richard <don@john.son>, the cadaveric explorer, reproved:

> "sammy" <sammy@toast.com> wrote in message
> news:UgCWg.10502$YO.6949@tornado.tampabay.rr.com.. .
>> hi,
>>
>> my apologies. i posted a topic a little while ago. the subject line
>> was "pop up."
>>
>> after doing some further research i find my system is infected with
>> something called "about:blank." this is some real nasty code with a
>> ton of variants. i reposted to draw some attention and get some help
>> obviously, but also to draw attention to this thing so others can be
>> on the lookout.
>
> Then it might be time to totally wipe the drive clean and do a fresh
> install of the OS.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! Format and reinstall just to get rid of a common malware
variant? LMAO



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