New Rogue Is Spyaxe Clone

New Rogue Is Spyaxe Clone SpywareStrike

#1 quietman7

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Posted 06 January 2006 - 02:45 PM

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New rogue is SpyAxe clone
Posted by Suzi Turner @ 10:01 pm

I just learned about new supposed anti-spyware program, an identical twin to SpyAxe. SpyAxe got number one on the 2005 top ten rogue anti-spyware list. This new app is called SpywareStrike and I wouldn't be surprised to hear that it is downloaded with spyware just like its twin SpyAxe. the SpywareStrike website is identical to the SpyAxe site except for the name.

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#2 Jkurd

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Posted 07 January 2006 - 11:16 AM

I went through the processes for removing Spyaxe and Smitfraud, but I still had the annoying "Virus Alert" icon in my taskbar, and Spywarestrike kept installing itself. The problem file was C:Windows/system32/netwrap.dll. It was hard to remove, because it kept running, even in safe mode. What I ended up doing was restarting in safe mode with command prompt, navigating to the System32 folder, and deleting it with the "del netwrap.dll" command. Now I'm free!

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Posted 08 January 2006 - 03:22 AM

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