After scanning with Adware 2007 it detected: ( Malware Ctx popups ) so I quaranteed it for now. My question is, how do I know what to delete when things like this are detected? I feel that keeping this infection quaranteed for a couple of weeks or so with no adverse side effects that I can then delete it safely. Am I on the right track with such a move or should I do something else? Also, this is listed as a critical object after the scan. What are your thought here?

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With a program like Adaware, I would just let it delete anything it found.

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just delete







On Monday, April 21, 2008 at 6:36 am, Gary wrote:

>After scanning with Adware 2007 it detected: ( Malware Ctx popups ) so I quaranteed 

>it for now. My question is, how do I know what to delete when things like this are 

>detected? I feel that keeping this infection quaranteed for a couple of weeks or 

>so with no adverse side effects that I can then delete it safely. Am I on the right 

>track with such a move or should I do something else? Also, this is listed as a 
critical 

>object after the scan. What are your thought here? 

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The main purpose of quarantine in such apps as Ad-Aware is to a) isolate the spyware so it can't do anything, b) keep a copy so you can forward it to Ad-Aware for analysis. But usually you only need to do that if Ad-Aware detects, but doesn't identify, the spyware, i.e. if it's something new. If a name is given, it's a known threat and should just be deleted. In fact, just delete the damn thing in any case, they've got thousands of users all over the world submitting reports daily. :)

There are too many people in the world who look, but do not see; listen, but do not hear; acknowledge, but do not understand; speak when they have nothing to say.

- Me


On Monday, April 21, 2008 at 6:36 am, Gary wrote:
>After scanning with Adware 2007 it detected: ( Malware Ctx popups ) so I quaranteed
>it for now. My question is, how do I know what to delete when things like this are
>detected? I feel that keeping this infection quaranteed for a couple of weeks or
>so with no adverse side effects that I can then delete it safely. Am I on the right
>track with such a move or should I do something else? Also, this is listed as a critical
>object after the scan. What are your thought here?

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So true, Steve. I rarely use Adaware but I do trust it because it is consistently being updated. If it wants to delete something, I figure I didn't need it. Of course the vast majority of any of that are temp files or cookies so I really don't care.

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Gary, have a read of the following thread that I started in the Lavasoft Forum, as 
it 'may' be related to your issue: -

http://www.lavasoftsupport.com/index.php?showtopic=17650







On Monday, April 21, 2008 at 6:36 am, Gary wrote:

>After scanning with Adware 2007 it detected: ( Malware Ctx popups ) so I quaranteed 

>it for now. My question is, how do I know what to delete when things like this are 

>detected? I feel that keeping this infection quaranteed for a couple of weeks or 

>so with no adverse side effects that I can then delete it safely. Am I on the right 

>track with such a move or should I do something else? Also, this is listed as a 
critical 

>object after the scan. What are your thought here?
 

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