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Re: FakeAlert virus removal

From: "Captain Quirk" <i.c.weiner () gmail com>
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2008 13:39:04 -0800

IMO this looks to be a smitfraud variant.

Not that Wikipedia is a good source for untainted info, but...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spyware_Quake

http://siri.urz.free.fr/Fix/SmitfraudFix_En.php\

Best of luck. You're gonna need it...

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