Re: Margo5C
From: Gerald Vogt (vogt_at_spamcop.net)
Date: 05/23/04
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Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 20:08:11 GMT
Sanjiv Karmarkar schrieb:
> Over the last month or so, spyware and adware has become a major
> problem with one of my computers and I end up spending a lot of time
> just cleaning up!
>
> Last week, a new problem surfaced. When I start one of my computers
> (an older one that runs Windows 98), it takes forever for the windows
> to come up. When I look at the process list, I find a software called
> "Margo5C" running. As soon as I kill ths software, the windows comes
> up normally.
>
> Any ideas what this is and how I get rid of it?
Reinstall the complete computer and then set it up securely. That is the
only way to really get rid of spyware because you never know how many
backdoors have been installed that you don't know about.
And then think about how it got onto your computer:
- maybe you didn't keep your computer up-to-date with the current
security updates.
- you downloaded some software from the internet and installed it
- you use Internet Explorer and browsed to a website that uses some of
the vulnerabilites of IE to install it self.
As you can see, basically it is all up to you to keep your computer clean.
Gerald
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