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Posted by Jim Hawkins on March 3, 2008, 2:59 pm
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> Jim Hawkins wrote:
>> Since this morning (2nd March) I have been bombarded by
>> popup messages claiming that my computer is infected by various malware,
>> spyware and god knows what and wanting me to download (ie buy) some
>> unspecified new spyware protection.
>>
>> Three times I have disconnected from the internet, rebooted and run scans
>> offline with my Norton Internet Security. Each time it has found
>> nothing.
>> The last time, I ran LiveUpdate first, just to check that my Norton was
>> up
>> to date. It was.
>>
>> So what is this ? Some new software selling scam that Norton Internet
>> Security can't protect against ?
>> Just wondering if anyone here has met this and knows what to do about it.
>> Has it installed a process I can delete ?
>>
>> Jim Hawkins
>>
> Some time ago I was receiving messages from Windows Messenger telling me
> the registry was screwed and I should click this link to get a cleaner.
> Someone hear told me that it was 'messenger spam' from the windows
> messenger. The correction was to go to Computer>Manage>Services and
> App>Services and find Messenger and disable it (OK if you are not using it
> yourself for sending messages).
>
> Also you could try Ad-aware or Spybot because I understand that none of
> the malware detectives gets 100% of evil.
>
After reading comparisons of the various malware fixers I downloaded
and ran Spyware Detector.
It found a large number of iffy files and deleted all but a few which needed
a reboot.
Since that reboot my machine has been completely free of popups and runs
faster.
Jim Hawkins
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