"Gaz" <gazter@msn.com> wrote in news:6fs4s5Fcur73U1@mid.individual.net:

> Come across the old 'fake' your system is infected with spyware scam
> today, the classic red circle with a white cross on the taskbar.
>
> This one has been around for years, but this new variant, you should
> be worried about. Full scan with hijackthis, full scan with
> superantispyware, scan with smitfraudfix, scan with avg rootkit
> revealer, found quite a few things, but as sppm as windows is booted
> up, the red circle came back.
>
> An old trick i havent seen for a while is back as well, anti spyware
> software needs their .exe files changed to allow them to be opened.
>
> Unable to fix, resorted to system restore...

I got a computer in with it a couple of days ago. I think this one was
antivirXP08, just another variation like AntivirusXP2008.
I downloaded the latest Smitfraud Fix and that didn't get it, nor did
SuperAntispyware. I googled around a bit and discovered
Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 1.24. It worked.


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