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Posted by Nick Skrepetos on March 30, 2007, 5:20 pm
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> | > I and many others have had no problems with SAS.
> | > I think it is a superb program and have used it since it came out.
> | > The author is very consciencous.
> | > I would contact their site for support.
> | > I notice it appears to be down right now.
> | >
> | > Tom
> | >
> | >
> | > |I would like to know if "superantispyware.com" free download is ok. I
> saw
> | > it
> | > | recommended in the 3/13/2007 discussion "Can Viruses Do The Following
> ..
> | > | (Hide on a system and unzip late", but ...
> | > |
> | > | On 3/27/2007 something called Spylocked got thru my protections and
> into
> | > my
> | > | laptop, put a red circle with diagonal bar in my tray and kept beeping
> at
> | > me.
> | > | Clicking on it redirected me to spylocked.com where it said that it is
> a
> | > | rogue program that is installed by a Trojan called Zlob. I went to the
> web
> | > | and found several references to this and recommendations to download
> free
> | > | from SuperAntispyware, (SAS), to remove it. I did this, and SAS
> appeared
> | > to
> | > | have removed it - the red circle disappeared but i noticed at the end
> of
> | > the
> | > | scan that SAS was adding a lot of stuff as well as deleting.
> | > | Today i find that both my Internet Explorer and Outlook Express are
> not
> | > | working properly. IE wont let me access some sites, particularly some
> | > | sercurity sites. OE wont send or receive at all from my laptop (i can
> | > still
> | > | access email direct thru IE to MSN and Gmail). I notice that the SAS
> icon
> | > on
> | > | my desktop looks very like the SpyLocked logo. My Lavasoft Ad-Aware
> | > appeared
> | > | to have been taken over by the SAS - the icon is now the red circle
> and it
> | > | wont connect for updates. Windows Defender wont download updates
> either.
> | > SAS
> | > | will not let me uninstall it. Nothing happens when i click on SAS's
> Help
> | > | page contact entries in their Preferences window. Hence i am
> suspicious of
> | > | the SAS program.
> | > |
> | > | Can anyone advise me of a relatively easy fix for this, and how to
> stop it
> | > | getting in again? Not too technical, please.
> | > |
> | > |
> |
> | Tom,
> |
> | SUPERAntiSpyware does not add anything when it is scanning, it also
> | does not disable anything in your system. It is likley part of the
> | infection you had overwrote entries in your HKCU and HKLM (registry)
> | startup locations. Usually you will find a "bak" folder with the
> | original file in it - the infection overwites all the files then when
> | your system starts it executes those files then starts the original
> | programs so it "appears" you are not infected, but yet you are. We
> | call this the KUReplace trojan. Was that detected on your system?
> |
> | You can uninstall SUPERAntiSpyware from within the Control Panel Add/
> | Remove programs as you can any Windows Application. As for not being
> | able to access certain "security" sites, it is likley your HOSTS file
> | was hi-jacked by the infection - this again is common for the
> | infections. You can reset the hosts file to the default state and you
> | will likely be able to access those pages again. This has nothing to
> | do with SUPERAntiSpyware.
> |
> | SUPERAntiSpyware is on the Spyware Warrior trusted/recommended list as
> | well as on the 2007 Pricelessware list. We are a reputable company
> | with a reputable product, check around the web.
> |
> | Nick Skrepetos
> | SUPERAntiSpyware.com
> |http://www.superantispyware.com
> |
> Nick: You should have addressed this to the OP. I was the one who replied
> to him.
> BTW, cannot access your site..page not found.
>
> Tom
Sorry Tom! Was swamped when I wrote that :) Our site is up, no
problems reported - are you going to www.superantispyware.com ?
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