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RE: Spyware becomes increasingly malicious


From: "Michel Py" <michel () arneill-py sacramento ca us>
Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 20:24:19 -0700


Sean Donelan wrote:
Spyware isn't the best term for what is happening, but it
is quickly exceeding (or contributing) to all the other
problems associated with the online (not just Internet) world.

Indeed. Lately, I have not been able to clean a very annoying piece of
crud named "CoolWebSearch". Spybot will not always detect and never
remove; Ad-aware will likely detect but not remove either. None of the
other crapware removers I have tried could clean the machine either.

I have instructed helpdesk not to waste any time with it and
systematically re-image the infected PC :-(
Fortunately, re-imaging a PC is now a matter of minutes.

Michel.


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