New Rogue Application – SpywareQuake
You better believe it. It is – like you can guess – part of the SpyAxe/SpywareStrike/SpyFalcon crew. I won’t link you to the posts we have here on those. There are way too many.
The .dll file this rogue application leaves is stickrep.dll, which is located in the system32 folder. So far this is in the early stages. And experts are working hard on updating fixes and what not! If any are needed. It may just be that you need to delete the .dll file and the remaining folders of SpywareQuake. Although this is not confirmed yet!
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UPDATE – If you have this problem with SpywareQuake. Please follow these instructions.
Or…
Nick’s Computer Security blog removal instructions
Then register a complaint about this over at Malware Complaints.
Thanks to Grinler and Nick.
We put up a removal guide here:
How to remove spywarequake
Thanks Grinler. I know you and Nick both have removal instructions. I’ll update the posts
[...] After browsing their web site, they seem to concentrate more in describing what Spyware means and less time about their product. And they even have a Hot Offer on. You know the one that says: Now $49.50. Which, like you may know. Is the same price as previous Rogues. [...]