[Sussex] XP pain

Matthew Macdonald-Wallace matthew at truthisfreedom.org.uk
Mon Jun 4 17:22:35 UTC 2007


On Mon, 2007-06-04 at 17:08 +0100, Paul Shepard wrote:
> Help needed.
> 
>  
> 
> In windows XP, yes I know it serves me right, I have a symbol in the
> running program bar flashing between a yellow warning triangle and a
> blue circle with yellow X.
> 
> This keeps giving me a system alert! which leads to an IE link to a
> spyware sales site at this address: http://www.spylocked.com/?aff=334
> 
> AVG and AdAware show all clear and right click won’t say what it is.
> 
> There appears to be nothing in the prog menu relating to it.
> 
> How can I get rid of this please…

Google for "spylocked", its a piece of spyware that we've had to deal
with a lot at work.

There are various registry hacks to remove it, including some VBScripts
etc.

Cheers,

Matt

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