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Name: Kev_1515 Date: May 31, 2004 at 14:06:38 Pacific OS: WIN XP CPU/Ram: ?
Comment:
Can anyone help me with this probleme. 1.I've checked for GAIN virus and have found nothing. BUT there's an Instant Access icon that comes back everytime i reboot the comp. 2.When running the anti-virus, i gt a "possible virus" in the explorer.exe 3.My internet won't stop connecting... like EVER if I'm not online, it's trying to connect.
Name: dw226 Date: May 31, 2004 at 15:23:36 Pacific
Reply:
Are you on dial-up? If it keeps forcing a connection to the internet like that it may be a dialer. I would run the anti-virus and kill whatever it finds, then I'd run Spybot and Ad-Aware.
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Response Number 2
Name: Kev_1515 Date: May 31, 2004 at 20:16:53 Pacific
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Done all of that. The only virus I haven't been able to get rid of is the one in explorer.exe because no virus scan that I've found has been able to identify my virus.
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Response Number 3
Name: Greaner Date: May 31, 2004 at 23:55:23 Pacific
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http://www.gator.com/home2.html
Gain is the advertiser for Gator - the password keeper tool. This would be adware and can be remedied with Spybot I think.
Good luck
Greaner
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Response Number 4
Name: Kev_1515 Date: June 2, 2004 at 19:31:01 Pacific
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sorry for being a little dumb but how do i get spybot?
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