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Old June 21st 04, 06:46 PM
sports
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Default Error message - msbb.exe

I get this and my screen freezes up; I hear it comes from
adware. Anyone else have this problem? HELP!
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Old June 21st 04, 06:54 PM
Mike M
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Default Error message - msbb.exe

Your system has parasites.

MSBB.EXE
MSBB.EXE is spyware that's been installed and through an entry in the registry
is launched each time you boot Win Me. A number of sites will dump msbb.exe
on your system and the program is used to display random pop-up ads on your
desktop.

See MS KB317714 - "Error Message: "Msbb.exe has encountered a problem and
needs to close..."" (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=317714) for how to rid
yourself of this junk.

This would be a good time to download yourself a copy of the free Ad-Aware 6.0
from Lavasoft (http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/) and also SpyBot
Search & Destroy (http://www.safer-networking.org/) and use them to check your
system for other commercial parasites remembering that they are only as good
as when you last updated their reference files. I also use a program called
BHODemon (http://www.definitivesolutions.com/bhodemon.htm that checks for
unwanted Browser Help Objects and SpywareBlaster
(http://www.wilderssecurity.net/spywareblaster.html) which can help prevent
some parasites getting a grip on your PC.

Then finally there is CWShredder
(http://www.zerosrealm.com/downloads/CWShredder.zip or
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/cwshredder.zip) which is the best way
of getting rid of the many forms of the CoolWebSearch hijacker details of
which can be found at http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/cwschronicles.html
and also http://www.pestpatrol.com/pestinfo/c/cws.asp.
--?
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



sports wrote:

I get this and my screen freezes up; I hear it comes from
adware. Anyone else have this problem? HELP!


 




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