Thread: HELP!!!
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Old 10-26-2004, 01:21 AM   #6
Hivetyrant
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Originally posted by T-D-C:
Its not MSN messenger that is sending these to you. Looks like some type of Phishing or Spyware/PopUp advertising. The website wants you to pay for a patch that you don't need.

Steps to take

1) update your virus defiantions and run a scan

2) Download Adaware and Spybot, update the definations and run a scan.

Adaware
http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE-...ml?tag=lst-0-1

Spybot

http://www.safer-networking.org/en/home/index.html

These days you really need both as they both detect different things.

Let me know if you require further assistance.
Thanks T-D-C, I have dealt with spyware many, many, many, many a time and think I know how to get rid of this little annoying spyware, if thats what it is.
But thanks for saving me the trouble of finding those links, I thought I had Adaware and Spybot backed up, but obviously not...
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