Why is it impossible for Defender to remove 'Claria.GAIN.Trickler' from my
computer?
Defender gives an error and remains visble on the taskbar.
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Goos

Hi Goos,

Also consider installing "SpywareBlaster" on your system
as its free and this will enter Claria & Gain Publishing
into the restricted zone so you will not have problems
with them again Its great for blocking thousands of
sites like this and malicious Active X components

http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

SpywareBlaster is compatible with AOL's browser; it also works with current
versions of the Netscape, Firefox, and Mozilla browsers. Its most recent
iteration is SpywareBlaster 3.5.1


I hope this post is helpful.
Let us know how it works ºut.
Еиçеl
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"Goos" wrote:

> Why is it impossible for Defender to remove 'Claria.GAIN.Trickler' from my
> computer?
> Defender gives an error and remains visble on the taskbar.
> --
> Goos

I also keep getting a report of this spyware and get a Failed msg when
WinDefender tries to delete it. I tried Spybot and it didn't detect it. I
called MS and they recommended going to pandasoftware.com and using their
detect and remove webpage. It's a long scan, which is running now. Will
report later if it works.

A question, however. Does anyone know what this "potential threat" actually
DOES on one's computer? If anything? ;-)

The Claria.GAIN.Trickler is located in the Volume Table Information and has
been found by The Windows Active Scan (from internet) :
c:\system volume information\_restore
{80e0a850-d12e-4605-8897-49ff033a270}\rp90\a0063435.exe
comment: unable to clean.

I don't know what it means but it must be of some importance, otherwise it
should be able to be removed.

I just have run the Panda Active Scan but it dit not find the Claria threat.
I think most scanners do not check the VTI.

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Goos


"jhencken" wrote:

> I also keep getting a report of this spyware and get a Failed msg when
> WinDefender tries to delete it. I tried Spybot and it didn't detect it. I
> called MS and they recommended going to pandasoftware.com and using their
> detect and remove webpage. It's a long scan, which is running now. Will
> report later if it works.
>
> A question, however. Does anyone know what this "potential threat" actually
> DOES on one's computer? If anything? ;-)