Re: Spyware - Please Help

From: Alex (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/09/04 

Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2004 15:04:33 -0800

Another question along this line ... I've seen ads for a
program called "Spyware Nuker" ... is it legitimate and,
if so, is it effective?

>-----Original Message-----
>it would be better in an ie group... but 'links' is a
built in folder in ie
>favorites that is used for the customizable toolbar. i
am not surprised
>that it recreates the folder if its missing, and as long
as it doesn't get
>filled with porn, casinos, or drugstores you are probably
ok.
>
>"D.B" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:c4b701c3ee5a$7f730ea0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>> Hi, I think I may have some kind of spyware installed on
>> my computer and I can't seem to get rid of it. Here is
>> the description of the problem. One day I noticed a
>> folder titled "Links" in my favorites (bookmarks) and I
>> wasn't sure if it was installed with the IE installation
>> or what. I deleted the folder and closed IE. The next
>> time I opened IE, the folder had reappeared. Basically,
>> I can't delete this folder from my favorites. When I
>> close and reopen IE, it will always come back. There
>> isn't anything in this folder, it's just an empty folder
>> called "Links". I've run both Lavasoft - AdAware and
>> Spybot - Search and Destroy. They both cleaned stuff
off
>> of my computer, but they didn't fix this problem with
>> the "Links" folder appearing in my favorites. I don't
>> really download too many programs, but I guess all it
>> takes is one. I have Internet Explorer 6 SP1 installed.
>> Does this sound like a Spyware problem to you? Do you
>> know of any better Spyware programs available. Thanks
in
>> advance for any help in fixing this problem.
>>
>> One more thing, let me know if this post doesn't belong
>> in this newsgroup (I looked all around and I thought
this
>> newsgroup best suited this problem). If it doesn't,
I'll
>> move it.
>
>
>.
>

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