alexa question

Discussion in 'Malware Help (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by hawklord, Jul 16, 2006.

  1. hawklord

    hawklord Master Sergeant

    hi, i seem to have picked up alexa from somewhere, i only noticed when i checked my hjt scan and found 'related.htm', i quickly ran ad-aware and fixed 8 problems then ran spybot (found nothing) and ran ad-aware again (nothing this time), i ran hjt again and its clean,
    my question is this - is alexa 'tools/show related links' or is this just what it uses,
    thanks for any help
     
    hawklord, Jul 16, 2006
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  2. hawklord

    hawklord Master Sergeant

    one more question, why didn't my defender pick it up, ta
     
    hawklord, Jul 16, 2006
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  3. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    It is a mild form of malware that actually comes preinstalled with your OS. It is actually an item typically debated. Two lines will typically show in your HJT log that can simply be fixed an you will never miss them. Of course Windows Defender will not detect it because they do not consider it to be a problem. Microsoft installed it.
     
    chaslang, Jul 17, 2006
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  4. hawklord

    hawklord Master Sergeant

    thanks, it was what i suspected
     
    hawklord, Jul 17, 2006
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  5. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    You're welcome. Surf safely!
     
    chaslang, Jul 18, 2006
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