Re: Adware/Spyware removal
From: GJ (utwente_news_at_mercurius.kabel.utwente.nl)
Date: 09/27/04
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Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 22:26:23 +0200
John wrote:
> I apologize in advance, if this is not the right group for this:
>
> One of the people on our network has apparently gotten some programs
> installed on his machine, which I don't think should be there. I have tried
> the uninstall via control panel without success. We ARE behind a firewall,
> but I suppose that doesn't stop someone from installing something via
> IExplorer.
>
> Some of the files are: Alt Win, Batch Assistant, Data Compiler, Indexing
> Function, RON Display, SBM OS, URL.IE.APP, and others.
>
> I have done a search and found something hits having to do with Freewire
> 3.0. I don't know how bad this stuff is, but I want to get it off.
>
> Any ideas, short of buying some removal tool? It seems to me this is
> probably just a scam, infect computers and sell the removal tools. But I
> could be a cynic. <g>
Try Lavasoft Ad-aware (http://www.lavasoft.de/), Spybot Search and
Destroy (http://www.safer-networking.org) and HijackThis
(http://www.tomcoyote.org/hjt/)
Good luck,
GJ
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