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Thread #96513 Message #1888264
Posted By: Jeri
19-Nov-06 - 10:40 AM
Thread Name: Tech: Trouble with aggressive RealPlayer
Subject: RE: Tech: Trouble with aggressive RealPlayer
I'm just guessing, but it doesn't sound like something RealPlayer would do. I've never had that happen. It's a 'redirect', and may not even be a real Real site.
Until more knowledgable people than myself show up, you can't go wrong if you: 1) Make sure your anti-virus & anti-spyware programs have been updated recently, like today, and 2) Run a full system scan
Don't believe you can't get infected. I have an anti-virus program that updates daily, Zone Alarm, SpyBot Search & Destroy, Spyware Blaster and CWShredder. When I did a full system scan, I found 2 files infected with win32:Caca. I don't think it was actually able to DO anything, but it was there, and it might have been why I've had to do a complete system restore twice and almost a third time. That wacky behavior made me do the full scan, and once the trojans were gone, the problem (system wouldn't boot up all the way) stopped.