messenger pop ups re registry cleaning

Ok, thanks guys, Ive now got this thing under control, it seems I was hit with Smitfraud.c a trojan. Via http://unconfigured.wordpress.com/malware-spyware/ I was able to find a resource that allowed me to remove it from my PC, no more pop ups from the message service.

being the idiot i am I thought I'd try this
http://www.grc.com/default.ht


ended up with a PERFECT rating,,,

I s'pose thats better than failing!!!:D

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Originally Posted by RR5L

Ok, thanks guys, Ive now got this thing under control, it seems I was hit with Smitfraud.c a trojan. Via http://unconfigured.wordpress.com/malware-spyware/ I was able to find a resource that allowed me to remove it from my PC, no more pop ups from the message service.

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Glad it was of some use to you and that you got it sorted.

Best regards
DarrenR

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Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

being the idiot i am I thought I'd try this
http://www.grc.com/default.ht


ended up with a PERFECT rating,,,

I s'pose thats better than failing!!!:D

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Smart is more like it, atleast you now have a clearer idea of the status of your connection to the big bad WWW.

Best regards
DarrenR