Re: Trojan

From: Mike Burgess (winhelp2002_at_spamthis.com)
Date: 11/14/03 

Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 19:44:09 -0500

Kathy,
> My daughter has downloaded a spyware program from Eanthology"
Read carefully! It's a scam!
http://www.pestpatrol.com/pestinfo/s/stopsign.asp
http://www.doxdesk.com/parasite/DownloadReceiver.html

Note: these parasites are also the one involved in the below:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/adware.downreceive.html
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Mike Burgess [MVP Windows Shell\User] http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/
Blocking Spyware, Adware, Parasites, Hijackers, Trojans, with a HOSTS file
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm [updated 11-08-03]
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"Kathy T" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:387a01c3aa3b$3724b210$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> My daughter has downloaded a spyware program from
> Eanthology that does automatic scans of her computer
> several times per day.  Each time it scans it says she
> has "trojan.chuma," which I couldn't find any info
> about.  All I could find was info on removing the spyware
> program from her computer through add/remove.  Does
> anyone have any other info on this spyware or know if
> this supposed "trojan" is legit?

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