I posted a message on Oneline Communities before I found
this site.

Apparently I am a victim of the Virus distrubited by the
MS SpyWare I installed over last weekend. I uninstaled
the MS SpyWare when I become suspicious of a problem with
it, but now I have a advanced virus problem. My computer
now takes about 20 minutes to boot and runs at a very
slow rate. Norton AntiVirus detects a attact on their
antivirus software but cannot find the problem.

I would realy appericate some help from MS. Since if I
have to strip the disk and start over, I will need to re-
license a lot of ms Products.

If you are having a problem caused by a virus, and it does sound that way,
Microsoft PSS will help you for free.

In the US or Canada, call 1-866-pcsafety. Elsewhere in the world, call your
local Microsoft Product Support services number. The call itself may not be
free, but the help will be.
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FAQ for Microsoft Antispyware:
http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm

"Ray" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:0b4701c50f16$06189a60$(E-Mail Removed)...
>I posted a message on Oneline Communities before I found
> this site.
>
> Apparently I am a victim of the Virus distrubited by the
> MS SpyWare I installed over last weekend. I uninstaled
> the MS SpyWare when I become suspicious of a problem with
> it, but now I have a advanced virus problem. My computer
> now takes about 20 minutes to boot and runs at a very
> slow rate. Norton AntiVirus detects a attact on their
> antivirus software but cannot find the problem.
>
> I would realy appericate some help from MS. Since if I
> have to strip the disk and start over, I will need to re-
> license a lot of ms Products.

Is the phrase;
"....the Virus *distrubited [sic] by the MS SpyWare* ...."
really true?
i.e. surely it wasn't "distributed" by MS, or am I just paranoid!

--
Regards;
Rob
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> "Ray" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:0b4701c50f16$06189a60$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Apparently I am a victim of the Virus distrubited by the
> > MS SpyWare I installed over last weekend. I uninstaled

This is a field that it pays to be paranoid in, but in this case, I think
the operative word in that sentence is "apparently." What is "apparent" to
us changes over time. I don't think we yet have completely clear answer to
how Ray's machine became infected, but the virus in question infects via
Messenger, and via unprotected shares on a LAN. As I recall, in his case,
there wasn't a LAN involved so..... As I say--it isn't black and
white--he's got a sequence of events that would seem to indict Microsoft
antispyware. However--what's the mechanism that could be involved for a
single downloader (out of many more than 3,000,000 to be infected?

There are multiple threads with Ray on this issue, and more information in
the other thread, whose location I can't recall--perhaps general.
--
FAQ for Microsoft Antispyware:
http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm

"Rob" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Is the phrase;
> "....the Virus *distrubited [sic] by the MS SpyWare* ...."
> really true?
> i.e. surely it wasn't "distributed" by MS, or am I just paranoid!
>
> --
> Regards;
> Rob
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> "Ray" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:0b4701c50f16$06189a60$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > Apparently I am a victim of the Virus distrubited by the
>> > MS SpyWare I installed over last weekend. I uninstaled
>
>

Bill,
It's in online communities.

Ron Chamberlin
MS-MVP

"Bill Sanderson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> This is a field that it pays to be paranoid in, but in this case, I think
> the operative word in that sentence is "apparently." What is "apparent"
> to us changes over time. I don't think we yet have completely clear
> answer to how Ray's machine became infected, but the virus in question
> infects via Messenger, and via unprotected shares on a LAN. As I recall,
> in his case, there wasn't a LAN involved so..... As I say--it isn't black
> and white--he's got a sequence of events that would seem to indict
> Microsoft antispyware. However--what's the mechanism that could be
> involved for a single downloader (out of many more than 3,000,000 to be
> infected?
>
> There are multiple threads with Ray on this issue, and more information in
> the other thread, whose location I can't recall--perhaps general.
> --
> FAQ for Microsoft Antispyware:
> http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm
>
> "Rob" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Is the phrase;
>> "....the Virus *distrubited [sic] by the MS SpyWare* ...."
>> really true?
>> i.e. surely it wasn't "distributed" by MS, or am I just paranoid!
>>
>> --
>> Regards;
>> Rob
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> "Ray" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>> news:0b4701c50f16$06189a60$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> > Apparently I am a victim of the Virus distrubited by the
>>> > MS SpyWare I installed over last weekend. I uninstaled
>>
>>
>
>
>

Thanks!
--
FAQ for Microsoft Antispyware:
http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm

"Ron Chamberlin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Bill,
> It's in online communities.
>
> Ron Chamberlin
> MS-MVP
>
> "Bill Sanderson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> This is a field that it pays to be paranoid in, but in this case, I think
>> the operative word in that sentence is "apparently." What is "apparent"
>> to us changes over time. I don't think we yet have completely clear
>> answer to how Ray's machine became infected, but the virus in question
>> infects via Messenger, and via unprotected shares on a LAN. As I recall,
>> in his case, there wasn't a LAN involved so..... As I say--it isn't
>> black and white--he's got a sequence of events that would seem to indict
>> Microsoft antispyware. However--what's the mechanism that could be
>> involved for a single downloader (out of many more than 3,000,000 to be
>> infected?
>>
>> There are multiple threads with Ray on this issue, and more information
>> in the other thread, whose location I can't recall--perhaps general.
>> --
>> FAQ for Microsoft Antispyware:
>> http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm
>>
>> "Rob" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> Is the phrase;
>>> "....the Virus *distrubited [sic] by the MS SpyWare* ...."
>>> really true?
>>> i.e. surely it wasn't "distributed" by MS, or am I just paranoid!
>>>
>>> --
>>> Regards;
>>> Rob
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> "Ray" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>>> news:0b4701c50f16$06189a60$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>> > Apparently I am a victim of the Virus distrubited by the
>>>> > MS SpyWare I installed over last weekend. I uninstaled
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
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