A Very Stubborn Spyware
From: fluffy the wonder kitten (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 05/01/04
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Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 17:21:58 -0700
If Cliff wants virii to be plural for virus it is his
civil right to proclaim it so. Let us not prohibit his
use of language in any form he wishes to even if it is
not recognized yet by the society we live in. If used
enough it will eventually be streamlined into everyday
language and hence become a "word" as "normal" society
would view it. Besides he really had a great post.
>-----Original Message-----
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>I have a very stubborn favorites link on IE. I try
>>>deleting the favorite from my favorites but within a
>>>minute, the darn link reappears. I concluded that I
>have
>>>a spyware. I long before downloaded Spybot and Ad-
Aware
>>>and they are both up to date. Spybot found the
registry
>>>and fixed the registry but after another scan with
>>>Spybot, it found the same registry entry. Next I went
>to
>>>my registry and deleted the entry my self but it came
>>>back within a minute. To further complicate the
>problem,
>>>I have three spyware search engines in addition. Both
>>>Spybot and Ad-Aware are not fixing the problem. On
one
>>>of the spyware search engines, it had a downloadable
>>>uninstaller that I can download and uninstall the
>>>spyware. But I don't know if I can trust them. I
mean,
>>>they are the ones that installed this crap in my
>computer
>>>without my consent to begin with. I am very
frustrated
>>>and angry and have no idea on what to do. By the way,
I
>>>have Norton's Internet Security 2004 and it is up to
>>>date. PLEASE HELP ME!
>>>
>>>.
>>>Please forgive me if it sound too simplistic. I'm a
bit
>>of a newbie. I had a similar problem too. There are a
>>multitude of these virii (plural of virus!) and they
all
>>hijack either your favourites or redirect your homepage
>or
>>other some such links. I did a thorough search
>for "Host"
>>files and found a couple that were hidden in weird
places
>>that didn't seem to belong. When I deleted these
>>anomolous hosts files, the registry was no longer reset
>>everytime I turned on the computer. I can't tell you
>what
>>to look for, I had to do a little research to figure
out
>>which "host" files XP uses, but usually the fake ones
>>look "unMicrosoft". Goodluck.
>>
>>Cliff.
>>.
>>Just got another one while I was Typing this!!! Look
>under date modified and you will see a host file that
was
>modified recently. That's usually your culprit.
>.
>
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