Guest webster72n Posted September 7, 2007 Posted September 7, 2007 Just curious if anyone else has received this warning message from spybot. The following popped up in a dialog box after finishing the latest update from yesterday, with a red 'x' in the upper left corner: "An outsider did inject malicious code into this application! It is strongly recommended that you do a full check-up of your system, including anti malware and anti virus scans." Personally I am not concerned, with my pc being fully protected at all times. Is this one of those schemes Shane was talking about, or must it be taken seriously? Harry.
Guest Alias Posted September 7, 2007 Posted September 7, 2007 Re: Spybot Warning webster72n wrote: > Just curious if anyone else has received this warning message from spybot. > The following popped up in a dialog box after finishing the latest update > from yesterday, with a red 'x' in the upper left corner: > "An outsider did inject malicious code into this application! > It is strongly recommended that you do a full check-up of your system, > including anti malware and anti virus scans." > Personally I am not concerned, with my pc being fully protected at all > times. > Is this one of those schemes Shane was talking about, or must it be taken > seriously? > > Harry. > > I didn't get that message yesterday. I would take it seriously if I were you. -- Alias To email me, remove shoes
Guest webster72n Posted September 7, 2007 Posted September 7, 2007 Re: Spybot Warning The reason for posting was, that it is not addressed personally, it would effect everyone using the application. Myself, I use the necessary precautions without 'lecture', thanks. Harry. "Alias" <iamalias@shoesgmail.com> wrote in message news:fbr437$c6t$1@aioe.org... > webster72n wrote: > > Just curious if anyone else has received this warning message from spybot. > > The following popped up in a dialog box after finishing the latest update > > from yesterday, with a red 'x' in the upper left corner: > > "An outsider did inject malicious code into this application! > > It is strongly recommended that you do a full check-up of your system, > > including anti malware and anti virus scans." > > Personally I am not concerned, with my pc being fully protected at all > > times. > > Is this one of those schemes Shane was talking about, or must it be taken > > seriously? > > > > Harry. > > > > > > I didn't get that message yesterday. I would take it seriously if I were > you. > > -- > Alias > To email me, remove shoes
Guest Alias Posted September 7, 2007 Posted September 7, 2007 Re: Spybot Warning webster72n wrote: > The reason for posting was, that it is not addressed personally, it would > effect everyone using the application. > Myself, I use the necessary precautions without 'lecture', thanks. > > Harry. Hey, it's your computer, taking it seriously or not is totally up to you. -- Alias To email me, remove shoes
Guest webster72n Posted September 7, 2007 Posted September 7, 2007 Re: Spybot Warning "Alias" <iamalias@shoesgmail.com> wrote in message news:fbs2d9$34e$4@aioe.org... > webster72n wrote: > > The reason for posting was, that it is not addressed personally, it would > > effect everyone using the application. > > Myself, I use the necessary precautions without 'lecture', thanks. > > > > Harry. > > Hey, it's your computer, taking it seriously or not is totally up to you. Thanks for the 'generosity', much appreciated. <H>. > > -- > Alias > To email me, remove shoes
Guest Heather Posted September 7, 2007 Posted September 7, 2007 Re: Spybot Warning "Alias" <iamalias@shoesgmail.com> wrote in message news:fbs2d9$34e$4@aioe.org... > webster72n wrote: >> The reason for posting was, that it is not addressed personally, it >> would >> effect everyone using the application. >> Myself, I use the necessary precautions without 'lecture', thanks. >> >> Harry. > > Hey, it's your computer, taking it seriously or not is totally up to > you. Hey Alias......ignore him. He is usually about 3 bricks short!! No one else seems to have had HIS problem, so just let him go on and eventually he will be whinging about something else. I wonder if he ever found that missing half of a hard drive (40 gig) after messing about with Partition Magic when he knew d*ckall about it. Snicker. I figure the local computer repairman knows him well. I cringe when he comes on the antivirus groups and offers his *expert opinion*......ACK!! I do not let on I know him. (G) Heather
Guest Alias Posted September 7, 2007 Posted September 7, 2007 Re: Spybot Warning Heather wrote: > "Alias" <iamalias@shoesgmail.com> wrote in message > news:fbs2d9$34e$4@aioe.org... >> webster72n wrote: >>> The reason for posting was, that it is not addressed personally, it >>> would >>> effect everyone using the application. >>> Myself, I use the necessary precautions without 'lecture', thanks. >>> >>> Harry. >> Hey, it's your computer, taking it seriously or not is totally up to >> you. > > Hey Alias......ignore him. He is usually about 3 bricks short!! No one > else seems to have had HIS problem, so just let him go on and eventually > he will be whinging about something else. > > I wonder if he ever found that missing half of a hard drive (40 gig) > after messing about with Partition Magic when he knew d*ckall about it. > Snicker. I figure the local computer repairman knows him well. > > I cringe when he comes on the antivirus groups and offers his *expert > opinion*......ACK!! I do not let on I know him. (G) > > Heather > > At least I tried but no more. -- Alias To email me, remove shoes
