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Discussion in 'Techno-Magic' started by Grenuychik, Nov 23, 2006.

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    [​IMG] [Spambot crap deleted. We've had an epidemic of these lately, so keep an eye out folks. Just report them to the moderators so that they can clean up. Please don't reply to spam threads because it only gives the Russian spammers unnecessary attention and might actually get someone to click on the links. All such threads in the future will be deleted, along with any replies anyone makes to them. -Tal]

    [ November 23, 2006, 19:14: Message edited by: Taluntain ]
     
  2. Colthrun

    Colthrun Walk first in the forest and last in the bog Veteran

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    [​IMG] DriveCleaner installed automatically in my HD last time I visited some website, even after I specifically declined a request to have it installed, and even closed the browser session. Both Norton Security Center and AdAware detected it as malware, and promptly killed it.

    This is what Symantec says about it:
    http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2006-062217-0726-99&tabid=1

    This is what CounterSpy says:
    http://research.sunbelt-software.com/threatdisplay.aspx?name=DriveCleaner&threatid=44533


    In essence: don't touch it with a rotten, pointed stick. :nono:
     
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    Don't bother with the spambot. Have to wonder who would manually install this thing here...
     
  4. Disciple of The Watch

    Disciple of The Watch Preparing The Coming of The New Order Veteran

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    Nothing beats a good backup of crucial data and formating the culprit HD seven times to completly swipe it clean.
     
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