William Warren wrote: I second that. The version I saw required a third party registry editor and booting up into the recovery console from an XP cd (safe mode didn't cut it) just to remove a hidden dll.
Which is why I made the executive decision to re-image instead of trying to fix, as unfortunately a new variant requires spending more time learning it, which is not worth it. :-(
What I don't understand is how exploiting bugs in a program (internet explorer) to install software without the consent or even acknowledgement from the owner/user is legal behavior.
<me puts the devil's advocate suit on> There is a grey area between being legal and not being illegal. Compare to the junk fax issue: it was not legal either (as it spent the recipient's money without authorization) but it did take special legislation to make it specifically illegal. If you were to go to court it would not be a slam dunk by any means; it is going to take more nuisance that there has been so far for the legal system to do something about it. Trouble is, it does not prevent you from using the computer, mostly. Michel.