WTF?!! How (and why) does Yahoo keep slipping me the Ezula bot? I swear I just heard it zipping in again!?

Question

There should be a law!!! And, clearly my anti-spyware active protection ain't protecting me. I've had Ezula inserted twice tonight, and I swear I really just heard it installing again. It trips my A drive when it comes in.

Does anyone know how to customize a firewall to block Ezula? I'm sick of this crap! Well, bye for now. I'm signing off to delouse. Thank you, Yahoo. Splbbbb.

It only got in while I was on Yahoo. Once it's in, my browser slows and stalls, and I must close out and use my spyware scan & removal software to find and eliminate it.
What bugs me is that it gets in in the first place. Where is it loading from, i.e., is it sneaking in on a Yahoo link (to other Yahoo pages or to URL's linked on Yahoo);
and why is it getting past my active protection...! I've just gotten the most recent security updates from all my vendors
SW support, and I plan to start trying to pin down wher ezula is getting in.
antispyware/antipest and firewall

It gets by Pest Patrol, which bugs the s*** out of me. I swear, there ought to be a law under which Ezula can be stopped. I've done all security updates and patches from MS and I find nothing to deal with Ezula's ability to buddy up with IE. That bugs me too. Seems like when such a prevalent, persistent pest so easily wiggles into IE, then MS should figure out how to stop it.
Aargghhh!!!

I can't say exactly how it's getting in, but I can say with 100% certainty that it's getting in while I'm doing Yahoo Answers.

Answer 1

You're right -- there should be a law!!!!

I've got Ezula bugging me too!!! Apparently, it's such a pest that there are a lot of folks trying to get rid of the program. The vendor maintains it is a legit internet enhancement (snort!!!), but evidence shows it's not benign and is used as a data miner, a browser hijacker and is slipped in to computers without the user's knowledge.

Once in, it can be hard to get out. It can appear to be removed but still leave a self installing program that reactivates whenever the user clicks on a link which sends a signal to the self install file and bada-bing bada-boom it's back in. It also apparently gets past many pest patrols by sneaking in as a component of Internet Explorer, or something like that.



Here's a link to a site that offers some insight and runs an ezula checker tool on the page:

http://www.whirlywiryweb.com/article.asp?id=%2Fezula&xml=1

Now, I've got something that's bugging me -- port scans!!!

I recently moved up from dialup to broadband, and since then I've really come to love my daily volley of port scans about like I love fire ants on my butt -- NOT AMUSED!!!!

So, now I'm on a mission. I'm going to submit reports for every one -- to my security software vendor and to my internet service provider.

THERE OUGHT TO BE A LAW!!!!!!!

Answer 2

Is it Yahoo installing it? I think it's unlikely! Removal instructions here:
http://www.whirlywiryweb.com/removeezula.htm (in case you didn't know).
http://articles.networktechs.com/printer-279.html (probably more complete)

Recommendation: Use Firefox!