Re: What is 2nd-thought.com?

From: bryan (bryan_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 07/21/05 

Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 06:35:03 -0700

Hi Tom,
   Thank you for your reply. The link you sent tells me that 2nd-thought is
hijackware. My computer did get hijacked in July, 2004. I was able to clean
that out. I have not had any such problems since. The only current symptom is
that my pc has is being periodically slow. I have not seen any type of hijack
or loss of control of my browser. I'm not sure what to do. I think my
security arsenal (listed in my initial post) is strong and I do not want to
buy yet another tool to remove something that does not seem to be causing a
problem. Could 2nd-thought be slowing my pc? What should I do? Maybe I'll
try running hijackthis to see if it comes up? Thanks. Bryan

"Tom Pepper Willett" wrote:

> See if this helps:
> http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/pest/pest.aspx?id=453074948
>
> "bryan" <bryan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:E2AA0C4C-3AC5-4540-BDDC-ACFF845A71B7@microsoft.com...
> |I am running Win98 (32mb of RAM) with Mcafee VirusScan, Firewall and
> Privacy
> | Service. I also have Spywareblaster, Adaware, Spybot, CWShredder. I am
> | up-to-date on all Windows Security patches. I decided to try a free scan
> with
> | SpyDoctor and it found something called 2nd-thought.com in a folder called
> | mypcsearch. The date of the folder was July 17, 2004 (before I had any of
> the
> | above security tools), but if it is dangerous, I'm suprised that my McAfee
> | VirusScan, Adware and Spybot ALL missed it. Is 2nd-thought dangerous? I
> could
> | not read Spy Doctor's entire description on my Monitor (no matter how far
> I
> | scrolled). Any help would be greatly appreciated. Regards. Bryan
>
>
>

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