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Old 06-15-2008   #7 (permalink)
David


 
 

Re: Can't uninstall Antivirus 2008

On Jun 15, 7:03*am, Mick Murphy <MickMur...@xxxxxx>
wrote:
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> DL, careful what you put here!
>
> I advised a poster to use Spybot Search & Destroy, and they googled it!
> The 1st listing is Spybot(a spyware program!!!), and they infected their
> machine!
>
> They posted back abusing me, instead of blaming themselves for not following
> my advice correctly!
> A lot of enquirers just pick up on the 1st word, which is what you posted!!
> --
> Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia
>
This is true of some shareware utilities;

Someone has bought a similar domain name possibly adding " 2008 " or
random mumvers at the end.

these sites contains spyware / browser hijackers, etc.

- So be careful on what you click on and download





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> "DL" wrote:
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> > Try SpyBot together with Adaware, both free.
>
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> > McAfee should have the ability to remove it, most decent AV apps will doso.
> > Is MS Defender functioning on your PC?
>
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> > "zpr95" <zp...@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> >news:5B142534-A297-489D-9344-BBBF4978BF0E@xxxxxx
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> > >I tried to uninstall Antivirus 2008 on my computer. I tried nearly
> > >everthing,
> > > but nothing seems to work. I am not even sure how it got on my computer.
> > > It is stopping me from going online, and says i have tons of viruses.
> > > I don't. :/
> > > I already have a virus protection program (McAfee from AOL)
> > > How do I uninstall it completely!!!??? I REALLY need help.
> > > Please respond ASAP!!!
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