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Old March 21st 06, 11:54 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.disks.general
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Default Threat by mystery file

I agree with AlmostBob. The so-called removal tool is playing the game of "finding"
non-existent threats to get you to buy it, for removal. Once you pay them money,
the tool will claim the threat has been removed, when it was in fact never there.

What is the name of the so-called "remover"?

The file named, acrsecI.fon, would be part of TopSearch adware.
You can look at this info to determine if you really have it, and how to remove it
correctly:

http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/ven...topsearch.html

http://www.pchell.com/support/kazaa.shtml

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tuto...torial101.html
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"Ronjay" wrote in message
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A couple of spyware searches indicated that the follow file with a font
extension is a severe threat. It shows the location as
C/windows/fonts/acrsecI.fon. I have been unable to locate such a file so I
can remove it. None of the fonts show up with this name. I haven't
registered the spyware remover so I can't ask the program to remove this
supposed threat. Are there files that are hidden? Have you ever heard of
this file. It shows the item as Kazaa, which I don't run on my computer.
Thanks. Ron