Re: Very "hard to kill web search varmint"

From: mac (macknever_at_fsmail.net)
Date: 05/13/04 

Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 14:31:26 +0100

"HAWAIIAN tim" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:c50f01c43883$452217f0$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> YES,I did think of that but the bho or whatever its
> called rewrote my registry so i couldnt use the version
> installed on my computer and the browser helper directed
> me to there own version of fake downloads( I assume )That
> could not or did not kill. also when I would try virus
> scan online from Mcaffe It dirrected me to, page
> anavalible. It pretty much just shut down all recorces
> avallible. And please donate to the wonderfull people out
> there that help us with such things!!!...Tim

Try pasting the link into windows explorer?

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