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[SpamCop-Geeks] Re: New SpyAxe version?

Mike Easter MikeE at ster.invalid
Mon Apr 10 18:45:25 EDT 2006


Anonymous wrote:

> I tell A-Squared to delete the file, and go online to research the
> file... nothing online about the file name. A window pops up with an
> advertisement for spyware removal software (ala SpyAxe).

Which spyware removal s/w?  Name?

> I delete all the BHOs

You didn't mention HiJackThis as a tool for that.

> I reboot, and there's the A-Squared dialog box again with another
> randomly named file!

Presumably the baddie is creating a new randomname file to be doing the
accessing while it is hiding in the weeds.

> Looks like we've got a new version of SpyAxe out there... and it's a
> tough one to remove.

There must be someplace like SpywareInfo.com or elsewhere that would
like to see some HJT logs.

-- 
Mike Easter
kibitzer, not SC admin



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