It seems like my son's laptop has been infected with a so called
Microsoft anti spyware program (can't remember the exact name) which
wants him top delete some programs from th HD.
Can anyone point me to antispyware on top of Ad-Aware and Spybot?

Daniel
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Daniel Royer
University of Geneva
daniel at royer dot ch

"Daniel Royer" wrote:

> It seems like my son's laptop has been infected with a so called
> Microsoft anti spyware program (can't remember the exact name) which
> wants him top delete some programs from th HD.
> Can anyone point me to antispyware on top of Ad-Aware and Spybot?
>
> Daniel
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> Daniel Royer
> University of Geneva
> daniel at royer dot ch

Hi,
For now just try to get rid of the spyware instead of being fussy about
which one.
do a scan on line from here;
http://www.trendmicro.com
http://www.avast.com
http://www.pandasoftware.com
HTHT.
Please let us now your findings.
Regards,
nass

Daniel Royer wrote:

> It seems like my son's laptop has been infected with a so called
> Microsoft anti spyware program (can't remember the exact name) which
> wants him top delete some programs from th HD.
> Can anyone point me to antispyware on top of Ad-Aware and Spybot?

Without the exact name, I can't give you specific removal steps. Go
through these general malware removal steps systematically -
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...moving_Malware

Include scanning with either Sysclean or Multi_AV, plus Ewido. Do all
prep/finishing work and follow instructions to do all scans in Safe
Mode. Read the rest of the information in the Malware Removal section
at the site and see if any of the specific removal steps match the name
of your rogue antispyware program (Smitfraud, Winfixer, SpywareQuake,
etc.). You can also look on MVP/security expert Eric Howes' page about
rogue antispyware programs here:
http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm

When all else fails, run HijackThis and post your log in one of the
specialty forums listed at the link above (not here, please).

If the procedures look too complex - and there is no shame in admitting
this isn't your cup of tea - take the machine to a professional
computer repair shop (not your local version of BigStoreUSA).

Malke
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Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

* Malke wrote, On 02/09/2006 13:51:
> Daniel Royer wrote:
>
>> It seems like my son's laptop has been infected with a so called
>> Microsoft anti spyware program (can't remember the exact name) which
>> wants him top delete some programs from th HD.
>> Can anyone point me to antispyware on top of Ad-Aware and Spybot?
>
> Without the exact name, I can't give you specific removal steps. Go
> through these general malware removal steps systematically -
> http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...moving_Malware
>
> Include scanning with either Sysclean or Multi_AV, plus Ewido. Do all
> prep/finishing work and follow instructions to do all scans in Safe
> Mode. Read the rest of the information in the Malware Removal section
> at the site and see if any of the specific removal steps match the name
> of your rogue antispyware program (Smitfraud, Winfixer, SpywareQuake,
> etc.). You can also look on MVP/security expert Eric Howes' page about
> rogue antispyware programs here:
> http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm
>
> When all else fails, run HijackThis and post your log in one of the
> specialty forums listed at the link above (not here, please).
>
> If the procedures look too complex - and there is no shame in admitting
> this isn't your cup of tea - take the machine to a professional
> computer repair shop (not your local version of BigStoreUSA).
>
> Malke
Thanks Malke. I will give it a try.

Daniel

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Daniel Royer
University of Geneva
daniel at royer dot ch