Guest webster72n Posted September 7, 2007 Posted September 7, 2007 Re: Spybot Warning "Alias" <iamalias@shoesgmail.com> wrote in message news:fbs4t6$b2j$1@aioe.org... > Heather wrote: > > "Alias" <iamalias@shoesgmail.com> wrote in message > > news:fbs2d9$34e$4@aioe.org... > >> webster72n wrote: > >>> The reason for posting was, that it is not addressed personally, it > >>> would > >>> effect everyone using the application. > >>> Myself, I use the necessary precautions without 'lecture', thanks. > >>> > >>> Harry. > >> Hey, it's your computer, taking it seriously or not is totally up to > >> you. > > > > Hey Alias......ignore him. He is usually about 3 bricks short!! No one > > else seems to have had HIS problem, so just let him go on and eventually > > he will be whinging about something else. > > > > I wonder if he ever found that missing half of a hard drive (40 gig) > > after messing about with Partition Magic when he knew d*ckall about it. > > Snicker. I figure the local computer repairman knows him well. > > > > I cringe when he comes on the antivirus groups and offers his *expert > > opinion*......ACK!! I do not let on I know him. (G) > > > > Heather > > > > > > At least I tried but no more. Yeah, you tried allright, which can't be said of 'the canada goose'. I was determined to install ubuntu, but my system simply will not accept it. But that is, as they say: "water down the drain". All that really matters is, things are 'perfectly aligned' in my sphere. <H>. > > -- > Alias > To email me, remove shoes
Guest Heirloom Posted September 8, 2007 Posted September 8, 2007 Re: Spybot Warning Not to butt in here, 'but', there is no such thing as, "> Personally I am not concerned, with my pc being fully protected at all times.<"..........referring, to the 'fully protected' part. If this were true, the Pentagon would be calling on you for tips. I have seen no other reports about the 'malicious code' you mentioned and I have not witnessed it on either machine in this house. Admittedly, this sounds like a ploy used by unscrupulous vendors to peddle a product, however, you seem to be alone in the warning. Did the warning come from the Spybot app?? If so, (and if it were mine), I would be doing some serious searching. JMHO, I could be wrong. Heirloom, old and buttin'in > Yeah, you tried allright, which can't be said of 'the canada goose'. > I was determined to install ubuntu, but my system simply will not accept > it. > But that is, as they say: "water down the drain". > All that really matters is, things are 'perfectly aligned' in my sphere. > <H>. > >> >> -- >> Alias >> To email me, remove shoes > >
Guest webster72n Posted September 8, 2007 Posted September 8, 2007 Re: Spybot Warning "Heirloom" <roland58XX@suddenlink.net> wrote in message news:OnAt9ec8HHA.5160@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > Not to butt in here, 'but', there is no such thing as, "> Personally I am > not concerned, with my pc being fully protected at all > times.<"..........referring, to the 'fully protected' part. If this were > true, the Pentagon would be calling on you for tips. > I have seen no other reports about the 'malicious code' you mentioned and I > have not witnessed it on either machine in this house. Admittedly, this > sounds like a ploy used by unscrupulous vendors to peddle a product, > however, you seem to be alone in the warning. Did the warning come from the > Spybot app?? If so, (and if it were mine), I would be doing some serious > searching. JMHO, I could be wrong. > Heirloom, old and buttin'in Since you respond in such nice and civil manner, H, it answers my original question and I can answer yours, by the same token: when the scan finished and before I got the warning message, there was an entry on spybot by the name "MainPean". I performed some research on this and discovered there were other people having the same problem and probably getting the same message. They "fixed" it with spybot and it was gone. I did the same thing and to be sure there were no remnants, I searched my machine and found nothing. Supposedly this "MainPean" is a malicious "Dialer" (I thought at first it was a necessary program in C:/WINDOWS). Don't know how it got there, but I did have protection against it and abandoned it a little while ago, since I never had any trouble with it before. Appreciate your objectivity, H, thanks. Harry. > > > > Yeah, you tried allright, which can't be said of 'the canada goose'. > > I was determined to install ubuntu, but my system simply will not accept > > it. > > But that is, as they say: "water down the drain". > > All that really matters is, things are 'perfectly aligned' in my sphere. > > <H>. > > > >> > >> -- > >> Alias > >> To email me, remove shoes > > > > > >
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