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Suddenly there's a little lizard head..............

JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
edited November 2007 in Technical Stuff and Help
looking at me on all my open tabs, before it says Pearl Jam Message Pit.


Least I think it's a lizard. A little pink lizard. :o


Where did he come from and how long is he staying? :)

Anybody else see him? :)
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  • disconnecteddisconnected Posts: 2,875
    Lizard? I didn't see any lizard. What browser do you use (but I'm pretty sure it's firefox...)? How do come to this site (by a bookmark? entering the url?)?
  • Brisk.Brisk. Posts: 11,561
    drugs?
  • aNiMaLaNiMaL Posts: 7,117
    Sure there's a little lizard head. We all see it. Things are going to be just fine Jeanie. Just lay back and relax. Those restraints are for your safety.
  • disconnecteddisconnected Posts: 2,875
    aNiMaL wrote:
    Sure there's a little lizard head. We all see it. Things are going to be just fine Jeanie. Just lay back and relax. Those restraints are for your safety.

    you mean Getting started?
  • Boom The CatBoom The Cat Posts: 482
    Hey I took those pills too Jeanie!



    Joking aside, are you using OpenSuSE by any chance? I know the icon of that is a lizard.
    no matter where you go,
    there you are.

    - brain of c
  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    disconnected wrote:
    Lizard? I didn't see any lizard. What browser do you use (but I'm pretty sure it's firefox...)? How do come to this site (by a bookmark? entering the url?)?

    I usually download my reply to thread emails in Microsoft outlook and just click on the link and then log in.

    But the little lizard head he's been watching me for a couple of days now.

    I'm on Windows XP, so I don't know where he's come from. I like him. Just wondered if anyone else had him. :)
    NOPE!!!

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  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    I BrisK I wrote:
    drugs?

    Yeah, I'm on drugs, but they're not hallucinogens. :D

    There's a lizard damn it! :p

    Actually I got 4 tabs open so there's one on each tab AND one in the http address. I got 5 lizards looking at me! :D
    NOPE!!!

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  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    aNiMaL wrote:
    Sure there's a little lizard head. We all see it. Things are going to be just fine Jeanie. Just lay back and relax. Those restraints are for your safety.

    :p You'll be sorry! :D Those lizards, they're multiplying! It's only a matter of time till they TAKE OVER THE WORLD as we know it!!! hehe! ;):D
    NOPE!!!

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  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    Boom The Cat wrote:
    Hey I took those pills too Jeanie!



    Joking aside, are you using OpenSuSE by any chance? I know the icon of that is a lizard.


    I don't even know what that is Boom. :o Is it like Open Sesame but with Dr Suess? ;):D

    I'm on Windows XP. That's what you mean yeah? What my OS is? Oh I'm so confused. :o
    NOPE!!!

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  • chinobaezachinobaeza Posts: 2,489
    press Prt Scr or Ctrl+Prt Scr, then paste the image in Paint, save it, upload it and show us you lizard please!
  • LizardLizard Posts: 12,091
    Hello????



    :p


    I am in your computer, jeanne!!! watch out
    So I'll just lie down and wait for the dream
    Where I'm not ugly and you're lookin' at me
  • MattCameronKicksButtMattCameronKicksButt Posts: 4,317
    It sounds like a wierd virus I had but mine was an eye. Apparently it's a trojan virus. I can't tell you much more than that other than, don't worry, you're not going crazy.
  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    chinobaeza wrote:
    press Prt Scr or Ctrl+Prt Scr, then paste the image in Paint, save it, upload it and show us you lizard please!

    It's gone chino. :( Just vanished as mysteriously as it came.

    It was just a head, a pinkish lizard head with a beady grey eye.
    NOPE!!!

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  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    Lizard wrote:
    Hello????



    :p


    I am in your computer, jeanne!!! watch out


    :D haha! Well it was very nice having you visit Liz! :)
    NOPE!!!

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  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    MattCameronKicksButt wrote:
    It sounds like a wierd virus I had but mine was an eye. Apparently it's a trojan virus. I can't tell you much more than that other than, don't worry, you're not going crazy.


    Thanks MCKB. :) I figure it's got something to do with all the rigmaroll we've had going on since we got the update of our virus protection. :rolleyes:
    Although I guess if it's gone now, at least that part of the package must be working. Well EVENTUALLY. Little pink lizard was here for a couple of days.
    NOPE!!!

