Re: Opinions sought re virus ?

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| > "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message
| > news:ugODXr7KHHA.3560@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| >| From: "TaurArian [MS-MVP]" <taurarianREMOVECAPS@xxxxxxxxx>
| >|
| >|
| >|
| >|| If that's the case, why is Spybot detecting it as a threat? Weird.
| >|| It's not listed in add/remove. Not listed in the startup items.
| >|| Kaylene
| >|
| >|
| >| Good question. Based upon feedback, I often wonder why some are
| >| de-listed from
| > SpyWare
| >| Warrior.
| >| My feeling is if it was listed, avoid it.
| >|
| >| Have you tried looking in the Registry at...
| >|
| >| HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall
| >|
| >| You may find it there and look for the key; UninstallString
| >|
| >|
| >| --
| >| Dave
| >| http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
| >| http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm
| >|
| > Have checked out a bit more - it appears that these registry keys
| > belong to Trend Micro PC-cillon.
| > I've just got rid of Nortons Internet Security and installed Trend on
| > my system and then installed Spybot - same results as the other
| > computer. This computer doesn't have a problem. My best guess is that
| > Trend has it's own version of CyberDefender. Might write to Trend to
| > confirm this. This would explain why Trend and Windows Defender were
| > not registering these keys.
| >
| > Back to square 1.
| >
| > Think I'll get the owner of the other computer to take it back into
| > the shop to examine it - beginning to think it could also be a
| > hardware problem. Will take one more look at the computer tomorrow and
| > examine the add/remove area and see what has been installed since the
| > original installation.
| >
| > Kaylene
| >
| >
| >
| >
| >
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"William" <starrwarz@g_~-clothes-~_m~more_clothes~ail.com> wrote in message
news:Xns98A8DCC0A6D84Williamyourclothes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| on 29 Dec 2006, something possessed TaurArian [MS-MVP] to write:
|
| Strange. You'd think that given the wide use of both programs, that that
| FP would be more visible (and soon to be fixed by Kolla, for that
| matter).

Yes, strange indeed. Next I'll check the internet connection and firewall settings
for dialup. If there was spyware on the computer - I've got rid of that with my
previoius investigations etc. Have eliminated viruses as none were found. The flash
across the screen hasn't showed up since I cleaned up a bit awhile back.

Back to the drawing board as the problem now appears to be with IE and OE (dialup
connection etc). Sometimes it connects well, then another time it can't locate the
provider and shortly after that freezes. Sometimes in IE, cannot open OE, nothing
happens when you click read mail. Can't open OE from the shortcut either. Then
perhaps 10 minutes later, everyting is okay. If it continues to lock up etc after
I've done the final investigations, I will not proceed any further and he can take it
back to the shop in the New Year. It's under warranty and I don't want to fool around
with it too much. It has been known for video cards to cause a freeze on the screen
and they can wipe it clean if necessary and check the hardware. I don't want that
responsibility. Worse case scenario if they wipe it clean, I have to reinstall the
applications.

It's different working on your own computer and you wear the consequences yourself.

Kaylene


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  • Re: Opinions sought re virus ?
    ... why is Spybot detecting it as a threat? ... Have checked out a bit more - it appears that these registry keys belong to Trend ... Will take one more look at the computer tomorrow and examine the add/remove area and ... see what has been installed since the original installation. ...
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    ... It's not listed in add/remove. ... Kaylene ... |>|> I've just got rid of Nortons Internet Security and installed Trend ... |>|> since the original installation. ...
    (microsoft.public.security.virus)
  • Re: Opinions sought re virus ?
    ... why is Spybot detecting it as a threat? ... It's not listed in add/remove. ... |> I've just got rid of Nortons Internet Security and installed Trend ... |> since the original installation. ...
    (microsoft.public.security.virus)
  • Re: Opinions sought re virus ?
    ... why is Spybot detecting it as a threat? ... I've just got rid of Nortons Internet Security and installed Trend on ... examine the add/remove area and see what has been installed since the ... original installation. ...
    (microsoft.public.security.virus)
  • Re: Opinions sought re virus ?
    ... Kaylene ... |>|> best guess is that Trend has it's own version of CyberDefender. ... |>|> installed since the original installation. ... | rendering engine for Thunderbird, etc.) Also, both these programs ...
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