Adware

ecchi · 2014-03-05, 07:19 AM

Thanks.

The Malware software threw up over a hundred things it thought were malware, but on investigation most were not. Some were even PHP pages I had written myself which may have been malformed (I usually use Perl, and am only just beginning to learn PHP) but were defiantly not malware! However it did throw up four programs with "Better Surf" in the name which was a surprise for two reasons. Firstly I run a malware blocker and I was assuming that would block such shit. I thought the bastard doing this would be some free software that I had downloaded that also installed Better Surf as a sideline. Secondly, I have twice run Windows file search thingy looking for files with "better surf" in their name, it did not find these four!

I have also removed a couple of keys using the words "Better Surf" in their name. I am not entirely sure what I did and was a little worried that my computer may not boot after my amateur brain surgery on it. But it seems OK.

Thanks everyone for your help.

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2014-03-05, 07:19 AM	#7
ecchi Banned Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: About to be evicted!!!! Posts: 4,082	Thanks. The Malware software threw up over a hundred things it thought were malware, but on investigation most were not. Some were even PHP pages I had written myself which may have been malformed (I usually use Perl, and am only just beginning to learn PHP) but were defiantly not malware! However it did throw up four programs with "Better Surf" in the name which was a surprise for two reasons. Firstly I run a malware blocker and I was assuming that would block such shit. I thought the bastard doing this would be some free software that I had downloaded that also installed Better Surf as a sideline. Secondly, I have twice run Windows file search thingy looking for files with "better surf" in their name, it did not find these four! I have also removed a couple of keys using the words "Better Surf" in their name. I am not entirely sure what I did and was a little worried that my computer may not boot after my amateur brain surgery on it. But it seems OK. Thanks everyone for your help.