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| Thread ID: 49124 | 2004-09-10 23:25:00 | Bogus message? Dangerous? | Mike S (1766) | Press F1 |
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| 271116 | 2004-09-10 23:25:00 | Whilst on-line a day or two back the panel as per below, appeared on my screen. sal.neoburn.net Since it contained at least one spelling error and one grammatical error, and it didn't mention Microsoft, I smelled a rat and ignored it. Has anybody else come across it? Is there any truth in what it says? I have since run PC-Cillin, Spybot and Ad-Aware and feel more comfortable. What do the rest of you think? Mike S |
Mike S (1766) | ||
| 271117 | 2004-09-10 23:27:00 | Its bogus,you need to go into your services and disable Messenger. | metla (154) | ||
| 271118 | 2004-09-10 23:31:00 | Or goto here (http://www.grc.com) Lotsa nifty tools. Shaun |
Shaun Minfie (2961) | ||
| 271119 | 2004-09-11 01:28:00 | >>Since it contained at least one spelling error and one grammatical error, and it >>didn't mention Microsoft, I smelled a rat and ignored it. Multiple or single errors, is it OK as long as it mentions Microsoft ? (Plenty of precedents I suppose.) Sorry to the M$ fan. :D R2 |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 271120 | 2004-09-11 01:39:00 | Assuming Win XP have a look at Balck Vipers (www.blackviper.com) services configuration. Cheers Murray P |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 271121 | 2004-09-11 02:02:00 | For your info look at this (netrn.net) re new rogue spyware remover. If you put www.XpVirusCleaner in your address bar it redirects to another site where, puportedly, you can get a free online scan. But, if you look at the url for the scan link it is actuall a download for a setup .exe as per the free download for the software. Very sus I thought, a quick search came up with the above results. BTW, if you do not have a weel setup, firewall, AV and malware detectors such as Spybot and Adaware don't even consider looking at the questional site in question. Cheers Murray P |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 271122 | 2004-09-11 03:06:00 | Thanks everyone for all the info, actions and connected items of interest. Should keep me occupied for a wee while. This forum is simply great. One always ends up better informed; and in this case with greater peace of mind - which is something we all want! Mike S |
Mike S (1766) | ||
| 271123 | 2004-09-11 05:01:00 | lol, guess I must be bored cause I just installed and run the spyware remover. Did an entire scan of 60GB in about 20 seconds then told me it had found parasites in a pop up box but must register to remove them, funny thing was it was not displaying any spyware found in the tally list. oh well back to my ad aware (version1.03) to see what that left behind | dipstick01 (445) | ||
| 271124 | 2004-09-11 07:21:00 | Hey there dipstick. Give your comp a thorough clean with any and all legit malware cleaners you can lay your hands on including trojan/backdoor hunters. Cheers Murray P |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 271125 | 2004-09-11 07:48:00 | roger that murray. I have 2 trojan hunters....nod32.....spysweeper,ad Aware se and spybot. I also run winpatrol. That should sorta take care of the buggers hopefully | dipstick01 (445) | ||
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