Re: CoolWebSearch browser hijacker -- PCTECH

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I honestly have no idea. I came to work one day and had new icons on
my desktop. After asking if some sort of update was pushed out, I
proceeded with virus and spyware scanning. After some time it was
discoved I had CoolWebSearch installed and was pointed to this tool.
It clean that stupid spyware immediately and haven't had problems
since.


On Thu, 21 Oct 2004 15:23:37 -0400, Dan Bale <dbale@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Mike,
> 
> Forgot to ask.  Do you have any idea how you contracted this... this...
> crud?
> 
> Thanks again,
> 
> 
> db
> 
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