Re: Adware ?


"Gualtier Malde" <valacapt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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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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