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alexa pop up/vcclient.exe help!

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Name: Wren
Date: January 18, 2006 at 18:11:04 Pacific
Subject: alexa pop up/vcclient.exe help!
OS: Windows XP
CPU/Ram: Celeron 504 MB
Comment:

When I turn on my computer the following messages pop up:

VCClient.exe
VCMain.exe
application error a
a run time error has occurred

And after that another box appears and it says:
''Security Alert A security problem has been found Alexa has been found on your computer. Alexa web search is a search engine. It combines the Google search engine with Alexa's site information and puts all inside an Amazon.com interface. A registry key creates a menu item that points to local web page, which then points to a MSN search page that uses the Alexa search engine. Would you like to remove this parasite from your computer?''

And when I try to surf a ton of pops appear one after the other.

I've tried AVG trendmicro online scan and it doesn't fix a thing. Can someone please help me?


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Response Number 1
Name: Wren
Date: January 18, 2006 at 18:38:09 Pacific
Reply: (edit)

I forgot to add that I'm also getting a dyfica trojan alert from AVG. But it won't get rid of it. It know it's present but it doesn't do a thing about it. Any solutions?


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Response Number 2
Name: Bob (by BigBob)
Date: January 19, 2006 at 03:49:34 Pacific
Reply: (edit)

Download and run HIJACK THIS and paste your log on the ANALYZER PAGE
Then Download,Update,and run Spybot Search & Destroy

" It'll Get Ya When You Aint Lookin "


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Response Number 3
Name: Bob (by BigBob)
Date: January 19, 2006 at 03:53:44 Pacific
Reply: (edit)

Also you can try this free 30 day trial Trojan Remover

" It'll Get Ya When You Aint Lookin "


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Response Number 4
Name: Wren
Date: January 20, 2006 at 22:10:43 Pacific
Reply: (edit)

I've tried using everything in safe mode and it did catch a few things but I still get this message whenever I start the computer:

''Security Alert A security problem has been found Alexa has been found on your computer. Alexa web search is a search engine. It combines the Google search engine with Alexa's site information and puts all inside an Amazon.com interface. A registry key creates a menu item that points to local web page, which then points to a MSN search page that uses the Alexa search engine. Would you like to remove this parasite from your computer?''

Any other solutions?


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