Re: MS Popups?

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Q2) You probably have a malware infection.<<

What's the chance of that being the case if Ad-Aware SE and Spybot turn up
negative and McAfee VirusScan finds nothing?


"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE" <franksaunders@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"John Gregory" <jaygreg90@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I'm using the beta Internet Explorer 7 browser and just got a window
headed "Windows Internet Explorer" telling me that if my machine was
running slow, it might be infected with a virus. It offered a free
download of "WinAntiVirus PRO2006". I rejected the offer but when the
screen disappeared, I saw that the applet apparently already set itself
up to download but was caught by either my McAfee AntiVirus software or
something in IE 7 itself.

Q1) Was this a legitimate ad from Microsoft? If it is... I hope it's
not a harbinger of things to come. I don't appreciate being interrupted
that way.
Q2) If it wasn't from MS, is the beta IE7 allowing this to happen? In
other words, is this a weakness that IE6 didn't have? (If so... I'll fall
back to IE6 immediately.)


Q1) It is NOT legitimate.
Q2) You probably have a malware infection.

So How Did I Get Infected Anyway?
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=27971

Help with Hijackware
All MS - MVP Sites.
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
(http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm)
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware
(http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm)
(http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/darnit.html)
(http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Malware_Defence.htm)

Unexplained computer behavior may be caused by deceptive software.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827315

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
"Anyone who prefers security over freedom deserves neither."




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