GoFuckYourself.com - Adult Webmaster Forum

GoFuckYourself.com - Adult Webmaster Forum (https://gfy.com/index.php)
-   Fucking Around & Business Discussion (https://gfy.com/forumdisplay.php?f=26)
-   -   Spyware Removal... Help Needed! (https://gfy.com/showthread.php?t=468462)

Yankee Scum 05-17-2005 05:20 AM

Spyware Removal... Help Needed!
 
Thanks to my stupidity i clicked one of Mgibson's threads here on GFY.

I do not read GFY daily butthanks to his link my computer is now infested with spyware and I cannot clean the system...

I have tried Spybot and Adaware SE....

But I still get the popups and my internet explorer is not in my control... :help!

I keep getting a about:blank

and it then connects thru startsearchers.net .... to get the popups and trying to sell my spyware removal tools... LOL!

Advice needed.

Thanks to firefox I can make this post :)

Ohh and enjoy your fun Mgibson!

DutchTeenCash 05-17-2005 05:22 AM

adaware gets it most of the times, did you check update and use plugins?

oh : and use FF all the time, you wont regret it :)

TheSwed 05-17-2005 05:25 AM

If Adaware not works,try HiJackThis http://www.merijn.org/index.html

Yankee Scum 05-17-2005 05:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thinkx
adaware gets it most of the times, did you check update and use plugins?

oh : and use FF all the time, you wont regret it :)

Yeah i love adaware but it is drawing dead here.

:mad:

More Booze 05-17-2005 05:27 AM

try microsoft antispyware

juicy post bot 05-17-2005 05:27 AM

download and install this
its from micosoft (its free) and it should get ride of the crap that is fucking with you.

Yankee Scum 05-17-2005 05:32 AM

thanks for all the suggestions trying them all!

Learned my lesson... never click links on GFY as the first person :mad:

mardigras 05-17-2005 05:36 AM

Make sure you run your spyware programs in Safe Mode.
They can't remove files if they are in use by Windows :2 cents:

Babagirls 05-17-2005 05:38 AM

get Webroot Spy Sweeper (i think it was $20 bucks or something)

not only does it get all that shit off of your computer, but it also protects as an anti-virus/firewall as well. it got rid of a trojan on my pc that nothing else could get.

mardigras 05-17-2005 05:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thinkx
oh : and use FF all the time, you wont regret it :)

All of you folks so in love with FF are in for a rude awakening... :glugglug

Yankee Scum 05-17-2005 06:07 AM

nothing has worked... it keeps surviving.

My explorer is :about:blank and loads thru startsearches.net

any other ideas...

Yankee Scum 05-17-2005 06:25 AM

any ideas??

This shit is getting out of hand!

Spunky 05-17-2005 06:27 AM

Get a paid one like Bullet proof..those free ones don't do shit for me and I tried them all

Helix 05-17-2005 06:28 AM

run your spyware sweeps in safe mode

Yankee Scum 05-17-2005 06:30 AM

I did Helix!

It finds it.. kills it and 5 minutes later or after reboot it resurfaces!

juicy post bot 05-17-2005 06:33 AM

go here, you will find some links to how to remove it

MickeyG 05-17-2005 06:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mardigras
All of you folks so in love with FF are in for a rude awakening... :glugglug

a rude awaking? wtf. Of course I expect issues in the future with FF but in the mean time it sure has been nice not getting infected.

As far as cleaning that shit off your computer, your going to need all of the above and lots of luck. I've yet to find any one app that can fully clean a pc.

MickeyG 05-17-2005 06:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yankee Scum
I did Helix!

It finds it.. kills it and 5 minutes later or after reboot it resurfaces!

Get HijackThis and remove it from the startup files. Then run all those various scanners.

Best of luck, you're going to need it. :winkwink:

Quickdraw 05-17-2005 07:11 AM

Neuber.com
Check out their Task Monitor.

SpyCatcher and CounterSpy are good programs. CounterSpy will not run with the Microsoft software installed(but is supposed to be the best)

Now, pay close attention to the credit cards you have used with that computer. They might be 'out there'

e-god 05-17-2005 07:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mardigras
Make sure you run your spyware programs in Safe Mode.
They can't remove files if they are in use by Windows :2 cents:

what he said

Yankee Scum 05-17-2005 07:19 AM

Safe mode
|
\/
Hijackthis
|
\/
Adaware SE
|
\/
Spybot
|
\/
Microsoft Anitispyware

Result... killed it for 5 minutes and it is back!

MickeyG 05-17-2005 07:23 AM

man I feel for ya, all you can do is keep repeating the process, try deleting any files the scanners find manually.

hvidlogspusher 05-17-2005 07:29 AM

http://www.ewido.net great program

rayzor 05-17-2005 07:36 AM

i've been removing these nasty pests for years! i've learned that NO spyware cleaner will fix those with the nasty, annoying popups. some of the paid ones are the same ones that infect you and try to sell you a fix! best bet is to use hijack this. it's not exactly a cleaner. it just scans your memory and lets you know what's being loaded... so if you're not tech savvy.. you might want to hire a professional or get a computer buddy to help you because if you delete the wrong thing it can really hose your system! if you want to try it yourself, run hijack.. and research on google for every file listed.. sometimes the spyware might have changed it's name and make things harder. odds are if the filename sounds funny, new (around the time infection started) or is not in the directory of any known program, it's a spyware. delete them with hijackk.. if it comes back, odds are great it's part of some spyware and you'll need to go to safe mode w/command prompt and remove it there. you'll have to keep doing this over and over until the infection is clear because if you don't remove the whole thing it'll install itself again.

good luck! and don't blame me if you fuck up your system because you don't know what your'e doing! :1orglaugh

Yankee Scum 05-17-2005 08:07 AM

im so close to giving up.. nothing helps i even bought friggin spyware remover and used it in safemode!

