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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! |
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 :) |
If Adaware not works,try HiJackThis http://www.merijn.org/index.html
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try microsoft antispyware
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download and install this
its from micosoft (its free) and it should get ride of the crap that is fucking with you. |
thanks for all the suggestions trying them all!
Learned my lesson... never click links on GFY as the first person :mad: |
Make sure you run your spyware programs in Safe Mode.
They can't remove files if they are in use by Windows :2 cents: |
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. |
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nothing has worked... it keeps surviving.
My explorer is :about:blank and loads thru startsearches.net any other ideas... |
any ideas??
This shit is getting out of hand! |
Get a paid one like Bullet proof..those free ones don't do shit for me and I tried them all
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run your spyware sweeps in safe mode
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I did Helix!
It finds it.. kills it and 5 minutes later or after reboot it resurfaces! |
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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. |
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Best of luck, you're going to need it. :winkwink: |
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' |
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Safe mode
| \/ Hijackthis | \/ Adaware SE | \/ Spybot | \/ Microsoft Anitispyware Result... killed it for 5 minutes and it is back! |
man I feel for ya, all you can do is keep repeating the process, try deleting any files the scanners find manually.
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http://www.ewido.net great program
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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 |
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 :( |
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turn off system restore, then reboot in safe mode and try cleaning again
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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. |
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Go to the control panel and turn system restore off.
Then reboot into safe mode and run adaware. Then reboot. |
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this is good i used too and took all the spywares out of the computer.. |
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. |
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Last move.. the almighty format c: Karma is a bitch Mgibson hope you get assfucked soon! :321GFY |
Download HijackThis 1.99.1
do a system scan and save logfile post logfile in this thread |
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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...! |
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.
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Well, if you do format, make sure you have no 'hidden' partitions or it will all be for nothing.
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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. |
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