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Adware Virus?
Name: Stanley Joseph Date: January 29, 2009 at 16:07:46 Pacific OS: Windows XP Subcategory: Viruses
Comment:
I'm having a little trouble with the computer. Whenever I get on a website, a pop-up appears for sg10scanner, virusremover2008, registry defender, or a whole host of other websites. I checked my task manager and found the CPU usage on ieplore.exe was jumping around greatly. What should I do to remove this annoying pop-up thing. I checked Task manager and no individual processes are running for any of the aformentioned pop-ups.
Name: ignys Date: January 30, 2009 at 05:53:37 Pacific
Reply:
Hi,
you have an infection that promotes one of those parasites like virusremover2008. Obviously you don't have good anti-spyware tool, so I suggest you to gt one. As for now, try to removal it manually. Removal guide can be found here: http://www.2-spyware.com/remove-vir... this one should help to get rid of pop-ups that promotes virusremover2008
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