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  • AhnimusAhnimus Posts: 10,560
    Just killing time at work, so I thought I'd google "Pink Lizard" but the results were inappropriate.
    I necessarily have the passion for writing this, and you have the passion for condemning me; both of us are equally fools, equally the toys of destiny. Your nature is to do harm, mine is to love truth, and to make it public in spite of you. - Voltaire
  • MattCameronKicksButtMattCameronKicksButt Posts: 4,317
    Jeanie wrote:
    Thanks MCKB. :) I figure it's got something to do with all the rigmaroll we've had going on since we got the update of our virus protection. :rolleyes:
    Although I guess if it's gone now, at least that part of the package must be working. Well EVENTUALLY. Little pink lizard was here for a couple of days.

    Well, I had this 'eye' thing that kept popping up. I thought we sorted it but it just happened again. Hopefully yours has gone for good.
  • AhnimusAhnimus Posts: 10,560
    MattCameronKicksButt wrote:
    Well, I had this 'eye' thing that kept popping up. I thought we sorted it but it just happened again. Hopefully yours has gone for good.

    Both of you might try going to "start", then "run", type in "msconfig", click the "startup" tab and uncheck anything that isn't required by your hardware.

    Websites like tasklist.org can tell you what the startup items do. Anything required for your hardware, at least, should be described, anything unknown is probably spyware/adware.

    For example, you might have an NVidia graphics card, in which case NWiz.exe will be in your startup list, searching for this on tasklist.org results in this and the following description and recommendations:

    Description: Associated with the newer versions of nVidia graphics cards drivers. Allows you to immensely improve desktop layouts by setting preferences and optimizations. However, this isn't necessary for the operation of your system

    Recommendation: Not required - typically infrequently used tasks that can be started manually if necessary

    In this particular case you can remove it to save startup time and increase performance.
    I necessarily have the passion for writing this, and you have the passion for condemning me; both of us are equally fools, equally the toys of destiny. Your nature is to do harm, mine is to love truth, and to make it public in spite of you. - Voltaire
  • MattCameronKicksButtMattCameronKicksButt Posts: 4,317
    Ahnimus wrote:
    Both of you might try going to "start", then "run", type in "msconfig", click the "startup" tab and uncheck anything that isn't required by your hardware.

    Websites like tasklist.org can tell you what the startup items do. Anything required for your hardware, at least, should be described, anything unknown is probably spyware/adware.

    For example, you might have an NVidia graphics card, in which case NWiz.exe will be in your startup list, searching for this on tasklist.org results in this and the following description and recommendations:

    Description: Associated with the newer versions of nVidia graphics cards drivers. Allows you to immensely improve desktop layouts by setting preferences and optimizations. However, this isn't necessary for the operation of your system

    Recommendation: Not required - typically infrequently used tasks that can be started manually if necessary

    In this particular case you can remove it to save startup time and increase performance.

    I was with you right up until you said 'Both of you'. :D

    Seriously, thanks. I'll try that tomorrow.
  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    Ahnimus wrote:
    Both of you might try going to "start", then "run", type in "msconfig", click the "startup" tab and uncheck anything that isn't required by your hardware.

    Websites like tasklist.org can tell you what the startup items do. Anything required for your hardware, at least, should be described, anything unknown is probably spyware/adware.

    For example, you might have an NVidia graphics card, in which case NWiz.exe will be in your startup list, searching for this on tasklist.org results in this and the following description and recommendations:

    Description: Associated with the newer versions of nVidia graphics cards drivers. Allows you to immensely improve desktop layouts by setting preferences and optimizations. However, this isn't necessary for the operation of your system

    Recommendation: Not required - typically infrequently used tasks that can be started manually if necessary

    In this particular case you can remove it to save startup time and increase performance.

    Thanks Ryan! :)
    That might be where I can get rid of that crss.exe thingy that comes up when I turn on now.

    The lizard, I suspect was a spy. Cute but a spy none the less.

    I'll have a poke around and see what I can see. :)
    NOPE!!!

    *~You're IT Bert!~*

    Hold on to the thread
    The currents will shift
  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    HE'S BAAAACK!!! :eek:

    Everytime I open Google there he is looking at me!

    AND he's brought a friend!

    Coz all my PJ tabs have a big red C on them this morning! :(
    NOPE!!!

    *~You're IT Bert!~*

    Hold on to the thread
    The currents will shift
  • MattCameronKicksButtMattCameronKicksButt Posts: 4,317
    Jeanie wrote:
    HE'S BAAAACK!!! :eek:

    Everytime I open Google there he is looking at me!

    AND he's brought a friend!

    Coz all my PJ tabs have a big red C on them this morning! :(

    Don't worry, I still have the eye watching me. I'm sure theirs something I can do about it if I weren't so lazy.
  • AhnimusAhnimus Posts: 10,560
    Yea, umm.... my next suggestion, if you were at all computer savvy, would be Hijack this, but for the layman, I'd normally suggest a format and reinstall. It ends up being a lot easier in the end.

