Adware

Somehow My PC has managed to get some Adware on it.
I have backupped my registry, and deleted the keys as told via my
Anti-Virus software. So i re ran the program and said they where still
present, even though it's a clean registry, I've checked to make sure the
keys are gone. But it still say's the adware is present. I have managed to
delete some of the bits manually. But soem of them i can't find, even
through the find, file\folders program. Is there anything I can do else, or
is it safe as the keys are missing?

Dave Q

On Tue, 16 Mar 2004 22:21:42 +0000, Dave Quinton wrote:

> Somehow My PC has managed to get some Adware on it. I have backupped my
> registry, and deleted the keys as told via my Anti-Virus software. So i re
> ran the program and said they where still present, even though it's a
> clean registry, I've checked to make sure the keys are gone. But it still
> say's the adware is present. I have managed to delete some of the bits
> manually. But soem of them i can't find, even through the find,
> file\folders program. Is there anything I can do else, or is it safe as
> the keys are missing?
>
> Dave Q
Have you installed, updated to current, and run AdAware and Spybot?

Bitstring <W5L5c.18471$Iw2.406263876@news-text.cableinet.net>, from the
wonderful person Dave Quinton <rug.rats@blueyonder.co.uk> said
>Somehow My PC has managed to get some Adware on it.
>I have backupped my registry, and deleted the keys as told via my
>Anti-Virus software. So i re ran the program and said they where still
>present, even though it's a clean registry, I've checked to make sure the
>keys are gone. But it still say's the adware is present. I have managed to
>delete some of the bits manually. But soem of them i can't find, even
>through the find, file\folders program. Is there anything I can do else, or
>is it safe as the keys are missing?

Quit trying to do it manually and get 'spybot S&D' from
www.security.kolla.de (I think I typed that right, if not just google
for it).

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Outgoing Msgs are Turing Tested,and indistinguishable from human typing.

Go to www.download.com and then type ad-aware. Download ad-aware, it's free
then scan
whole disc, and you will fix the problems.
Kind regards

"Dave Quinton" <rug.rats@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
news:W5L5c.18471$Iw2.406263876@news-text.cableinet.net...
> Somehow My PC has managed to get some Adware on it.
> I have backupped my registry, and deleted the keys as told via my
> Anti-Virus software. So i re ran the program and said they where still
> present, even though it's a clean registry, I've checked to make sure the
> keys are gone. But it still say's the adware is present. I have managed to
> delete some of the bits manually. But soem of them i can't find, even
> through the find, file\folders program. Is there anything I can do else,
or
> is it safe as the keys are missing?
>
> Dave Q
>
>

"Dave Quinton" <rug.rats@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
news:W5L5c.18471$Iw2.406263876@news-text.cableinet.net...
> Somehow My PC has managed to get some Adware on it.
> I have backupped my registry, and deleted the keys as
told via my
> Anti-Virus software. So i re ran the program and said they
where still
> present, even though it's a clean registry, I've checked
to make sure the
> keys are gone. But it still say's the adware is present. I
have managed to
> delete some of the bits manually. But soem of them i can't
find, even
> through the find, file\folders program. Is there anything
I can do else, or
> is it safe as the keys are missing?
>
> Dave Q

There are several threads in this NG plus other NGs that
address these issues.

Most antivirus programs just check for viruses and
occasionally worms and/or trojans. You also need anti
spyware/maleware software.

D/L Lavasoft's Ad-aware 6.0 from http://www.lavasoftusa.com/

You will need to click on the word Ad-aware in the left hand
box on the screen to get to the FREE version.

Also D/L Spybot Search and Destroy 1.2 from
http://www.safer-networking.org/

This is also a free program (Donation ware). You will need
to run the update feature in each program after you install
them.

Why both? One of them may catch spyware/maleware that the
other one doesn't find. Recently a friend found 116 spyware
problems with Ad-aware that Spybot S&D missed. I've seen the
opposite situation too.
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Chas. verktyg@aol.spamski.com (Drop spamski to E-mail
me)

In Message-ID:<Tbn7c.26862$M66.14425@newssvr29.news.prodigy.com> posted
on Sun, 21 Mar 2004 20:47:47 GMT, * * Chas wrote:

>Recently a friend found 116 spyware
>problems with Ad-aware that Spybot S&D missed. I've seen the
>opposite situation too.

116?
What kind of clickhappy surfing does that guy do? ;-)

--

Bart

On Sun, 21 Mar 2004 14:51:41 -0800, Bart Bailey <me2@privacy.net> wrote:

>In Message-ID:<Tbn7c.26862$M66.14425@newssvr29.news.prodigy.com> posted
>on Sun, 21 Mar 2004 20:47:47 GMT, * * Chas wrote:
>
>>Recently a friend found 116 spyware
>>problems with Ad-aware that Spybot S&D missed. I've seen the
>>opposite situation too.
>
>116?
>What kind of clickhappy surfing does that guy do? ;-)

Some prevention would help reduce what Adaware and Spybot
will find. They should do some clicking on these links for
a change.

http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster/
http://www.winpatrol.com/winpatrol.html
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/restricted.htm#Why
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

http://www.claymania.com/safe-hex.html

BoB

"Bart Bailey" <me2@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> In
Message-ID:<Tbn7c.26862$M66.14425@newssvr29.news.prodigy.com
> posted
> on Sun, 21 Mar 2004 20:47:47 GMT, * * Chas wrote:
>
> >Recently a friend found 116 spyware
> >problems with Ad-aware that Spybot S&D missed. I've seen
the
> >opposite situation too.
>
> 116?
> What kind of clickhappy surfing does that guy do? ;-)

Actually,

Last fall my niece and her 9 year old daughter got slammed
after they installed Comcast's DSL software. They had over
100MB of hard core porn on their HDD. They had over 5
hijacker programs. It took me hours to clean up the crap!
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me)