Thanks alot Mgibson fucking scumbag!

Format c: is like 2 seconds away :(

directfiesta 05-17-2005 08:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yankee Scum
any ideas??

This shit is getting out of hand!

Ask 12clicks... He knows alot about that :mad:

austinth 05-17-2005 08:13 AM

turn off system restore, then reboot in safe mode and try cleaning again

Steve 05-17-2005 08:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yankee Scum
im so close to giving up.. nothing helps i even bought friggin spyware remover and used it in safemode!

Thanks alot Mgibson fucking scumbag!

Format c: is like 2 seconds away :(

that shit got me like a week ago
I now have my operating system on a smaller harddrive, and all my work is on larger slave drives

the idea being, next time I get fucked, I wont lose my work, it'll just be a format c: and reinstall OS

I killed about 24 working hours trying to remove that shit - no use (I tried all the stuff here, and more, read numerous forums, etc) - frankly, my time is worth way more than a new set of hard drives and some OS. I bet your time is worth more, too.

Quickdraw 05-17-2005 08:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yankee Scum
im so close to giving up.. nothing helps i even bought friggin spyware remover and used it in safemode!

Thanks alot Mgibson fucking scumbag!

Format c: is like 2 seconds away :(

which one did you buy?

Snake Doctor 05-17-2005 08:28 AM

Go to the control panel and turn system restore off.

Then reboot into safe mode and run adaware.

Then reboot.

HpicAnn 05-17-2005 08:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by More Booze
try microsoft antispyware


this is good i used too and took all the spywares out of the computer..

Helix 05-17-2005 09:12 AM

control alt delete to get to the windows task manager, then one by one look up the processes that are running in this chart located here:
http://www.liutilities.com/products/...rocesslibrary/
once you have identified the bug, google for removal instructions. I know, it sucks ass, but it works.

Quickdraw 05-17-2005 09:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Helix
control alt delete to get to the windows task manager, then one by one look up the processes that are running in this chart located here:
http://www.liutilities.com/products/...rocesslibrary/
once you have identified the bug, google for removal instructions. I know, it sucks ass, but it works.

The Neuber task manager is much easier ;)

Yankee Scum 05-17-2005 09:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Babagirls
get Webroot Spy Sweeper (i think it was $20 bucks or something)

not only does it get all that shit off of your computer, but it also protects as an anti-virus/firewall as well. it got rid of a trojan on my pc that nothing else could get.

It failed!!!

Last move.. the almighty format c:

Karma is a bitch Mgibson hope you get assfucked soon! :321GFY

wjxxx 05-17-2005 09:30 AM

Download HijackThis 1.99.1
do a system scan and save logfile
post logfile in this thread

Yankee Scum 05-17-2005 09:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lenny2
Go to the control panel and turn system restore off.

Then reboot into safe mode and run adaware.

Then reboot.

Thanks for the feedback mate!

But at this point after so many failed attempts and not even a programer of mine could remove it..

I have decieded that format c: will be in my best interest.. cannot take the chance that tehre is a keylogger stealing my hard work and ideas! :Oh crap

BTW i icq'ed you yesterday... will probally go a day or so before i have the time to talk due to upgrading my network and 3 computers.. this move by a lowlife like Mgibson was a wake up call...!

DWB 05-17-2005 09:32 AM

I only use Fire Fox and up until last week I have not had a single problem. However this week starts something new... I am getting some NASTY ones now using FF. SO much for hassle free surfing.

Quickdraw 05-17-2005 09:33 AM

Well, if you do format, make sure you have no 'hidden' partitions or it will all be for nothing.

Yankee Scum 05-17-2005 09:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Quickdraw
Well, if you do format, make sure you have no 'hidden' partitions or it will all be for nothing.

please advice on how to locate hidden partitions... or will they go away by delting partiotions and letting xp create new ones?

Snake Doctor 05-17-2005 09:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yankee Scum
Thanks for the feedback mate!

But at this point after so many failed attempts and not even a programer of mine could remove it..

I have decieded that format c: will be in my best interest.. cannot take the chance that tehre is a keylogger stealing my hard work and ideas! :Oh crap

BTW i icq'ed you yesterday... will probally go a day or so before i have the time to talk due to upgrading my network and 3 computers.. this move by a lowlife like Mgibson was a wake up call...!

Ok no prob.

A guy on my bowling team fixes computers for a living. 90% of his work is spyware removal.

He told me to follow those steps, because the "smart" spyware will use system restore to reinstall itself after you remove it with adaware.....and it can hide itself from adaware if your system is running in normal mode.

Hence turning system restore off and running the scan in safe mode.

I think you should try it before you format C....but it's your call.


All times are GMT -7. The time now is 04:32 PM.

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.8
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
©2000-, AI Media Network Inc123