Annoying popups in System Tray

27 Oct 2007 4:27 AM

Ushnell

normally when the System adds an icon in the System Tray and you point your
mouse cursor on it, it tells you the name of the program it belongs to with
text information but there are these two flashing icons on my systems tray
that I consider very annoying and are getting on my last nerves.

One keeps popping up saying Security Alert: Spyware and another keeps coming
up with these offers to download Spyware scanning and removing software. I
don't know how the hell these things got into my system tray in the first
place (yeah I know they get there through net surfing)

I know that I can remove them through the registry but I have not since been
using Windows known where in the registry System Tray items are stored.

I'm sure someone here in the communities knows this for sure. I am using
Windows XP- Service Pack 2- Media Center Edition. any help is already
appreciated.

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Ushnell

27 Oct 2007 10:20 AM

DL

Your system is compromised by malaware and who knows what else.

Run an online scan eg trendmicro.com
Install, update and run Adaware, Spybot, MS Defender - all of these

PS you are using WinXp yet you posted to a Win2k group?

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"Ushnell" <Ushn***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4A1D7D7B-0DEC-4034-B247-37D2269F323F@microsoft.com...
> normally when the System adds an icon in the System Tray and you point
> your
> mouse cursor on it, it tells you the name of the program it belongs to
> with
> text information but there are these two flashing icons on my systems tray
> that I consider very annoying and are getting on my last nerves.
>
> One keeps popping up saying Security Alert: Spyware and another keeps
> coming
> up with these offers to download Spyware scanning and removing software. I
> don't know how the hell these things got into my system tray in the first
> place (yeah I know they get there through net surfing)
>
> I know that I can remove them through the registry but I have not since
> been
> using Windows known where in the registry System Tray items are stored.
>
> I'm sure someone here in the communities knows this for sure. I am using
> Windows XP- Service Pack 2- Media Center Edition. any help is already
> appreciated.
>
> --
> Ushnell

27 Oct 2007 4:59 PM

Colon Terminus

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"Ushnell" <Ushn***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4A1D7D7B-0DEC-4034-B247-37D2269F323F@microsoft.com...
> normally when the System adds an icon in the System Tray and you point
your
> mouse cursor on it, it tells you the name of the program it belongs to
with
> text information but there are these two flashing icons on my systems tray
> that I consider very annoying and are getting on my last nerves.
>
> One keeps popping up saying Security Alert: Spyware and another keeps
coming
> up with these offers to download Spyware scanning and removing software. I
> don't know how the hell these things got into my system tray in the first
> place (yeah I know they get there through net surfing)
>
> I know that I can remove them through the registry but I have not since
been
> using Windows known where in the registry System Tray items are stored.
>
> I'm sure someone here in the communities knows this for sure. I am using
> Windows XP- Service Pack 2- Media Center Edition. any help is already
> appreciated.
>
> --
> Ushnell

Sounds like the Smitfraud-C trojan.

Google for how to get rid of it.

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27 Oct 2007 8:29 PM

Max M.Wachtel III

=?Utf-8?B?VXNobmVsbA==?= <Ushn***@discussions.microsoft.com> after
much thought,came up with this jewel in
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news:4A1D7D7B-0DEC-4034-B247-37D2269F323F@microsoft.com:

> normally when the System adds an icon in the System Tray and you
> point your mouse cursor on it, it tells you the name of the
> program it belongs to with text information but there are these
> two flashing icons on my systems tray that I consider very
> annoying and are getting on my last nerves.
>
> One keeps popping up saying Security Alert: Spyware and another
> keeps coming up with these offers to download Spyware scanning and
> removing software. I don't know how the hell these things got into
> my system tray in the first place (yeah I know they get there
> through net surfing)
>
> I know that I can remove them through the registry but I have not
> since been using Windows known where in the registry System Tray
> items are stored.
>
> I'm sure someone here in the communities knows this for sure. I am
> using Windows XP- Service Pack 2- Media Center Edition. any help
> is already appreciated.
>

This will cure it.(run in safe-mode)
http://www.internetinspiration.co.uk/roguefix.htm#uninstall
max

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