[pchelpers] Browser Hijack info

Hi
 
Below is an extract from the LangaList newsletter this week. If you experience 
a slowing down of your browser, you may want to download the utils to scan your 
system and get rid of this CoolWebSearch exploit. It doesn't hurt to use this 
utility to scan your system even though no malware is present. I've used this 
to scan mine and got an "all's well" report!
 
 
Tonia
 
 
quote:---
 
It is a nasty hijack program that hides very well. It would run
     once a day so even if he thought he had things fixed and
     working the problem would return the next day (after a reboot).
     [The CoolWebSearch exploit (explained at
     http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/cwschronicles.html )] was
     the root of the problem. If you read this site you can see just
     how nasty this is. The dam* thing can install from a web page
     you may be at or passing through.
     http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/  has a fast little shredder
     to remove it plus a few other useful utilities. He won't be
     100% sure that he has finally beat this bug for a couple days,
     but from the tests he's done so far it does appear to have been
     killed.

     His virus software couldn't find it either which was equally
     annoying since [the exploit has] been out for quite some time.
     I know a few other people on dial up were having problems. This
     problem wouldn't be as noticeable on high-speed. It's worth
     running the utility even if you don't think you are having
     problems. You may be surprised what you find hiding. It is one
     sneaky virus. Ciao, Ed Mallett --end quote.



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