Great advice Brian, once again.
I do have super anti spyware and update it regularly,
I'll runn it again.
I'll also try the C cleaner you suggested.
I also run the recommended maintenance that is on the JAWS web site.
Many thanks.
Rich
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, November 28, 2008 1:02 PM
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Virus removal or, scam?
Hello,
You shouldn't have to pay for any special tool for removing adware.
UCMore is not a virus or a Trojan Horse, it is adware. I would suggest
that you use Super Anti-Spyware to see if it removes UCMore. I uploaded
the Super Anti-Spyware program installation file to Sendspace if you want
to download and install it. If you install the program, or if you already
have it installed, then be sure to use the "check for updates" feature of
the program before running the scan. Running the quick scan on your hard
drives should be adequate for finding and removing this adware.
I would further suggest that you run CCleaner to remove temp files from
various areas on the hard drive.
Here is a link to the Super Anti-Spyware installation file on Sendspace:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/z9pfp2
Here is the link for the CCleaner program on Sendspace:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/zjdp9r
Mcafee and Symantec give the UCMore adware a Risk Impact rating of low.
Here are a few quotes from the McAfee web site:
"This is a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) detection. It is not a virus
or Trojan. PUPs are any piece of software which a reasonably security-or
privacy-minded computer user may want to be informed of."
"McAfee(R) AVERTT recognizes that this program may have legitimate uses in
contexts where an authorized administrator has knowingly installed this
application. If you agreed to a license agreement for this, or another
bundled application, you may have legal obligations with regard to
removing this software, or using the host application without this
software. Please contact the software vendor for further information."
"This is not a virus or Trojan. It is a direct adware marketing
application. Upon execution, the application drops adware related contents
and installs a toolbar with the name UCMore-The Search Accelerator. The
toolbar suggests matches for any search made in the address bar. For
example, on typing "casino" in address bar, the toolbar suggests its own
matches"
"While browsing, it contacts its controlling server users.UCMore.com."
There are some programs (such as some P2P programs) that won't work right
if adware or toolbars were agreed to as part of an installation and then
are later removed.
I think that your best course of action is to start with using Super
anti-Spyware and CCleaner. I doubt if removing the program using
Add/Remove will get rid of all traces.
Take care.
Brian Lee
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----- Original Message -----
From: "rcham27" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, November 28, 2008 7:12 AM
Subject: [JAWS-Users] Virus removal or, scam?
I have XP home and 10.0.
My McAfee indicates there is a "potentially" harmful object.
It may have been labeled as an Add aware, UCMoore or something similar.
When I go to details, I can not find a way to quarantine it.
I would have thought that the quarantine option would be easy to find.
It seems like the only way to remove this , is to pay for some special
tool.
Does this sound fishy to anyone?
Thanks for any thoughts.
Rich
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