Annoying popups in System Tray

[Guest Ushnell]

normally when the System adds an icon in the System Tray and you point your

mouse cursor on it, it tells you the name of the program it belongs to with

text information but there are these two flashing icons on my systems tray

that I consider very annoying and are getting on my last nerves.

 

One keeps popping up saying Security Alert: Spyware and another keeps coming

up with these offers to download Spyware scanning and removing software. I

don't know how the hell these things got into my system tray in the first

place (yeah I know they get there through net surfing)

 

I know that I can remove them through the registry but I have not since been

using Windows known where in the registry System Tray items are stored.

 

I'm sure someone here in the communities knows this for sure. I am using

Windows XP- Service Pack 2- Media Center Edition. any help is already

appreciated.

 

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Ushnell

[Guest DL]

Re: Annoying popups in System Tray

 

Your system is compromised by malaware and who knows what else.

 

Run an online scan eg trendmicro.com

Install, update and run Adaware, Spybot, MS Defender - all of these

 

PS you are using WinXp yet you posted to a Win2k group?

 

"Ushnell" <Ushnell@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:4A1D7D7B-0DEC-4034-B247-37D2269F323F@microsoft.com...

> normally when the System adds an icon in the System Tray and you point

> your

> mouse cursor on it, it tells you the name of the program it belongs to

> with

> text information but there are these two flashing icons on my systems tray

> that I consider very annoying and are getting on my last nerves.

>

> One keeps popping up saying Security Alert: Spyware and another keeps

> coming

> up with these offers to download Spyware scanning and removing software. I

> don't know how the hell these things got into my system tray in the first

> place (yeah I know they get there through net surfing)

>

> I know that I can remove them through the registry but I have not since

> been

> using Windows known where in the registry System Tray items are stored.

>

> I'm sure someone here in the communities knows this for sure. I am using

> Windows XP- Service Pack 2- Media Center Edition. any help is already

> appreciated.

>

> --

> Ushnell

[Guest Colon Terminus]

Re: Annoying popups in System Tray

 

 

"Ushnell" <Ushnell@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:4A1D7D7B-0DEC-4034-B247-37D2269F323F@microsoft.com...

> normally when the System adds an icon in the System Tray and you point

your

> mouse cursor on it, it tells you the name of the program it belongs to

with

> text information but there are these two flashing icons on my systems tray

> that I consider very annoying and are getting on my last nerves.

>

> One keeps popping up saying Security Alert: Spyware and another keeps

coming

> up with these offers to download Spyware scanning and removing software. I

> don't know how the hell these things got into my system tray in the first

> place (yeah I know they get there through net surfing)

>

> I know that I can remove them through the registry but I have not since

been

> using Windows known where in the registry System Tray items are stored.

>

> I'm sure someone here in the communities knows this for sure. I am using

> Windows XP- Service Pack 2- Media Center Edition. any help is already

> appreciated.

>

> --

> Ushnell

 

Sounds like the Smitfraud-C trojan.

 

Google for how to get rid of it.

 

 

 

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[Guest Max M.Wachtel III]

Re: Annoying popups in System Tray

 

=?Utf-8?B?VXNobmVsbA==?= <Ushnell@discussions.microsoft.com> after

much thought,came up with this jewel in

news:4A1D7D7B-0DEC-4034-B247-37D2269F323F@microsoft.com:

> normally when the System adds an icon in the System Tray and you

> point your mouse cursor on it, it tells you the name of the

> program it belongs to with text information but there are these

> two flashing icons on my systems tray that I consider very

> annoying and are getting on my last nerves.

>

> One keeps popping up saying Security Alert: Spyware and another

> keeps coming up with these offers to download Spyware scanning and

> removing software. I don't know how the hell these things got into

> my system tray in the first place (yeah I know they get there

> through net surfing)

>

> I know that I can remove them through the registry but I have not

> since been using Windows known where in the registry System Tray

> items are stored.

>

> I'm sure someone here in the communities knows this for sure. I am

> using Windows XP- Service Pack 2- Media Center Edition. any help

> is already appreciated.

>

 

This will cure it.(run in safe-mode)

http://www.internetinspiration.co.uk/roguefix.htm#uninstall

max

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