Re: Stubborn Trojan!

Designed for Windows 2000 and XP only. Yet you post it here.

And you claim to write this stuff. You don't seem to know a lot about your own program!

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Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience



"The Real Truth MVP" <toidi@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:b_nqk.36992$ZE5.675@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Use my free Remove-it software, it will remove that malware from your system. Download it here http://pcbutts1.com/downloads/tools/tools.htm

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Cyberstalking is a crime. If you had one as bad as I did simply ignoring them is not an option.




"Brettster" <brett.bayne@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:1845ee1d-906b-494a-abcc-8ee529829291@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I have a fairly virulent virus on my PC (using Windows XP).

When I Google something in any browser and click on a link. Very often
it automatically redirects to a shopping or marketing type spam page.
It's not a popup; just a regular page. And hitting the back button
usually accomplishes nothing.

Here are some interesting aspects of this trojan.

1. Ad-Aware usually finds some spyware and removes it. (Spybot and
Malware find nothing.) But if you then launch a browser, it
immediately starts happening again. And yes, I've run Ad-Aware in safe
mode. Run Ad-Aware immediately after lauching the browser, and it
finds the spyware again.

2. Googling for "HijackThis" or "McAfee" causes any browser to
immediately quit; ditto looking for McAfee's website in the URL field.

3. I was able to DL a trial copy of McAfee to my hard drive, but it
will not run.

Any ideas on how to defeat this trojan are highly appreciated.

Thanks!



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