Thursday, February 24, 2005

Spyware infestation

Noticed that I have a Spyware infestation. It started with the installation of 180....
Then I noticed that this program installed a lot of other programs.
McAfee anti-virus scanner does not stop the installation of such spyware. That is SAD.

Time for help.
  1. Download and install Ad-aware. It found 241 objects that it quarantined. Run a deep level scan to check the entire C drive. The definitions file was dated 16-Feb-2005. But it did not detect "Powerscan".
  2. Go to a well known anti-spyware site. I chose the Computer Associates eTrust website to get more information about Powerscan,
I think that the best way is to restore your computer to a stable restore point that was created before the infestation.

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