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Web Sparkle Reg Key?

Marcus Antonius · 2014-02-06 20:08:52

Hi Guys, Help would be much appreciated. I've attached 2 logs from Malware Anti-Bytes I was just wondering what a web-sparkle reg key is and could it have done much damage? I noticed that my laptop was running very slowly for about 5 mins before I ran the scan. It seems to be gone now, but having googled it, it is listed…

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06-02-2014 9:08pm

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Marcus Antonius

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Hi Guys,

Help would be much appreciated. I've attached 2 logs from Malware Anti-Bytes I was just wondering what a web-sparkle reg key is and could it have done much damage? I noticed that my laptop was running very slowly for about 5 mins before I ran the scan. It seems to be gone now, but having googled it, it is listed as an 'extremely dangerous and tricky worm.' Is this just companies trying to get you to download their stuff or am I F*cked?

Thanks a million
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#2 06-02-2014 11:25pm
jsa112

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its nothing to worry about. its a pup(potentially unwanted program). don't sweat it

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