Guest Ushnell Posted October 27, 2007 Posted October 27, 2007 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 DL Posted October 27, 2007 Posted October 27, 2007 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 Posted October 27, 2007 Posted October 27, 2007 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. -- Posted via NewsDemon.com - Premium Uncensored Newsgroup Service ------->>>>>>http://www.NewsDemon.com<<<<<<------ Unlimited Access, Anonymous Accounts, Uncensored Broadband Access
Guest Max M.Wachtel III Posted October 27, 2007 Posted October 27, 2007 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 -- Virus Removal http://max.shplink.com/removal.html Keep Clean http://max.shplink.com/keepingclean.html Tools http://max.shplink.com/tools.html Change nomail.afraid.org to gmail.com to reply by email.
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