Spylock?

Thanks but all this gave me was a "buy-this-it'll-go-away" program, and a list of files that I can't find. They real problem I'm facing isn't the program, its it displaying false warning that close out of programs.

Thank you, did what you said and problem solved. I'll keep this program to remove future problems.

Having tried everything to rid my pc of spylock , i downloaded Rogue remover and updated it, as soon as i ran a scan on pc it picked up spylock and removed it ...cheers !

i had the same problem ... try this

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic85376.html

A little late in getting to this... But a lot of malware is quite capable of hijacking easily hijacked programs like Outlook/Outlook Express and using them to send email unbeknownst to the user of the system.

Long long ago, probably 10 years at least, back when mass mailing email worms were still a new thing, a friend of mine seemingly sent me a message with an attachment that had a viral payload. I mentioned this to them, and they had no idea what I was talking about in regards to an attachment on the message.

Might want to give them the benefit of the doubt first is the moral of the story here. They may have had no idea the message was sent in their name. Their only real crime is being ignorant to computer security concerns.

ok after finding this post i thought i was saved i downloaded rogue remover and used it it came up with some results right but right after its was finished and it closed i still had the spylock icon in my system tray giving me the messages.Any ideas?

If this is a pop-up from your system tray it may be a Windows Messaging message. Windows Messaging service is prone to being hijacked for spam.

Try the ElderGeek's options to "Kill the Messenger";
http://www.theeldergeek.com/messenger_removal.htm

I hope this helps.

Mark

nope deleted it and did not change anything

If this were me I would start hunting for the process that's running when the pop-up appears.

I would use the Task Manager, Processes tab to see what extra processes are running when the pop-up appears, and in any case I would hunt down each process in the list to see if it's genuine or malware.

I would check the System Configuration Utility for any unusual start-up programs in the Start-up tab, and I would also search down the list of Services running in the Services console.

If that didn't find the beast, I would go to a couple of online anti-virus scans, eg Housecall and PCPitstop and run the scans, then I would try out a number of different and genuine anti-spyware utilities.

It would take me time, but I would find this thing eventually.

Mark

When you downloaded Rogue Remover, did you make sure you checked for updates, before running it? Different variants are added to RR, on a fairly constant basis.

Malwarebytes' RogueRemover Free - http://www.malwarebytes.org/rogueremover.php
Malwarebytes' RogueRemover PRO - http://www.malwarebytes.org/rogueremoverpro.php (30 day trial)

2) Install it and start it up.
3) Press Check for Updates
4) It will tell you that there is a newer version of the database. Press Download
5) Go back to the main screen and press Scan
6) If a SpyLocked infection is found, remove all objects found.

http://www.malwarebytes.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=1295

If you've had no success with Rogue Remover, you might try reading what's suggested, when you scroll down to "Step by Step Procedure for Removing Spylocked". If you haven't tried using the SmitFraudFix, instructions for using it are under "Removal Procedure". It also explains how to run it in Safe Mode, if you've never accessed it before. Detailed instructions are provided at the above referenced link. (If you need furthr help, you can also take a look here. Both should give you all the information you need to know about Spylocked.) It certainly can't hurt, and at very best, it may help.

Best of luck to you..
Carol

Who was it highly rated by? I don't see a CNET review, and only 2 user reviews, unless I'm missing something. I'm familiar with a few of the Spy Locked removal tools, but was curious to know about this one.

Thanks in advance..
Carol