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Posted by The Real Truth MVP on August 18, 2008, 9:43 pm
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What part of "(using Windows XP)" in the ops post don't you understand?
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Cyberstalking is a crime. If you had one as bad as I did simply ignoring
them is not an option.
> Designed for Windows 2000 and XP only. Yet you post it here.
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> And you claim to write this stuff. You don't seem to know a lot about your
> own program!
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> Richard Urban
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Desktop Experience
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>> Use my free Remove-it software, it will remove that malware from your
>> system. Download it here http://pcbutts1.com/downloads/tools/tools.htm
>>
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>> Cyberstalking is a crime. If you had one as bad as I did simply ignoring
>> them is not an option.
>>
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>>>I have a fairly virulent virus on my PC (using Windows XP).
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>>> When I Google something in any browser and click on a link. Very often
>>> it automatically redirects to a shopping or marketing type spam page.
>>> It's not a popup; just a regular page. And hitting the back button
>>> usually accomplishes nothing.
>>>
>>> Here are some interesting aspects of this trojan.
>>>
>>> 1. Ad-Aware usually finds some spyware and removes it. (Spybot and
>>> Malware find nothing.) But if you then launch a browser, it
>>> immediately starts happening again. And yes, I've run Ad-Aware in safe
>>> mode. Run Ad-Aware immediately after lauching the browser, and it
>>> finds the spyware again.
>>>
>>> 2. Googling for "HijackThis" or "McAfee" causes any browser to
>>> immediately quit; ditto looking for McAfee's website in the URL field.
>>>
>>> 3. I was able to DL a trial copy of McAfee to my hard drive, but it
>>> will not run.
>>>
>>> Any ideas on how to defeat this trojan are highly appreciated.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
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