Grrrrr!!
I just spent the last 2 days trying to rid my computer of a malicious rogue spyware program! It is called SpywareQuake 2.0, and it's nasty! It doesn't really do anything bad to your computer, but it will drive you nuts! Let me explain ....
From ZDNet:
SpywareQuake is being installed without notice or consent, hijacks the desktop and pops up a warning from the system tray that the machine is infected with spyware. It scans and reports that it found spyware in the machine and then demands payment to remove the so-called spyware. It's a rogue and a rip-off! It is installed by and with spyware and contains malware to prevent you from removing it. It's another variant of the SmitFraud infection. Right now none of the antivirus or anti-spyware programs that I'm aware of will detect and remove SpywareQuake. The offending file that resists removal and causes reinfection appears to be C:\Windows\System32\stickrep.dll.
If you see this pop up on your screen, go directly to this web site for removal instructions. I wasted a day and a half trying other removal directions I found at other web sites with no luck at all, before finding that one. 
Seems to me that these web sites should at least be posting the same directions for removal, don't you think?! ANYway, I wouldn't want any of you to go through the mind-numbing experience I did, so thought I'd give you a heads-up.
I guess some people just don't have anything better to do than make life difficult for others! 
Too bad they can't use their knowledge and intellect to write GOOD code!
