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    Thinkpad T61 Spyware?!

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by robfitzonbass, Jun 27, 2007.

  1. robfitzonbass

    robfitzonbass Newbie

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    I ordered my T61 on 5/13. It came in yesterday after alot of waiting. So far I'm thrilled with it (especially compared to my previous 2003 Dell Lat. D800), but there is one weird thing. Before I even downloaded anything up until now, I am getting odd spyware page loads every hour or so. A webpage will open talking about "debt-refinancing" or something like that. Ive downloaded spybot S&D and Ad-aware. Neither can get rid of this problem. I am almost positive my computer came with this flaw built in. has anyone else seen this?
     
    robfitzonbass, Jun 27, 2007
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    Gautam election 2008 NBR Reviewer

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    Why don't you do a clean install, if your new notebook came with OEM install cds?
     
    Gautam, Jun 28, 2007
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    robfitzonbass Newbie

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    Unfortunately, the T61 comes with a recovery partition rather than a CD. if the spyware program is built in on the factory image, then it might not make a differencem right?
     
    robfitzonbass, Jun 28, 2007
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