On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 10:29 PM, Tourbus Rider Stuart Carlow < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks for your suggestion.? Yes, I did reboot, but that didn't help.? I > wasn't aware of the ability to start FF in safe mode, and I'll keep that in > mind for the future.? > > However, when I ran Spybot S&D it indicated that I had the malware > Smitfraud-C.gp and an infected C:\Windows\svchost.exe and offered to delete > these. After saying ok to delete, as soon as I ran Spybot again, it was back > (or still there), so either Spybot didn't remove it, or something caused it > to reappear.? What I decided to try -- and it did work -- was to do a system > restore to a previous day's system checkpoint.? Yay!? Thanks for your > suggestions. > --Stu > Spybot S&D sometimes needs to be run a few times to get everything. You should run Lavasoft's Ad aware as well. These things don't have the same set of definitions and if you can't get rid of it it may be time for a system software rebuild. -- John Duncan Yoyo -------------------------------o) ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
