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Desktop Icon / Links Toolbar spam

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Name: Virgilthedog
Date: May 27, 2003 at 14:48:05 Pacific
OS: WinXP Pro
CPU/Ram: AMD XP 1800+ / 512 MB
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Hi,

Quite often when I use Internet Explorer (IE) I find new link icons on my desktop and my links bar on IE. They are always links to things like casinos, etc. (not that I ever click them).

I ran Spybot, Ad-Aware, and Trend Micro online scan and they found nothing. Does anyone know what is causing this spam and how I can get rid of it? Thanks in advance for any help!



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Name: EC
Date: May 27, 2003 at 21:29:27 Pacific
Reply:

check the web site www.spywareinfo.com for more on that.
They are being picked up from web sites and crap that pop up/under/over etc there.


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