vista screensaver virus?

[tren001]

Hello:

I've using a fresh vista install on my laptop for a few weeks now.

I started using the pictureshow screensaver that comes with vista, where it will run a slideshow of pictures in whatever folder you designate. It works fine (except the screen won't turn off after 30 minutes even though I've set the power settings to 30 minutes screen off), but I think it's been hacked by a virus of some sort.

Every once in a while, it will show one picture, then run a video from massdestraction.com (the one where the high school girls does a strip dance in front of her whole school), then go back to flipping through pictures.

It's pretty annoying, and I was wondering if anyone's heard of this type of screen saver/spyware hack, and how I might get rid of it. I've only tried adaware at this point, but it didn't find anything.

Thanks

 

[josh609]

Don't trust any "free" screensavers these days.

Try uninstall that program. Run Spybot S&D, then run adaware SE. Then if you have an antivirus run a spyware scanner with that, and a virus scanner. If issues persist download HijackThis run and look for any weird .exe files that are running. If you have questions regarding .exe files search them on google to find information regarding that particular executable.

 

[mechBgon]

Maybe the video is in your slideshow folder as an animated .GIF image file, did you check that yet?

 

[tren001]

Thanks for your help! I will give those software a try.

This is the screensaver that came with vista, so it's not third-party. Also, I did look to see if I had the stripping video in the folder, but I don't have any (I keep my video files, which may or may not containing naked women, neatly organized in other folders!).

I did install the google version of the photo slideshow screensaver, and it actually replaced the vista version, maybe that will get rid of this annoying thing.

 

[bsobel]

Im willing to bet you have the file or a shortcut to the file in one of the folders the screen saver is looking at.