Microsoft released one not long ago. I hear it's very good.

Best one I've tried was the Windows XP Intallation CD.
It can let you format your hard drive and install the new version of windows, supposedly spyware free. :)

I had the same shit problem last week. Got damn, took me 10 hours to bring it back to live!

The Microsoft Antispyware is total shit. Lavasoft removes 2 times more crap off your computers than that antispyware tool by MS.

i am about to do that on a laptop that has something that just won't go away. It is the only thing that has ever gotten through on my system like that. It is actually the reason I started using firefox but it still launches an IE window when I don't have IE running. A few programs pick it up but none can remove it.

Did you try CWShredder, or something like that?

PestPatrol

I use Ad-Aware SE Personal :thumbsup

ad-aware, hijack-this and cw-shredder

thanks for this thread RRed...i also need this cause i get a lot of pop ups which pisses me off.

thanks for all the help as well guys.

this software is guaranteed to clear up all these kind of problems, for good. check it out here.

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adaware +spywareblaster+hijack this
this combination works

I like spybot but we caught something really nasty here last year and spybot couldn't get rid of it
I think the virus/spyware actually disabled spybot.
And then anytime I tried to go to a spyware removal site in IE I got redirected (by the spyware of course) to whatever program they were trying to sell me.

I had to go download netscape and then use that to download ad aware....which cleared it right up.

Started using firefox after that....no problems since (knock on wood)

hahahaha, get your sleep loser. the fry-0-lator waits for no man. :1orglaugh

If you're getting a bunch of popups and browser hijacks it sounds like you got that new VX2 bug and or CoolWWWSearch. I spent 10 hours last week on my mothers computer trying to get rid of it... it's a bitch.

The best option is to get those software people have been mentioning. HijackThis, Spybot and AdAware. There are spyware forums where you post the logs from HijackThis and the people give you a bunch of things to do over and over, it's a pain in the ass but really the only way you can get rid of it. Here is one of the forums.

Thanx Jey
good post (y)

Did you get it fixed?
Do you have a list of the stuff that is/was on there?

Webroot spysweeper

Mac OS or Linux or FreeBSD or anything so long as it isn't frikken Windows

http://www.hitmanpro.nl

that's

Ad-Aware SE 6.2 (versie 1.05)
Webroot SpySweeper 3 (1
Spybot Search & Destroy 1.3
SpywareBlaster 3.2
McAfee Stinger

all in one tool -> just hit go, and you're clean ;)

That is a cool program :thumbsup