    If you've run anti-spyware/adware software and anti-virus and cleaned up your startup and all that is left is deleting BHOs. Which, the lizard, probably is a BHO, it's just more than the average person can handle.

    Heh, I'd love to help you more, but I've been tainted by past experiences of spending dozens of hours helping people to do something that would take me 5 minutes to do. Owning a computer is quite the chore, very expensive if you don't take the time to learn maintenance.

    You can try Hijack This, but you can also cause more harm to your computer using tools like it if you don't know what you are doing. If you want, download it, run it and save a log, then paste the log here and I'll look into it at some point.
    I necessarily have the passion for writing this, and you have the passion for condemning me; both of us are equally fools, equally the toys of destiny. Your nature is to do harm, mine is to love truth, and to make it public in spite of you. - Voltaire
  • MattCameronKicksButtMattCameronKicksButt Posts: 4,317
    Ahnimus wrote:
    Yea, umm.... my next suggestion, if you were at all computer savvy, would be Hijack this, but for the layman, I'd normally suggest a format and reinstall. It ends up being a lot easier in the end.

    If you've run anti-spyware/adware software and anti-virus and cleaned up your startup and all that is left is deleting BHOs. Which, the lizard, probably is a BHO, it's just more than the average person can handle.

    Heh, I'd love to help you more, but I've been tainted by past experiences of spending dozens of hours helping people to do something that would take me 5 minutes to do. Owning a computer is quite the chore, very expensive if you don't take the time to learn maintenance.

    You can try Hijack This, but you can also cause more harm to your computer using tools like it if you don't know what you are doing. If you want, download it, run it and save a log, then paste the log here and I'll look into it at some point.

    I know this is Jeanie's thread but thanks. I may get my partner to look at this and maybe you can sort something out together - if you'd be so kind.
    MY computer crashes all the time and I'm pretty sure our information is being relayed to someone.
  • vital5vital5 Posts: 5,486
    I only ever see Trouser Snakes on my monitor :(... no fair!!

    Is this the future?? Cutesy Viruses ? :) Virii ;)
  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    MattCameronKicksButt wrote:
    I know this is Jeanie's thread but thanks. I may get my partner to look at this and maybe you can sort something out together - if you'd be so kind.
    MY computer crashes all the time and I'm pretty sure our information is being relayed to someone.


    No! :) Not my thread. I just started it. :)

    Tis open to all to comment as it should be. And if you find out how to rid yourself of the "eye" then that's excellent! :)

    Oh and thanks Ryan, I appreciate the offer. :) It might just be easier for me to drag my doofus brother here and have him take a look at it.
    NOPE!!!

    *~You're IT Bert!~*

    Hold on to the thread
    The currents will shift
  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    vital5 wrote:
    I only ever see Trouser Snakes on my monitor :(... no fair!!

    Is this the future?? Cutesy Viruses ? :) Virii ;)

    I never see Trouser Snakes anymore.
    NOPE!!!

    *~You're IT Bert!~*

    Hold on to the thread
    The currents will shift
  • AhnimusAhnimus Posts: 10,560
    MattCameronKicksButt wrote:
    I know this is Jeanie's thread but thanks. I may get my partner to look at this and maybe you can sort something out together - if you'd be so kind.
    MY computer crashes all the time and I'm pretty sure our information is being relayed to someone.

    Yea, well. I doubt it. I've had unprotected internet for over a decade and I've never had any of my accounts hacked. My bank account password is a common five letter word and it's never been hacked. Paranoia is rampant in today's soceity. I mean, Y2K bug, as an example.

    But those viruses can be annoying. Let me know if you need more help.
    I necessarily have the passion for writing this, and you have the passion for condemning me; both of us are equally fools, equally the toys of destiny. Your nature is to do harm, mine is to love truth, and to make it public in spite of you. - Voltaire
  • lalalalaaaaaaaalalalalaaaaaaaa Posts: 2,445
    Is it Mr. Mozilla?

    http://www.furymonster.com/assets/images/mozilla-icon.jpg
  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    Saturnal wrote:
    Is it Mr. Mozilla?

    http://www.furymonster.com/assets/images/mozilla-icon.jpg

    No but thanks. :)

    He's not here now but the C's have been here for a couple of days instead.
    Little pink lizard was coming up on all my tabs but now the C's are there in his place. A bold white C in a red box. Pink lizard head did turn up on google a couple of times yesterday but not today.

    I guess to describe it, it's like a little pink lizard head facing the other direction to Mr Mozilla and it has a beady grey eye.
    NOPE!!!

    *~You're IT Bert!~*

    Hold on to the thread
    The currents will shift
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