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george

Hi All
Recently my pc pops up every so often the following message:
"Your pc is infected by spyware, go to swp9a.com to download spy cleaner..."
I run norton security 2004 and also have latest updates from ad-aware and
spy bot, none of these have detected a virus/spyware utility on my pc. What
is this thing?
Thanks
 
What kind of popup? If it says "messenger service" in the title bar, it
means you don't have a good firewall protecting your computer from the
internet - this is a must. The popup itself isn't harmful but is indicative
of a larger underlying problem.
 
Hi george,

Those things are SPAM...
If you have anything to do with them, it should be to do a Google search
with the name of the URL and the words infection malware type thingies.

http://groups.google.com/[email protected]&rnum=4

Read that one, and see if ti looks to them.

don

Hi All
Recently my pc pops up every so often the following message:
"Your pc is infected by spyware, go to swp9a.com to download spy cleaner..."
I run norton security 2004 and also have latest updates from ad-aware and
spy bot, none of these have detected a virus/spyware utility on my pc. What
is this thing?
Thanks
 
Thanks for your reply - I would have thought that Norton Security 2004 has a
good firewall. The pop-up comes once in a while when you browse the
internet. Its not related to specific sites, sometimes it comes up just when
I read e-mails.

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
 
OK - if it isn't "messenger spam", try running AdAware and Spybot (see
following link for more help).

Dealing with Unwanted Malware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines:
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm



Thanks for your reply - I would have thought that Norton Security
2004 has a good firewall. The pop-up comes once in a while when you
browse the internet. Its not related to specific sites, sometimes it
comes up just when I read e-mails.

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
What kind of popup? If it says "messenger service" in the title bar,
it means you don't have a good firewall protecting your computer
from the internet - this is a must. The popup itself isn't harmful
but is indicative of a larger underlying problem.
 
Thanks for your reply. I do have both ad-aware and spybot and neither have
detected any problems, so I am a little puzzled...

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
OK - if it isn't "messenger spam", try running AdAware and Spybot (see
following link for more help).

Dealing with Unwanted Malware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines:
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm



Thanks for your reply - I would have thought that Norton Security
2004 has a good firewall. The pop-up comes once in a while when you
browse the internet. Its not related to specific sites, sometimes it
comes up just when I read e-mails.

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
What kind of popup? If it says "messenger service" in the title bar,
it means you don't have a good firewall protecting your computer
from the internet - this is a must. The popup itself isn't harmful
but is indicative of a larger underlying problem.



george wrote:
Hi All
Recently my pc pops up every so often the following message:
"Your pc is infected by spyware, go to swp9a.com to download spy
cleaner..." I run norton security 2004 and also have latest updates
from ad-aware and spy bot, none of these have detected a
virus/spyware utility on my pc. What is this thing?
Thanks
 
Thanks for your reply. I do have both ad-aware and spybot and neither have
detected any problems, so I am a little puzzled...

I've seen 4 instances of spyware that I could not remove using all of
the tools that I have any even hacking the registry. In these cases I
could only wipe and reinstall and then provide the user with FireFox
0.9.X for a browser and lock down their Outlook.
 
Thanks for your reply. I do have both ad-aware and spybot and neither have
detected any problems, so I am a little puzzled...

George,

If neither AdAware or Spybot S&D provide results, try HijackThis.
<http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=3155>

Create a separate folder for HijackThis, such as C:\HijackThis - copy the
downloaded file there. Then, run HijackThis ("Scan"). Do NOT make any changes
immediately. Save the HJT Log.
<http://forums.spywareinfo.com/index.php?showtopic=227>

Finally, have your HJT log interpreted by experts at one or more of the
following security forums (and post a link to your forum posts, here):
Aumha: <http://forum.aumha.org/index.php>
Net-Integration: <http://forums.net-integration.net/>
Spyware Info: <http://forums.spywareinfo.com/>
Spyware Warrior: <http://spywarewarrior.com/index.php>
Tom Coyote: <http://forums.tomcoyote.org/>

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.
 
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