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Posted by Dustin Cook on May 25, 2007, 1:23 am
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> Yesterday, I had a pop-up ad saying I could download a free update of
> anti-virus from Internet Explorer. I tried to delete it, but it
> downloaded anyway, and with it came three different viruses -
> trojan.vundo, downloader and infostealer, along with some intrusive
> adware - adserver.softwareonline.com. My wonderful Norton product
> could not get rid of them, so I deleted my Norton Security software
> and downloaded Windows Live OneCare. It has managed to clean the
> viruses from my system. I actually also downloaded Internet Explorer
> 7 again and replaced the version 7 I already had on my pc. However, I
> am still getting pop-up ads from a group called "Winsoftware Corp.,
> urging me to download for free, either "Winantispyware" or
> "WinantivirusPro2007freeinstall.cab". It is difficult to delete the
> screen withought activating the download, and fortunately LiveOneCare
> catches the adware immediately and cleans it from my pc. In fact the
> only way I could get rid of the pop-up without downloading it was to
> use Windows Task Manager and end the task that way. LiveOneCare is
> also blocking a program called "backweb-137903.exe.", and I have left
> it being blocked, as I have no idea what it is.
Your welcome to give BugHunter a try, if you run your computer in safe
mode, be sure to extract the safebug.zip file, and run the safebug.bat
file. Or just browse thru the instructions.
If the variant you have is known, BugHunter may be able to disable/remove
it for you. Be sure to import FIXREG.REG into your system registry when
finished scanning to remove the balloon. Please let us know how it goes.
BugHunter can be found here:
http://bughunter.it-mate.co.uk
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Dustin Cook
Author of BugHunter - MalWare Removal Tool - v2.2c
email: bughunter.dustin@gmail.com.removethis
web..: http://bughunter.it-mate.co.uk
Pad..: http://bughunter.it-mate.co.uk/pad.xml
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