"SurfGhost " Hijacked my machine

[David Petika]

I downloaded a program called "SurfGhost" since then I
have had one problem after another. I uninstalled the
program just as its web page told me to. Now I can not
use my history files while browsing and I can not delete
the folder that it installed on my machine. I have tried
to use command prompt and every other trick including
claiming the security rights on the folder no good.
I have gone to the web site of this trojan and found it
to be of no use.
If I click on history I find an index file that refers me
to the surfghost folder.

How do I change where my machine looks for history?

On top of all that surfghost puts spybots on my machine
every day.

HELP

 

[DVarnau]

David,
Which OS? If you have ME or XP and you installed SurfGhost just a few days
ago, you could try a Restore.

I found a discussion at:
http://www.nerdhelp.com/forums/inde...=surfghost&s=9542fa9d715570c0f344d7634bf972b3
or
http://snurl.com/Surfghost
and
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/index.php?showtopic=12017&hl=surfghost&st=0
This discussion isn't over yet <G> You might watch it to see what the
outcome is.

Regards,
Don

 

[H Leboeuf]

From what I know SurfGhost is ligit. It may or may not be the culprit.



Find out.
If it is then please post back to this thread so that we can all learn.

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