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by melvyn.pearson

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Hi
Hope this is the correct place to post this.
Recently installed Firefox but not sure if it is the problem, I believe it may be spyware or some advertising bug.
Problem is when I put the mouse over a folder a need to close popup occurs usually for Explorer. I can not delete the folder I have tried in DOS as well. My virus checker and Spyware progs all stop running when they get to this folder. I have also tried on line scanners but thety can't detect the problem
I ahve also noticed my brpser goes to advertising sites now a few times before going to the proper link
Any ideas what this is, how I can delete the folder etc

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by craig herberg

It certainly sounds like you have a bad case of spyware. Try an industrial class anti-spyware tool such as Spyware Doctor, from pctools.com, or Spy Sweeper, from webroot.com

I hope this helps.

Craig Herberg
http://info-safety.com

by hal 9000

Safe Mode so that you stand a chance of removing any instances of infection. And I do mean [b]Safe Mode[/b] not Safe Mode With Networking or anything else as you need to isolate the computer when running the scan.

Just make sure that you have everything updated before booting into [b]Safe Mode[/b] and it will be OK.

Col

by melvyn.pearson

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Safe mode - Scan with Ewido found the culprit
Backdoor -fossi.ass or similar

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