I'm no dummy, but I can't remove this spyware.. HELP!
 

My family decided to do what they do and download shit that they don't know what it is. Very nice. So now I have to clear this all off.
But this spyware is resilliant!

res://hsbbz.dll/index.html

That's what I get when I open IE.
How can I remove this? I looked through all my index.html files (like 1,500 on my HD) and searched for hsbbz.dll with no luck.

Any ideas? Searchbot didn't remove it either.

:1orglaugh :1orglaugh

Want to help Dre? Or going to just offer GFY what you always have.

download 'hijack this'

What you offer except bashing everybody everytime you can ?

Lookout your registeries one by one maybe you will find something :")

I have six spyware removal programs...although they help,they couldn't get rid of it permanantly....try this
Turn off your system restore.
You have to disable the active desktop, but it has to be done via the registry. That's the spyware porngraph uses.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Explorer
Add a DWORD value called NoActiveDesktop and set the data to 1.
Restart, you're set.
Also I have a program that you have to pay for but it worked for me..I keep saying it but nobody believes me.
No Spy Xtreme

have you tried adaware and spybot yet?

Alright Dre, I know you love my attention so here it is: you're on ignore. Tired of your retarded sig whoring. You are a very stupid person.

ROFL ... yea keep bashing everybody :) You NEVER posted anything usefull to anybody anyways lol

I hope you enjoy clicking on every one of my posts :) Will just waste more of your time

I have had good luck with webroot spy sweeper

got to ad-aware.com & download the program and run.

I got one that I could not get rid of. I tried almost every spyware removal program to no avail. I tried all the manual fixes I found on the net...no luck.

I finally just did a system "Restore" for the date before it first appeared on my system. It was gone.

that doesnt do shit with most of the new home page hijackers. The only advice I can offer is download Spyware Guard and enable the "Browser Hijack Protection". Each time somthing or somebody tries to change your homepage it will notify you.

Hey Brad.....I had some shit about a month ago, I tried everything everyone has mentioned and then some! Nothing worked....they would get rid of it and then everytime I restarted, it came right back!!! Drove me nuts. I finally took it to someone, they couldn't get rid of it either. Finally had to reformat! Good luck!!! :thumbsup

After you get it done, go into your browser security settings and raise your security higher than default. Else be ready for lots of active-x client side shit and other unhealthy organisms :(

And stop surfing for porn! It'll grow hair on your eyeballs. :)

Try running those spyware programs in safe mode and see if you can permanently remove hsbbz.dll that way. Also download highjack this and run that in safe mode. I hope that helps.

Mark

ad-aware 6 PRO works really well with me :glugglug

I have heard to run it in advanced mode though because it finds alot more spyware. Takes alot longer but definetly works better.

Mark

Brad did you try reinstalling IE
res protocol looking for a .dll you don't have instead of your start page
worth a try anyway

I had that same bullshit spyware on my computer yesterday, its called "home search assistant" its a bitch to get rid off. Try this program it really helped me out.

http://hsremove.bravehost.com/

404 :(

Its working for me, try re-loading it.

This is where I found it:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/vb/showthr...hybrid&t=35397

Try running those spyware programs in safe mode. It'll work, at least for me.

Thanks Chris... your suggestion got rid of it for me.

Cheers!

Good to hear. Now install that SpywareGuard.. it'll be the best move you EVER made.:winkwink: lol.

Damn, I guess if you want to get BradM's goat you just gotta infect him with some bullshit.

Cool deal glad it worked, I was fighting with the spyware all day until I found that solution.

:thumbsup

If you havent allready, yeah... what he said. Cleaned my issue right up.