Re: Help! IE Hijacked with malware

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From: David H. Lipman (DLipman~nospam~_at_Verizon.Net)
Date: 10/11/04


Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 19:00:36 -0400

P A Bear:

Please change your set of instructions in reference to McAfee Stinger. Stinger is NOT and
investigational tool. Stinger only targets ~45 infectors and their variants. Unless you
know the infector is indeed targeted by Stinger, it is contraindicated to suggest it.

It is far better to suggest Trend Sysclean. Sysclean is a broad-spectrum virus, worm and
Trojan removal tool that uses standard Trend Pattern files. Sysclean is like Stinger in
that no installation routine is required. Sysclean is a Command Line Scanner and is more
suited to investigational uses. It has no licensing issues and it targets everything
Stinger does and *way more*. It is also suggested to run Sysclean in Safe Mode to increase
its efficacy.

I suggest you try it for yourself !

         Trend Sysclean Package
         http://www.trendmicro.com/download/dcs.asp

         Latest Trend signature files.
         http://www.trendmicro.com/download/pattern.asp

Dave

"PA Bear" <PABear@mvps.org> wrote in message news:eJxkEK%23rEHA.556@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
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| 2. Download and run Stinger (http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/); then...
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