Yesterday I was infected by SpySheriff, a spyware. The Microsoft anti
spyware did asked me to block or allowed their "Paytime" startup software,
(that was the actual name) and of course I blocked them all. But, that
didn't prevent from downloading their small software to my computer. I
thought fast and I unplugged the electricity of my modem and that was it. I
started by uninstalling the software, then I made a search for a spysheriff
folder and there was still one in my programs folder. I deleted it and I
looked in my startup programs to see what they added to the liste. The only
program I didn't recognize was the paytime, so I did a search of that one and
it was created that same day, bingo, I deleted it also. The problem went
away. But, there was still this picture in my desktop saying something like,
use us. Microsoft recommends us to remove the spyware. I did a search again
and I deleted any folders and files that were created that same day and time.
It all went away. After that I restored to an earlier day and everything is
back to normal. But, the thing is that the spyware system I have from
Microsoft didn't find it when I scanned with it inside. My point is that if
your spyware doesn't work, the best way is to search any folders and files
(also hidden) and then delete it. Don't worry if you delete your not suppose
to your going to get it back when you restore to an earlier day.
