Re: Is it a spyware? Sorry if it is a bit long.

From: JayEye (someone_at_microsoft.com)
Date: 08/31/03

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    Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2003 20:16:39 +1000

    "Sandra" <sandy10011@hotmail.com> wrote in message
    news:049b01c36f9c$206f1d00$a501280a@phx.gbl...
    > Thankyou for everyone's help. I ran the spybot search and
    > destroy and found and deleted 22 nasty programmes/files.
    > Feel much happier now. Think I shall be running it
    > frequently! Hope you get rid of your parasite michael.
    > (quite an apt word for such lowlife programmes!) Sandra
    > >-----Original Message-----
    > >Sandra wrote:
    > >> I have only just learnt the word spyware reading some
    > of
    > >> the messages but it sounds as though that might be the
    > >> problem.
    > >> My computer was invaded by something, it put a shortcut
    > >> on the desktop which showed pornographic pictures on a
    > >> popup. There were several programs or files I found
    > which
    > >> initially I couldn't delete as it said I didn't have
    > >> access. I managed to delete these after changing
    > >
    > >You can try running either "Spybot Search and Destroy",
    > free from
    > >http://security.kolla.de/ or "AdAware", free from
    > http://www.lavasoftusa.com
    > >to help you clean this up
    > >
    > >Either of these will hopefully be able to help, both are
    > free, and both are
    > >very good. I personally use spybot out of the two but
    > you can't go wrong
    > >with either.
    > >
    > >--
    > >--
    > >Rob
    > >MS MVP
    > >http://www.robertmoir.co.uk
    > >
    Just to add:
    I use both SpyBot & AdAware. They're both good programs, but, reactive in
    their application . Up-front I use WebRoots SpySweeper. It sits in the
    system tray and monitors (and blocks) incoming spyware.Since trialling it, I
    have had no reported instances of spyware using SpyBot, and AdAware at the
    end of an Internet session.

    Johnno
    > >.
    > > 

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