On 2014-10-27 21:21, Dustin  wrote:

> RayLopez99  wrote in
> news:bb7eac56-c205-4cb4-b03f-20cd457eeca4@googlegroups.com:
>
>> I've not. I surf porn sites that supposedly have viruses/malware
>> on them, and last I caught even some PUP was years ago.

Depends on what you use to browse, and how up to date you are with Flash 
etc. If you block javascript for instance, you're not going to be 
infected that way...

> I'm sure I can find you some websites that wouldn't be safe to surf
> on. Virus guy posts alot of interesting urls....

Indeed.

>> Some of you are technicians, so have you seen any malware/viruses
>> on systems that employ a quality AV like Microsoft Security
>> Essentials or Windows Defender?  Nope. Didn't think so.

I see crap like "Conduit" every week where I work; amazing how people 
will just click "Next" to anything...

> Actually, I have, yes. I recently (three days ago actually) removed
> the first Poweliks.A that I've seen ITW from a clients machine. This
> wouldn't technically be a virus though; but it's certainly malware.
>
> Are you familiar with it? It lives in the registry and has no actual
> file presence on the machine otherwise. Do you know how to remove it?
> :)

So HOW do you remove it? If I recall, RegEdit will not let you delete 
the key, so what's the trick? Please tell :-)

Best Regards,

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