Can anyone confirm that the following site is a legit way to gert rid of the virusbirst adaware thing? http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic63896.html#manual
2006-10-15 10:55:44 · 5 answers · asked by charger9069 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
yes its legit
2006-10-15 10:58:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is. Here is extract from the home page.
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2006-10-15 18:17:07 · answer #2 · answered by Mordak 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it is not ligit at all.It is a virus itself, It is bad it will take over your system .Go to bitlord1.1 and download it xoftspyse by visionmercer then after it downloads hit open directory,Open the xoftspyse save it to my computer/c drive/program files/then open your patch and hit browse and place patch into xoftspyse in programfile.hit patch good luck
2006-10-15 18:06:38 · answer #3 · answered by tr2thhrt 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes
2006-10-15 18:03:09 · answer #4 · answered by §@mM¥ 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it is
2006-10-15 18:05:25 · answer #5 · answered by Hanamichiru1689 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