Re: Fake Windows Update Icon?
From: Adam Gilstrap (agilstrap_at_nospam.infoprogroup.com)
Date: 01/30/04
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Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 15:40:54 -0500
My first thought is that this is the Windows Automatic update utlity, was
this icon in your systray? I'm not aware of any viruses that have an
exploit such as this.
"Marianne" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:700e01c3e764$512dd590$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> Hello,
> I haven't found the answer elsewhere, and this is NOT
> about the bogus email update:
>
> I got a windows update icon in my taskbar. When I
> clicked "Details" it didn't give the typical info (what
> the update was *for*--just that this was a necessary
> microsoft update). Also, the windows icon was now a fuzzy
> black & white. I closed the window and am now furiously
> checking my drive for viruses and spybot.
>
> The icon, btw, has since disappeared from the taskbar.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks!
> %-) Marianne
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