admail, spyware

[iraj]

i have adware and/or spyware on my windows xp desktop. it
show yellow rectangle on the taskbar/start menu. this
yellow rectangle blinking and sometimes pops up an ad
telling me i have worms/viruses in my pc and advice me to
go to a website to let remove it. i had other background
pic on my desktop and it has changed to white.Does anybody
have any ideas about this adware/spyware and how to remove
it manually? I have microsoft antispyware beta on my
system but it can not find and delete it.
thanks,
iraj

 

[Mikolaj]

i have adware and/or spyware on my windows xp desktop. it

show yellow rectangle on the taskbar/start menu. this
yellow rectangle blinking and sometimes pops up an ad
telling me i have worms/viruses in my pc and advice me to
go to a website to let remove it. i had other background
pic on my desktop and it has changed to white.Does anybody
have any ideas about this adware/spyware and how to remove
it manually? I have microsoft antispyware beta on my
system but it can not find and delete it.
thanks,
iraj

First of all - send a Suspected Spyware Report through the Tools menu of
MSAS to the SpyNet.

Then turn off the System Restore: Start-> right click on My computer ->
Properties -> System restore -> select the box ' Turn off system restore '
and press Apply, then exit.
(Remember to turn it on - i.e. deselect that box - again after cleaning the
system!!)

Next start the computer in the Safe mode (F8 during boot-up), run Windows
Explorer, go to your profile temporary folders (usually C:\Documents and
Settings\username\local settings\temp and c:\Documents and
Settings\username\local settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5) and
delete all the files in those directories and subdirectories. Then do a
full system scan with MS AntiSpyware (check the proper option under Scan
settings). Scan the computer with the antivirus software that you use. And
also with some other "cleaning" software such as:

Spybot Search&Destroy http://www.majorgeeks.com/download2471.html
HijackThis http://www.majorgeeks.com/download3155.html
CWShredder http://www.majorgeeks.com/download3019.html
Ad-Aware SE Personal http://www.lavasoft.com/software/adaware/
McAfee Stinger http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/

If you run HijackThis you can check the log it prepares - just copy and
paste it to the http://www.hijackthis.de web page and click analyze button.

Need a free antivirus? Try this one http://www.free-av.com

And protect your system with antispyware, antivirus and firewall software.
Keep this software up to date.
Also KEEP THE SYSTEM UP TO DATE (http://www.windowsupdate.com)