unremovable spyware
 

I disconnected my pc from the internet and RAN norton, spy sweeper, spyboy search and destroy, all virtus checkers
and removed everything.

Now that im plugged back in I have elite toolbar and a ton
of other shit again.

Anyone ran into a problem this bad?

I let an idiot friend of mine on my PC. I've never seen spyware like this before.

2 months ago I decided to switch to Firefox; I have never seen spyware anymore since I quit using IE

Same here. Since going to Firefox not a single one.

Do all that in "safe mode". Nothing is unremovable.


Also run Hijackthis. If you know anything about you pc, you can remove it manually.


Also run regedit go to the os and run see if anything is suspicious.

my friend used IE, i use opera.

the spyware is here. ive never had problems with spyware really this bad

i no longer will allow friends on this PC but i this fucking shit wont go away.

what is the BEST spyware remover on the market?

does service pack 2 get RID of old spyware?

I wish I could say the same...everyday atleast 20 -30 instances...Try this


CLEAN:
? HijackThis (HJT) / Tutorial
? Ad Aware / Tutorial
? SpySweeper
? Spybot S&D / Tutorial
? CWShredder
? The Cleaner

PREVENT:
? SpywareBlaster
? SpywareGuard

ANTIVIRUS & FIREWALL:
? Kaspersky AV
? Sygate Firewall Pro
? Kerio Firewall
? Zone Alarm

ONLINE VIRUS SCANNERS:
? TrendMicro
? BitDefender
? Panda
? RAV

RECOMMEND:
? DoxDesk Quick Parasite Check
? Windows Update

Thanks for the comprehensive list !

Truly usefull :)

...if everything else fails, do a manual regedit - in which you first browse through, and then do searches for all imagineable words, you think may be found in the piece of spyware youre searching for -> try looking at the source code of redirects etc for hints, search for tool, ad, pop, iet, etc etc (and of course, dont just remove it all - most of it is prolly legit)

try PestPatrol - it can sometimes find things the other spyware cleaners can't.
spysweeper/adaware/pestpatrol is a good combo.

I have to reiterate what Vitasoy said...

You have to run the scans in Safe Mode, otherwise the worst crap won't get deleted.
Windows "locks" some of the spyware files just like it protects system-files in normal mode.

Just before rebooting into Safe Mode, It's best if You update the scanners' definition-files... ("Live Update" etc.)
And at the same time, shut down Windows' "System Restore" feature on ALL disks.

Finally, newer spyware uses virus-techniques more & more and sometimes
actually infect systemfiles like "explorer.exe" and for some reason scanners'
miss this completely... if that's Your case, Your only safe bet is to do a system-file
restore from the Windows Install-CD, either in Safe Mode or by booting from it.
Or You could do an Over-Install from the CD and chose "No" at every prompt
asking wether You'd like to keep newer files installed...
The downside to this is that You'll lose system-updates like SP2 and smaller
patches... the pros are getting rid of infected system-files as well ;)

Make sure to have the installs for the patches/updates You want to have
installed downloaded/burnt to CD prior to doing this so You don't have to
connect to downlad these once You're done with the "over-install"...
Or else, You might get infected with shit through the vulnerabilities that Windows will now again have...
like Blaster etc. - Have patches against such "at home" and install them after
what I've suggested BEFORE You let the machine online again!

The safe mode suggestion is probably going to do the trick. The spyware likely has a file running during Windows which prevents your spyware killer from removing that is set to check for the other components at startup and reinstalls any missing.

Yes. Two days later I just had to format or live with it forever.

Thanks. Just AdAware and Norton isn't doing it for me. I've been putting this this off for weeks. You just made my job alot easier :thumbsup

Yeah man, same thing happend to me. I ran ad-aware.. it didn't remove everything. But it did remove most of it. The rest I just removed it manually..:2 cents:

If any of you guys here need any help with spyware/adware, let me know - SpyWar.