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    SillyDIDTQ Spyware

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by mattireland, Aug 29, 2008.

  1. mattireland

    mattireland It used to be the iLand..

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    Hi,

    My friend's spyware program is telling him that he has a spyware called SillyDIDTQ on his computer.

    He's a bit concerned because he does a lot of online shopping and banking and would very much like to know how to get rid of it.

    Can anyone help?

    Thanks very much!

    Matt. Ireland
     
    mattireland, Aug 29, 2008
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  2. wackydude1234

    wackydude1234 Notebook Evangelist

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    Wrong Catagory
     
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  3. Wirelessman

    Wirelessman Monkeymod

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    Ask him to download spyware doctor and wrong forum.
     
    Wirelessman, Aug 29, 2008
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  4. Shyster1

    Shyster1 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Try one of the antispyware utilities, such as superantispyware (which is free).

    For info on this little nasty, as well as some manual removal pointers, try Computer Associate's Spyware Detail page on SillyDl.DTQ, which it classifies as a trojan aka "Win32/SillyDl.DTQ".

    Then give your friend some advice on not going to pages that are likely to contain malware, and also about not clicking on anything that looks suspicious, and about not downloading anything that isn't known to be what it purports to be (and about scanning anything that gets downloaded even if there's reason to trust it).
     
    Shyster1, Aug 30, 2008
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