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as many ligit and other sites that have it available I would assume it would be a real product.
It is getting harder to tell, you have to check reviews before downloading any of them these days.
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yes you most likely got hit by a drive by download,
First disconnect from the internet, as some of these things are calling home while you are trying to clean them they reinfect you.
Next delete the temporary internet files, sometimes that is engough to get rid of them.
then check add remove programs (programs and features) for any new tool bars that may have got added.
Or any new junk ware.
Check IE and Firefox for any Add Ons.
Next run Sysinternals Autoruns and check for anything that may look like malware.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902[^]
Next check for any new Task thru Task Scheduler, or WMI task.
As long as it did not install a driver or service you should find it in one of these places.
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I recommend replacing your hosts file[^].
IMHO, it should be your first line of defense against popups and unwanted ads. I don't use any ad or popup blockers (but have replaced my hosts file) and have yet to be hit by a virus or malware.
/ravi
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Interesting, it can also be used by malware to do the same thing. Block antivirus or security sites.
I have a small tool that list the HOST files on the system with a open in notepad option.
I'll have to add that to the list of things to check on the next customers hijacked system.
Hmmm, they set the IP to 0.0.0.0
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Interesting approach, I'll check it out.
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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1. Boot from a boot floppy
2. At the command line:
a:\format c: /q /y 3. Job done.
4. What do you mean you don't have a floppy drive... or a boot floppy... or DOS 6.2? Pah! Call yourself a geek? Oh, you don't... OK, then... can't help you, sorry.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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I have a bootable DOS 6.2 CD image for serious emergencies! 
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Quote: DOS 6.2 CD
CD? Now that is just wrong... somehow... erm, OK, cool!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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I can't remember the last time I had a floppy drive on my PC, let alone a working floppy drive!
And I think the last time I used it, it was to install a BIOS upgrade.
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For me, it was back in 2005. I had to create a DLL that would be used by Point Of Sale software on a cash register running Windows NT embedded. I had to use their helper library. which was compiled with Visual C++ 1.52. I was able to find an installation floppy disk in a drawer. 
Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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In 2005 I still had a 5 1/4" floppy drive on one of my PCs, just in case - you never know! I got rid of it in 2008 when I threw away my set of IBM Assembler disks which were the last real floppy floppies I had.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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I am sure it is very yummy, but I am not going to watch the video of the guy sucking on a bacon flavored lollipop. I may never be able to eat bacon again if I do that. 
Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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Does seem to be an odd thing to make a video of, yes. I didn't watch it either...
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Go to the address / search bar.
Start typing "CodeProject.com"
As soon as it brings the site name up for you, press TAB.
Type in something to search for, and it uses CP to search the articles...nice!
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Clever, clever hamsters.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Aren't they though? 
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One feature that I like about FF that IE doesn't provide and haven't tried in Chrome yet is that if you drag a non-clickable link in the page to the toolbar or to a new tab it will open that page.
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In Chrome, it you drag it to the tabs or address bar it opens it, if your drag it to the bookmarks bar it creates a new bookmark.
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I also forgot to mention that if you drag any text to the address bar or new tab it will automatically do a search for you. Glad to hear Chrome has that also.
I haven't messed with Chrome a lot, the fact that it wants to sync to everything is really throwing me off. I'm sure that you can run it without syncing but that just pissed me off first thing.
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Mike Hankey wrote: it wants to sync to everything
I actually find that quite handy: it means if I add a bookmark on my desktop, I can use it on my tablet later on, and vice versa.
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That would be OK except with everything that's happening right now, NSA tracking, etc.. In fact I believe they have been tracking me for some time and am worried that they are out to get us all through social sites. They are after my bacon and I will defend it to my last breath. 
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You gotta defend the important stuff first. Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness come second and third to "No Muthaelephanta is getting near my bacon"
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Exactly you'll have to pry it from my cold dead hands, might wanna nuke it before you eat it though.
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