pop-up/virus
24 August 2005, 04:35 PM
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Hi,
I keep getting a pop in the middle of the screen in a grey box, under the tittle of 'messenger service'. It claims I have to go to www.pcregistryfix.co.uk to sort it out, or sometimes a website along the line of www.bug-cleaner.com.
I have ran spybot, that has not found it, nor as Norton. Google toolbar lets it through as well.
Any idea how to get the annoying piece of **** of m computure as its driving me mad
Thanks in advance.
Kam
I keep getting a pop in the middle of the screen in a grey box, under the tittle of 'messenger service'. It claims I have to go to www.pcregistryfix.co.uk to sort it out, or sometimes a website along the line of www.bug-cleaner.com.
I have ran spybot, that has not found it, nor as Norton. Google toolbar lets it through as well.
Any idea how to get the annoying piece of **** of m computure as its driving me mad
Thanks in advance.
Kam
24 August 2005, 05:02 PM
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Hi,
Where is a safe and legal place to obtain the MS antispy software?
Cheers
Kam
Where is a safe and legal place to obtain the MS antispy software?
Cheers
Kam
So go here,
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...e/default.mspx
24 August 2005, 05:19 PM
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Sorry im not the greatest with P.Cs' but i have opened 'control panel' but I can not see an icon for services?
Thanks for all the help by the way
Right I think I found it under the administrative tools
Cheers
Thanks for all the help by the way
Right I think I found it under the administrative tools
Cheers
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24 August 2005, 05:54 PM
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I thought that the Windows XP SP2 firewall stopped the messenger service popups? 
You should also scan your machine with Ad-aware from Lavasoft. There is a free version that is very good
Also, make sure that you have enabled Spybot's immunisation feature. That will protect you from a lot of bugs.
You should also scan your machine with Ad-aware from Lavasoft. There is a free version that is very good
Also, make sure that you have enabled Spybot's immunisation feature. That will protect you from a lot of bugs.
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24 August 2005, 06:00 PM
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It does, well actually it was SP2 that turned off the Messenger service by default, rather than the firewall, but the effect is the same.
Assuming you're using XP, use the auto update feature to make sure that your PC is properly patched and have a read of the computer security basics sticky message at the top of this forum
You can get the MS Antispyware, free from here
Chris
Assuming you're using XP, use the auto update feature to make sure that your PC is properly patched and have a read of the computer security basics sticky message at the top of this forum
You can get the MS Antispyware, free from here
Chris
26 August 2005, 02:45 AM
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I have just updated Noton Internet Secuirty to the "2005 model " and its found two dialers and a folder full of lopdotcom programs , all of which Microsoft Anti Spyware, Spybot Search an Destroy, Adaware and various other spyware tools failed to find , so for me £20.00 well spent
p.s. the 2004 N.I.S. failed to find any of these as well
p.s. the 2004 N.I.S. failed to find any of these as well