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Boogiman
May 23 2005, 21:37
Sup,

Major problem en it's buging the **** out of me:

Everytime I start Firefox, it, or whatever it is, installs the mallware VX2 on my rig. I tryed everything to remove is. Cleaned buffers, removed temps, cleared all Inet settings, 3 differend spyware programs, and still keeps coming back realmad.gif

help...... unsure.gif
CiQuat
May 23 2005, 21:45
QUOTE(Boogiman @ May 23 2005, 16:37)
Sup,

Major problem en it's buging the **** out of me:

Everytime I start Firefox, it, or whatever it is, installs the mallware VX2 on my rig. I tryed everything to remove is. Cleaned buffers, removed temps, cleared all Inet settings, 3 differend spyware programs, and still keeps coming back  realmad.gif

help......  unsure.gif
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Stupid question, have you tried uninstalling Firefox to see if that clears it out?
Slimy
May 23 2005, 22:55
try this: http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=320467

firefox was never safe. no browser is safe. good luck.
The Jorge
May 23 2005, 22:57
Try uninstalling Firefox and then do a clean install with a new profile. If it still happens, check the thread slimy posted.
Foxconn
May 24 2005, 01:03
Download VX2Cleaner off America's Army's forums
Boogiman
May 24 2005, 07:46
Thx guys, will try it when i'm home. (Skool sucks...)
Lucida
May 24 2005, 11:52
QUOTE
no browser is safe. good luck.


no, but some browsers are safer than others
Boogiman
May 24 2005, 16:51
Well, it didn't worked, but i got a plug-in for ad aware called VX2cleaner. That got rid of all the problems.

Thx anyway guys smile.gif
Bhav
May 24 2005, 16:54
QUOTE(Lucida @ May 24 2005, 12:52)
no, but some browsers are safer than others
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you mean some are less unsafe than others laugh.gif
vertigosity
May 24 2005, 16:57
Yeah, it's not that Netscape4, or any of the Gecko-based browsers, or even Opera are particularly that great, it's just that IE has been so overwhelmingly BAD in the past, and now only partially ameliorated if you're using XPSP2.
mr_daemon
May 24 2005, 17:04
Sort of like how Unix is a really bad OS, but all the others are much worse wink.gif
Pink Floyd
May 25 2005, 11:43
security to me is more like the person between the chair and the keyboard
whatever OS, browser, applications you use
Keldyn
May 25 2005, 11:58
QUOTE(finalcut @ May 25 2005, 21:13)
security to me is more like the person between the chair and the keyboard
whatever OS, browser, applications you use
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Yep. We call that "PEBCAK". lol
SaLiVa
May 25 2005, 12:00
QUOTE(Keldyn @ May 25 2005, 19:58)
Yep. We call that "PEBCAK". lol
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Whats the E?
SolsticeDax
May 25 2005, 12:01
QUOTE(Keldyn @ May 25 2005, 11:58)
Yep. We call that "PEBCAK". lol
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I always thought that was PIBKAC
Problem is between keyboard and chair
mr_daemon
May 25 2005, 14:31
I believe it to be "Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair"
Pink Floyd
May 26 2005, 12:04
QUOTE(mr_da3m0n @ May 25 2005, 09:31)
I believe it to be "Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair"
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yep heheh
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