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I love the new spyware

I've run into it on my home machine (thanks to the kids) and also on a work computer (thanks to the kids at work) that has spyware that, even if you uninstall all of the software that was downloaded with it and the spyware, the spyware will reinstall itself the next time someone logs onto the computer. The best part is that Spybot and Adaware are unable to see these files. The only way to remove the spyware is to start the computer in safe mode, find all of the files that it uses to reinstall itself, and delete the files and registry entries manually. Viruses have nothing on spyware.

Posted by: Pebkac Charlie   Posted on: 12/08/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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