The Morpheus Shopping Club -- Scumware, Adware, Spyware
- by Dennis Faas on 20020611 @ 06:20PM EST | google it | send to friends
- Filed under Security | (related terms: morpheus, club, system, coin, search)
Gazette Reader Sarah M. writes:
" Dear Dennis,
Alas, I left my boyfriend home alone with the computer and he downloaded Morpheus to find some songs. He then uninstalled it because he knew I didn't like the 'spyware' that comes with it from Brilliant Digital and figured I could clean up the residue it left. Well, I don't know what's going on, but running in our system tray is a little icon that looks like a gold coin with a $ on it. The coin says that it is the Morpheus Shopping Club.
If you click on it, it will take you to a website for the club. You can also right-click and choose exit, but it will come back with every reboot. The darn thing is, I can't figure out how to permanently remove it!
I checked Add/Remove Programs -- nope. I checked my Program Files for the Morpheus folder, gone. I Ctrl + Alt + Del to find the process it ran and did a search for it, nothing. I scanned the Windows Registry for the Morpheus, Shopping Club, but still came up empty-handed.
Where the heck is this thing? I would love to know if any of your readers have run into the same problem and have an answer. By the way, we run Windows XP. "
My Response:
According to doxDesk.com, you've got a Spyware parasite on your system called WurldMedia. You an use Lavasoft's Adaware or SpyBot Search and Destroy to remove it.
