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I accidentally allowed nsvsvc.exe and I know its spyware
it comes with a readme document that says its spyware. I was surfing the web and something came up in the right hand corner that asked me if I wanted to allow something and it said I may not be able to run all of my programs if I disable it so I allowed it and now I have this spyware on my computer and when I do the search it doesnt detect it(I guess its because I allowed it) but I want to get it off and I dont know what to do. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks a lot, Eric. |
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Best recommendation then would be to restart in safe mode and do a deep
scan. On the Scan Page choose Scan Options > Full System Scan. Do this at least two times until detects something. Also, before you restart in safe mode, disable System Restore, some trojans and spyware programs are likely to restore themselves with system snap shots: Right click My Computer > Properties > System Restore, check the "Disable System Restore" check box and restart in safe mode. Restart in safe mode instructions: www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/ windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/boot_failsafe.mspx Remember, this is still beta and cannot be judged as a finished shipping product. -- Andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta FAQ for MS AntiSpy http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm "Eric" <norsandro@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:274201c533b6$a2f86760$a601280a@phx.gbl... >I accidentally allowed nsvsvc.exe and I know its spyware > it comes with a readme document that says its spyware. I > was surfing the web and something came up in the right > hand corner that asked me if I wanted to allow something > and it said I may not be able to run all of my programs > if I disable it so I allowed it and now I have this > spyware on my computer and when I do the search it doesnt > detect it(I guess its because I allowed it) but I want to > get it off and I dont know what to do. Any help would be > appreciated. > Thanks a lot, Eric. |
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See whether it is listed at:
Options, Settings, Spyware Scan, Ignored Spyware Threats. This location gets my vote for the most well-hidden interface feature of the current beta. -- FAQ for Microsoft Antispyware: http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm "Eric" <norsandro@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:274201c533b6$a2f86760$a601280a@phx.gbl... >I accidentally allowed nsvsvc.exe and I know its spyware > it comes with a readme document that says its spyware. I > was surfing the web and something came up in the right > hand corner that asked me if I wanted to allow something > and it said I may not be able to run all of my programs > if I disable it so I allowed it and now I have this > spyware on my computer and when I do the search it doesnt > detect it(I guess its because I allowed it) but I want to > get it off and I dont know what to do. Any help would be > appreciated. > Thanks a lot, Eric. |
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