Re: Techie query.Russian Real player. not a lot of info
- From: "Jeff Gaines" <jgaines_newsid@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 29 Jul 2005 16:30:09 GMT
On 29/07/2005 Rabbit wrote:
> The subject says it all, sorry techies but I can't give you too many
> details as yet. All I know is that a friend has mailed me to say she
> can't do a thing on her pooter 'cos <quote> this Russian Real Player
> keeps popping up<end quote>. I'm just testing the water here 'cos I
> won't see her pooter till maybe next week. She says she doesn't have
> Real Player installed at all and I have no idea what she means by
> *keeps popping up*. Any suggestions please I can offer her by mail
> or phone with that little info at least to start with till I can get
> more info ? Spyware? Virus? Anything?
I wonder if it's the Messenger service, I had some spam via that until
I turned it off. In XP:
Start Menu | All Programs | Administrative Tools | Services.
Scroll down to the 'Messenger' service and see if it's running. If so
stop it and set it to disabled.
It's not Windows Messenger, it's a service that allows messages to be
sent across networks and works over the Internet, which is why spammers
use it.
Alternatively has she clicked on any links in a Russian spam email? Do
you know if she runs a firewall and AdAware, SpyBot etc.?
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Jeff Gaines - Damerham Hampshire UK
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