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Old 02-12-2010, 02:04 AM   #10 (permalink)
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Ahaha amen jamesqf. I've seen far worse than this trojan. Like clev said, malwarebytes takes it right down. I'm convinced that the people who write programs like malwarebytes and spybot S&D are the people who make these pesky, yet harmless-to-data trojans to keep computer repair techs busy and wealthy. Virus scanning and spy/malware scanning can take so long sometimes that it has become easier and less time consuming to just reinstall windows, which isn't something I've managed to do in under an hour.


Step 1: Cause time consuming computer problems w/ trojans
Step 2: ???
Step 3: Profit! for a bunch of people (like me) who fix computers for a living.

I don't think it's right, but it's not the most evil ploy I can think of.
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