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How to remove Look2Me – free removal tool

Myantispyware team April 27, 2006 1 Comment Free Software, Tutorials - HowTo

Look2Me adware operates in stealth and displays an excessive amount of pop-up advertisements. Most common are IE pop-up windows, but some pop-ups are tailored by shape and animation. Some of the advertisements push the user to install ErrorGuard or WinFixer

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More sites for your block list

Myantispyware team April 21, 2006 No Comment Malware removal

Add next sites to your block list: IP: 70.86.246.35 17webplace(dot)com aurealm(dot)com authorsontour(dot)com beepwear(dot)com carterobregonlaw(dot)com cma2004(dot)com coloreal(dot)com ideagenerationmethods(dot)com indiahcsl(dot)org interacttheatre(dot)com poliblog(dot)com praxispost(dot)com salestaxsimplification(dot)org samchampion(dot)com sapsapphire-emea(dot)com scienceserver(dot)com sputnikbook(dot)com thresholdofvisibility(dot)com uscmchicago2005(dot)com All of these sites will attempt (after evaluating your computer’s OS and service pack level) to run currently patched exploits on your system to install Spyware Quake.

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How to drop rights for safe surf

Myantispyware team April 18, 2006 No Comment Tutorials - HowTo

By default, when you first install Windows XP, all of the active user accounts created are administrator accounts, meaning they have full rights to install, modify or delete any program, file or system process running on the computer. As result the many things a malware (spyware, adware) does: * Creating files in the system32 directory.

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Found new rogue antispyware – Spyware Soft Stop

Myantispyware team April 18, 2006 No Comment Rogue Anti Spyware

Sunbelt blog reported about new rogue antispyware Spyware Soft Stop. If you have the misfortune to run an executable named “sss_bot.exe”, you’ll get presented with a fake (and poorly worded) security message: Warning! Your computer is probably infected. Microsoft Corporation recommends you to check your computer on the spyware presents. Click here to download updates

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YapBrowser and Yapsearch(dot)com

Myantispyware team April 17, 2006 No Comment Tips

Sunbelt reported about YapBrowser, potentially dangerous application that pre-installs 180Solutions Zango and does nothing but apparently redirect you to a porn site. For example url “microsoft.com” is redirected to a porn page. Also YapBrowser will be used for some very nasty spyware installs. Don`t install YapBrowser!

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Smitfraudfix – free tool for remove Desktop Hijack malware

Myantispyware team April 13, 2006 72 Comments Free Software

Smitfraudfix is a free program written by S!Ri, that removes desktop hijack malware and rogue antispyware programs: AdwarePunisher, AdwareSheriff, AlphaCleaner, Antispyware Soldier, AntiVermeans, AntiVermins, AntiVerminser, AntivirusGolden, AVGold, BraveSentry, MalwareWipe, MalwareWiped, MalwaresWipeds, MalwareWipePro, MalwareWiper, PestCapture, PestTrap, PSGuard, quicknavigate.com, Registry Cleaner, Security iGuard, Smitfraud, SpyAxe, SpyCrush, SpyDown, SpyFalcon, SpyGuard, SpyHeal, SpyHeals, SpyLocked, SpyMarshal, SpySheriff, SpySoldier, Spyware Vanisher,

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Strider URL Tracer

Myantispyware team April 12, 2006 No Comment Free Software

Microsoft research has released a new tool, URL Tracer, which reveals third party domains: When a user visits a Web site, her browser may be instructed to visit other third-party domains without her knowledge. Some of these third-party domains raise security, privacy, and safety concerns. The Strider URL Tracer, available for download, is a tool

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The Patch day!

Myantispyware team April 12, 2006 No Comment Critical patch

Microsoft released the following Security patches: Critical: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer This patch should be applied as fast as possible, but due to a change in ActiveX functionality requires extra careful testing. Microsoft bundled all but one of this months Internet Explorer updates in this “Cumulative update”. This particular update patches no less

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Found new fake codec – emcodec

Myantispyware team April 7, 2006 No Comment Trojan

Emcodec is a Trojan horse that drops and executes a copy of Trojan-Zlob-J, a back door Trojan that allows the remote attacker to perform various malicious actions on the compromised computer. The Trojan is an installer for eMediaCodec that is a codec for Windows Media Player. If you can`t uninstall or remove, post to spyware

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New home for Coolwebsearch / Trafficadvance

Myantispyware team April 6, 2006 No Comment Malware removal

Coolwebsearch/Trafficadvance malware department have moved to a new hoster. They all seem reside under 85.249.23.x now, again in St.Petersburg, Russia. If you prefer to block their domains, here’s a list. All of the indicated domain names end in .biz. traffsale1 traffweb toolbarweb toolbarsale iframecash traffcool toolbarcool traffbucks toolbarbucks traffdollars toolbardollars traffbest toolbarbest traffnew toolbarnew traffmoney

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