Re: Hijacked by AntiVirus Gold
- From: "Mister Scary" <daniel_newhouse@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 15:28:53 -0400
"Locke" <this@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>A list of what to do to ensure viruses, spyware, and adware off of your
>computer.
> 1.. Don't use Internet Explorer, use Firefox. <---- Dont boot me for
> this
In the future this might be a good idea but it won't get the junk off of his
computer now.
> 3.. Scan online for free at
> http://housecall.trendmicro.com/housecall/start_corp.asp and
> http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/home.asp?productid=symhome&langid=ie&venid=sym&close_parent=true.
> 4.. Download "Spybot Search and Destory", Ad-Aware SE, Spywareblaster,
> and Microsoft Anti Spyware Beta. All of these are freeware. Then run each
> in turn.
He's already mentioned that he's run those. Sometimes the freeware doesn't
cut it. And those online scanners are really worthless!
.
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