halter91 Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 Can anyone tell me how the **** to get rid of this? This is the 3rd machine I've worked on this month with this on it and I can't get rid of it. I check the registry, check the programs that are installed and it's still there. HELP! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81artmonk Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 Try getting and running AdAware Or microsofts new Defender program. I tried both, they work good, but I got some spyware that was too embedded to get rid of and had to re-format my harddrive and start from scratch!! I am seriously thinking about APPLE. I hate APPLE, but you don't have to worry about any of that stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dumbsheet Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 Can anyone tell me how the **** to get rid of this? Sure. Stop browsing midget clown porn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ax Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 Before running the spyware removal programs, (Adaware, Spybot, and Defender/use all three) make sure they are updated first, then restart the computer and run them with the computer in Safe Mode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceman Spiff Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 There is no substitute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halter91 Posted August 22, 2007 Author Share Posted August 22, 2007 Sure. Stop browsing midget clown porn. Serisouly, that will stop it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ax Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 Apples are fruity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet Sassy Molassy Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 Apples are fruity. AWW **** SON!!! You just completely pwned Spiff! You're good, how long did it take you to come up with that one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticksboi05 Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 Webroot Spy Sweeper or Spyware Doctor. Not Ad Aware, not Spybot, not Windows Defender which is a joke. Sometimes you have to pay to get real protection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ax Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 AWW **** SON!!! You just completely pwned Spiff! You're good, how long did it take you to come up with that one? Glad you liked it. Feel free to use it on a t-shirt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ax Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 Webroot Spy Sweeper or Spyware Doctor. Not Ad Aware, not Spybot, not Windows Defender which is a joke. Sometimes you have to pay to get real protection. You probably know better than me, so I can't dispute what you're saying. But, all I've ever used are the free versions of AdAware, Spybot Search & Destroy, and Windows Defender, and I've never had a problem. Even when doing, er um, research, at sites where sometimes neckitt womens dew thangs dat'll make yur hare kurl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destino Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 There is no substitute.[/center] I'd like to get a mac laptop but sadly Point (mortgage software you may be familiar with) doesn't have Mac support. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticksboi05 Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 You probably know better than me, so I can't dispute what you're saying.But, all I've ever used are the free versions of AdAware, Spybot Search & Destroy, and Windows Defender, and I've never had a problem. Even when doing, er um, research, at sites where sometimes neckitt womens dew thangs dat'll make yur hare kurl. Haha, well the free ones can work if you are careful where you go on the internet but there's alot of stuff they miss that you wouldn't realize because the effects on the spyware is so subtle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fergasun Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 Haha, well the free ones can work if you are careful where you go on the internet but there's alot of stuff they miss that you wouldn't realize because the effects on the spyware is so subtle.Meh... never had a problem. I normally stay away from sketchy sites... use Firefox... I think the free programs are just as good personally... "effects on spyware is subtle"... seems like a gimmick to get you to pay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drums and skins Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 Go run HijackThis and show me your log. I should be able to find what problems you do have that can be removed. If you don't want to post it here, PM it to me. http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/programs.php Its a pretty advanced program all things consider, so don't play around with it unless you really know what you're doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticksboi05 Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 Meh... never had a problem. I normally stay away from sketchy sites... use Firefox... I think the free programs are just as good personally... "effects on spyware is subtle"... seems like a gimmick to get you to pay. Programs like Ad Aware generally just remove parts of the actual malware. There are usually plenty of traces or pieces left on your computer after. Again, you wouldn't be able to tell but they're there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceman Spiff Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 I'd like to get a mac laptop but sadly Point (mortgage software you may be familiar with) doesn't have Mac support. Yeah. But you can run windows on a mac now And actually combine the two seamlessly...it's a pretty cool feature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 Programs like Ad Aware generally just remove parts of the actual malware. There are usually plenty of traces or pieces left on your computer after. Again, you wouldn't be able to tell but they're there. All anti-virus/anti-spyware programs leave traces on your system. They don't have to remove all of the spyware, just enough to keep it from running. That's why it's fairly common if you use a removal tool and then run a second removal tool, for the second tool to find problems. (The second tool is simply finding a different part of the same infection that the first program "killed".) I fix infected systems for a living, and my procedure is: Backup Spybot and AdAware HijackThis Format (And my only experience with Spyware Doctor is that I've had one customer who installed it, and it was so badly infected that I couldn't clean it. I frankly suspected that Spyware Doctor was spyware (simply under my general assumption that "if it claims to protect you from viruses/spyware, and I haven't heard of it, then I assume it is spyware"), although none of the tools I used "fingered" it.) (In fact, in the case of that one customer, I had to recommend that he buy a new system, because he wasn't able to get Windows to re-install after a format, although that problem was due to a screw-up made by the hardware manufacturer when it was built. The spyware wasn't preventing an OS install.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticksboi05 Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 All anti-virus/anti-spyware programs leave traces on your system. They don't have to remove all of the spyware, just enough to keep it from running. That's why it's fairly common if you use a removal tool and then run a second removal tool, for the second tool to find problems. (The second tool is simply finding a different part of the same infection that the first program "killed".) I fix infected systems for a living, and my procedure is: Backup Spybot and AdAware HijackThis Format (And my only experience with Spyware Doctor is that I've had one customer who installed it, and it was so badly infected that I couldn't clean it. I frankly suspected that Spyware Doctor was spyware (simply under my general assumption that "if it claims to protect you from viruses/spyware, and I haven't heard of it, then I assume it is spyware"), although none of the tools I used "fingered" it.) (In fact, in the case of that one customer, I had to recommend that he buy a new system, because he wasn't able to get Windows to re-install after a format, although that problem was due to a screw-up made by the hardware manufacturer when it was built. The spyware wasn't preventing an OS install.) Can't deny any of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fergasun Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 I fix infected systems for a living, and my procedure is: Backup Spybot and AdAware HijackThis Format Good Advice...I mostly do "rolling backups" of any important data. I also have a separate directory with any programs I've installed that can easily be backed-up. I use hard-drive partitions to segregate out data. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinnedAussie Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 This is how I got rid of all my spyware problems: Then again, I did have a screen that looked like this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enter Apotheosis Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 I can't really respect anyone who becomes a Linux or Mac fan simply because they fail miserably at maintaining a Windows machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinnedAussie Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 EA, I never had a spyware/virus/trojan problem with my pc when I ran Windoze; I just chose another (better?) option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enter Apotheosis Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 EA, I never had a spyware/virus/trojan problem with my pc when I ran Windoze; I just chose another (better?) option. Thats perfectly fine. I just think its dumb when people switch over and then make a point of trashing their old system while systematically proving that they never properly learned how to use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 I can't really respect anyone who becomes a Linux or Mac fan simply because they fail miserably at maintaining a Windows machine. Riiiiiggggggghhhhhhhtttttttt. It's the user's fault. Those ignorant users should know better then to add code to their e-mail program so that people on the internet can run programs on their computer simply by e-mailing it to them. And there's no security problem at all with a web browser that gives every web page on the internet permission to modify the operating system, simply by visiting the web page. After all, everybody knows that an operating system just won't work unless it includes a web browser that has the ability to modify the OS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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