-in, but it only blocks incoming. You really need 2-way to keep a worm from phoning home. Again, many good ones, but I use the free download from Zone Alarm.
If you don't have all 3 types running, do it NOW.
If you ever have a problem these don't block, then try the HijackThis another poster recommended. If that doesn't work, save your data (*just* your data) and reinstall your operating system / restore it back to factory shipping condition. Nasty to have to reinstall everything, but sometimes that's the only way to get rid of particularly nasty stuff that got into your hard drive's root area ("rootkit")
HTH
Al
