Re: Hit by spyware

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From: Steve Parry [MVP] (k100rs_1990_at_nospam.hotmail.com)
Date: 02/15/05 

Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 19:28:46 -0000

George Hester fumbled, fiddled and fingered:

> Wow that's complicated for what looks like an easy removal from:
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
>

Guy in work got hit by the same malware and every time you delete it
from the Run key it reinserts itself. I tried all ways until using that
method. 

-- 
Steve Parry BA (Hons) MCP MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
http://www.gwynfryn.co.uk

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