Originally posted here by jinxy
Yes

And i do not think you answered in a roundabout way.

I do understand the reticents from victims to tell where they got infected though. I have one friend who asked me to have a look at his laptop. He did a complete format and install befor he let me have his box. Doh.

Still he paid me for updating it and giving him some protection.


AAAAAAIGH!!! I found several of both in one of my home computers!! ok, the roommate was playing around and now I've got a computer to fix. None of these are secured in the slightest, and everyone on the lan seems convinced that downloading adaware will save them. heaven forbid they should download a shareware or two and actually pay for the use? ok. sorry, I'm ranting. It looks like I got the one with the about:blank oage, and so I'm going to follow the instructions here. And then I'm going to sector the bejesus out of this guy's hard drive, to make him think. finally, advice on a forum I can use. thanks for helping me through this.