Relevant Knowledge spyware

Posted by Usman Masood on Super User See other posts from Super User or by Usman Masood
Published on 2011-06-29T08:46:51Z Indexed on 2012/03/28 5:35 UTC
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I am an advanced user, using Windows 7 with Avast! antivirus running. Today I started browsing and faced some weird popup. Upon investigation I found that "Relevant Knowledge" was running in my system.

I was able to uninstall it using the Programs Manager and deleted the file's entries in the registry, but I am a little troubled due to the fact that Avast! was not able to detect it; and secondly, how it came into my system.

Also, what further prevention measures should I take?

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