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December 5th 05, 03:21 AM
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Malware and Alexa
I ran my adaware SE, and it came up with a lot of malware and Alexia. What
do I do withe tiese? What is Malware? Is Malware a problem? What is Alexia and is Alexia a problem? Will I do any harm if I delete or quarentine items? Thanks in advance, Angel 
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December 5th 05, 03:29 AM
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Malware and Alexa
From: "Angel"
| I ran my adaware SE, and it came up with a lot of malware and Alexia. What | do I do withe tiese? What is Malware? Is Malware a problem? What is Alexia | and is Alexia a problem? Will I do any harm if I delete or quarentine items? | Thanks in advance, | Angel | Remove them. Malware is basd software. It is a superset of software that includes; viruses, Trojans, Browser hijackersm, browser helper objects, adware, spyware, keyloggers, yada, yada... Alexa is a low level overblown software. It is on the bottom of what you should be concerned with. However, it and all other malware should be removed if Ad-Aware SE flags it. -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm
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December 5th 05, 01:10 PM
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Malware and Alexa
Is Malware a problem? ------------ are politicians a problem? does the pope wear a pointed hat? just curious angel, how did you find this group in order to ask this question? what platform are you launching from? ...Rex..
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December 5th 05, 05:34 PM
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Malware and Alexa
This stuff is not good. "Yes" quarentine them with AdAware and then delete
them completely. You will harm your machine eventually if you leave them on/in your system. "Angel" wrote: I ran my adaware SE, and it came up with a lot of malware and Alexia. What do I do withe tiese? What is Malware? Is Malware a problem? What is Alexia and is Alexia a problem? Will I do any harm if I delete or quarentine items? Thanks in advance, Angel
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December 5th 05, 10:00 PM
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Malware and Alexa
Alexa is used in Internet Explorer to "Show related links" on the Tools menu.
Provided you never use that function you will be quite safe. Presumably they log what links interest you if you do use it. ern. "Angel" wrote in message ... I ran my adaware SE, and it came up with a lot of malware and Alexia. What do I do withe tiese? What is Malware? Is Malware a problem? What is Alexia and is Alexia a problem? Will I do any harm if I delete or quarentine items? Thanks in advance, Angel
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December 5th 05, 10:43 PM
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Malware and Alexa
Hi Rex,
I am using Windows 98SE. I am using Outlook 5.5. I asked the question of what is Alexia and Malware. Angel "Rex" wrote in message ... Is Malware a problem? ------------ are politicians a problem? does the pope wear a pointed hat? just curious angel, how did you find this group in order to ask this question? what platform are you launching from? ..Rex..
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December 5th 05, 11:01 PM
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Malware and Alexa
malwa MALicious softWARE
Alexa: one type of malware Update to IE & OE 6sp1 & install all the other security updates from Windows Update, years worth, to bring your pc somewhat close to current install either/both adaware and spybot and follow the instructions to remove any (probably hundreds of) malicious items installed on your computer. make sure you have a current antivirus installed, and make sure you use it often. Malware is like bubonic plague, not knowing much about it, wont stop it killing you, or your pc. - Adaware http://www.lavasoft.de spybot http://security.kolla.de AVG free antivirus http://www.grisoft.com Etrust/Vet/CA.online Antivirus scan http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx Panda online AntiVirus scan http://www.pandasoftware.com/ActiveScan/ Panda online AntiSpyware Scan http://www.pandasoftware.com/virus_info/spyware/test/ Catalog of removal tools (1) http://www.pandasoftware.com/download/utilities/ Catalog of removal tools (2) http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/n...aspx?CID=40387 Trouble Shooting guide to Windows http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/ Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts file http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm links provided as a courtesy, read all instructions on the pages before use Grateful thanks to the authors/webmasters _ "Angel" wrote in message ... Hi Rex, I am using Windows 98SE. I am using Outlook 5.5. I asked the question of what is Alexia and Malware. Angel "Rex" wrote in message ... Is Malware a problem? ------------ are politicians a problem? does the pope wear a pointed hat? just curious angel, how did you find this group in order to ask this question? what platform are you launching from? ..Rex..
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