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1monster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 08:21 PM
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THANK GOD for Ad Aware, and GODDAMN malware!!!!!
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I came home this afternoon to find that my computer, which was perfectly okay when I left for work this morning, was infected with the same damned malware that cost me $125 last August to get fixed.

At that time, I did not have Ad Aware, but installed it immediately on getting my CPU back, and I'm so glad I did. It took a while, but Ad Aware was able to over power and remove the malware and remove it.

Nothing I tried the time before worked. I had to have a back up DVD of my files made (and I forgot back up of Microsoft Office 3000, so I lost it along with my password... don't want to fork out $150 to get it again either) and the computer wiped and reset...

This time Ad Aware did the trick for me for free.

But what I want to know is how the damned stuff got on there when there was no one home to be on line to download it???

The malware is the one that tells you that your computer has a virus and to immediately got to some website or another to download, at a cost, the cure for the worm.

Aren't shakedowns like this one illegal? It is a form of extortion. "We are holding your computer hostage until you pay us $$$$...

Where are the Internet police when you need them? Shouldn't they be chasing these bastards down?

Hi Agent Mike... Can you get on this ASAP before someone makes a version that overrides Ad Aware? They've alreay overridden Nortion, McAfee, AVG, and Spybot...
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