On Sat, 8 Nov 2008 17:02:13 -0700, Buffalo wrote:

> I had a friend with a Dell 1501 laptop running XP having problems with
> AntiVirus2009.
> I believe he fell for the trap and dl'd the AntiVirus2009 program to cure
> his AntiVirus2009 infection.
> He was running an up-to-date Trend Micro PC-illan Security Pro program
> (purchased) at the time.
> I advised him to dl,install,update and run MBM and SAS, but he couldn't get
> that done.(wouldn't connect to the necessary websites)
> It also seemed as if his Trend-Micro got negated.
> He finally got to dl and install SAS, but it would not run.
> I finally got him to delete his TIF and temp files and reboot and then his
> Trend worked somewhat.
> He ran his Trend and things started getting a little better.
> He dl'd, installed, updated MBM and ran it. It took over 4 hrs but it did
> most of the job the first time.
> Great program!!!
> After that, SAS would run,
> With the combo of those two progams, his Trend Micro started running at full
> speed.
> More work needs to be done, but overall his system is back up to speed.
> MBM is a great program.
> I just wanted to say thanks.

Tell him to remove TrendMicro from his os and try to get a refund. He then
could purchase the full version of Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware.