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wmccall:You mentioned 'defender' by microsoft. Is that 'Ultimate Defender'? That thing keeps popping up on my computer and is a bi*ch to close even if you click NO.I have Norton anti-virus and when I try to update the virus definitions, 'UD' come up. I thought maybe it was part of Norton (Symantec).
OK, I tried sereral programs...Webroot's SpySweeper was the only program that got me back in business.