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There's some REALLY nasty malware out there, folks...

by Dave Konkel [Moderator] May 4, 2004 4:08AM PDT

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Re:There's some REALLY nasty malware out there, folks...
by Josh K May 4, 2004 4:21AM PDT

That is some ugly stuff and the people who write such "software" should be treated like the criminals they are.

CWShredder is a good, simple utility designed specifically to deal with this one piece of spyware/adware. Worth downloading even if you're pretty sure your system is clean.

http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/cwschronicles.html#cwshredder

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Thank you, Josh:)
by Glenda May 4, 2004 11:19AM PDT

I have heard of this program but never had a link to itHappy Downloaded it and have great resultsHappy
Glenda

Done!
Your system was completely clean.

Windows 98 (4.10.2222 A)
CWShredder v1.57.0
Written by Merijn - merijn@spywareinfo.com

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Thanks, Dave
by Dan McC May 4, 2004 4:30AM PDT

Now I can finally explain to my wife how all that stuff got on my PC!

Wink

Dan

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A good reason to use Mozilla or Netscape or Opera or any number of other browsers. nt
by James Denison May 4, 2004 4:46AM PDT

nt

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