"Li'l Abner" <blvstk@dogpatch.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9F0AE6BC55E78butter@wefb973cbe498...
> "FromTheRafters" <erratic.howard@gmail.com> wrote in
> news:itp0v4$oqo$1@dont-email.me:
>
>> "Li'l Abner" <blvstk@dogpatch.com> wrote in message
>> news:Xns9F0ADD39EC6A9butter@wefb973cbe498...
>>> Not really new, just a new name. In either Safe or Normal mode it
>>> boots directly up to splash screen with "Clean This" on it with only
>>> one place ot click. I forget what that was but I didn't click it.
>>> This was in XP SP3. I got around it by booting inSafe Mode and
>>> picking the Administrator account which let me in. Then I checked the
>>> registry to see if the shell\open\command had been tampered with. It
>>> hadn't. Then went to Documents And Settings\User\Application Data and
>>> looked for a three lettered exe file. Sure enough, it was "gog.exe".
>>> I renamed it and was then able to download MBAM, install and run it.
>>> It found one Trojan.FakeAlert and one other lesser thing.
>>> Rebooted into Safe Mode Users Account, ran MBAM again. Found nothing.
>>> Then to Normal Mode, ran MBAM and SAS both.
>>> Seems to be OK now. I'm running a full scan with Avira but don't
>>> expect to find anything much.
>>>
>>> Google "Clean This" and the first hit is "How to delete Clean This
>>> virus". That's computing.net (Tom's Guide Tech Support).
>>>
>>> Go get 'em Dave! :-)
>>
>> It's sad that those that should know better continue to "dumb down"
>> and call everything a virus.
>>
>> Aside from that, good recovery from that trojan outlined above.
>
> The problem is that most everybody except those of us who understand it
> don't know the difference between a virus and other forms of malware.
> Before people even bring their computers they tell me they have a virus. I
> just don't try to explain it to them anymore.

That's okay, we all tire of having to explain to folks that don't care. My
main gripe here is in published text from so-called professionals. The
thing is, most of them actually know better but are dumbing down for
the masses and helping to reinforce the misconception.

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