re: Power-Antivirus-2009 Fake Malware Saturday, September 13, 2008 at 10:01 pm Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by gewg_ (4444 messages posted) C.Ho wrote: |Can anyone advsie me how to get Rid of this Painware, | First, if you can't easily get rid of it, it isn't *fake* malware. |Have tried Running Ad-aware & Avg but thet don't even see it. |Dl'ed Spybot Latest ver, it caught it along w/100 other things | I'm betting you still use Internet Exploder which ASSISTS in infecting your box. I suggest you get a **modern** (read: non-M$) browser that doesn't do that. Firefox and Opera are in that league. |but Didn't Remove it-why? | Because the modern caste of infection writers wants it that way. I don't know anyone here who bothers with other people's infections any more. Malware removal has become a speciality with unique forums dedicated to it. Here is the intro page for a malware forum: cache of http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/Must-Read-Before-Posting-Hijackthis-Log-t2852.html Here is an older (better, IMO) copy of that page: http://web.archive.org/web/20070507072501 /http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/Must-Read-Before-Posting-Hijackthis-Log-t2852.html Written in response to: Power-Antivirus-2009 Fake Malware (C.Ho: Saturday, September 13, 2008 at 8:18 pm) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] Power-Antivirus-2009 Fake Malware (C.Ho: Sat, Sep 13, 2008, 8:18 pm) re: Power-Antivirus-2009 Fake Malware (gewg_: Sat, Sep 13, 2008, 10:01 pm) re: Power-Antivirus-2009 Fake Malware (Ed: Thu, Sep 18, 2008, 11:01 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum