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re: Dial-up Problem
Tuesday, January 10, 2006 at 8:30 am
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Posted by Phil Adams (6 messages posted)


Larry: Thanks! I have McAfee ViruScan, but it doesn't show anything infected when I run it. I will try your suggestions.....Phil


On Tuesday, January 10, 2006 at 7:41 am, Larry wrote:
>Phil...First thig I would do is install and run a scan with Spybot Search & Destroy.
>It will search for, among many other things as well, 6853 (at last count) malware
>dialers. Also, go to javacoolsoftware.com and download SpywareBlaster. It also blocks
>dialers and other crapware by disabling the ActiveX controls they use to install
>themselves into your system. Both are great free products. Something else you might
>investigate is Micosoft's Antspyware Beta 1. It only works with Win2K and XP. I'm
>not sure if it looks for rogue dialers or not but I've been running it along side
>of Spybot and SpywareBlaster with no conflicts or problems of any kind...Larry
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re: Dial-up Problem (Larry: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 at 7:41 am)

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All messages in this thread [show all]
-Dial-up Problem (Phil Adams: Tue, Jan 10, 2006, 6:32 am)
*re: Dial-up Problem (Rami Taher Wahdan: Tue, Jan 10, 2006, 6:54 am)
-re: Dial-up Problem (Larry: Tue, Jan 10, 2006, 7:41 am)
*re: Dial-up Problem (Phil Adams: Tue, Jan 10, 2006, 8:30 am)
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