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Offline Rick

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Free Driver Scout ~ serious malware
« on: January 18, 2015, 10:50:06 am »
it also corrupts restore points... installs unrelated software in the background...

http://freedriverscout.com/uninstall
http://www.rescuemybrowser.com/free-driver-scout-virus-removal (this page has some serious reg-edit errors too)

* doing a system restore restore from scratch...

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Re: Free Driver Scout ~ serious malware
« Reply #1 on: January 19, 2015, 08:07:42 pm »
Yet another reason I dont use and trust 3rd party driver programs :wink:

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Re: Free Driver Scout ~ serious malware
« Reply #2 on: January 20, 2015, 03:46:30 am »
Quote from: Shane on January 19, 2015, 08:07:42 pm
Yet another reason I dont use and trust 3rd party driver programs :wink:

Shane

Microsoft security essentials would be wise to catch it as malware...
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