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sunsets
2008-09-13, 05:14
I use Vista HP SP1, Firefox, Avast, CCleaner, Malwarebytes', SuperAntispyware, Spybot, and Webroot Spysweeper. All have been updated before I ran them.

I did a scan with Avast, Malwarebytes', and SuperAntispyware. They didn't find anything. I then did a scan with Spybot, and it found the following:


AdwareAlert: [SBI $4B7BCDE7] Settings (Registry key, nothing done)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DisabledRun

AdwareAlert: [SBI $714BCC83] Settings (Registry key, nothing done)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DisabledUninstall

AdwareAlert: [SBI $5BD92570] Settings (Registry key, nothing done)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DisabledBHO

Under Kind, it says MalwareC. I didn't click on Fix selected problems since I don't know what these are.

spybotsandra
2008-09-15, 14:30
Hello,

AdwareAlertt claims to be a antispyware solution which do not detect any kind of malware.
AdwareAlert is the same app as SpywareBOT which is a bad copy of Spybot Search & Destroy.

Best regards
Sandra
Team Spybot

cjaye
2008-09-21, 05:11
So it's ok to Fix Selected Problems for the AdawareAlert. And what exactly will the fix do?

Thank you for your time.

cjaye

drragostea
2008-09-21, 06:24
cjaye, fixing the entries will eliminate the threat itself. Spybot will attempt to remove the malware's related registry keys and files.