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Hi......I just recently got a brand new computer with
Windows XP OS. It's been running fine up until today
when i went to go online and it kept hanging up. One of
the first things i did when i got it 2 weeks ago was to
download Adaware to try to keep out the spyware and
malware. When i put it on today (computer) ....I noticed
a big toolbar on the bottom that said "Searchbox" or
something to that effect. I have no idea where this came
from as i really haven't downloaded anything new into the
computer. I was able to remove it from the Add/Remove
task manager along with another file that
said "BargainBuys" or something to that effect. I then
figured i better run my Adaware Program and low and
behold.....was i was shocked when it came up with over
300 files along with registry keys and registry values.
I checked to remove them all but when it finished i got a
message saying some files couldn't be removed. It then
asked if i wanted Adaware to try to remove them when i
restart my computer. I checked "cancel" because i want
to make sure it is ok to remove them before i do
anything. The files are:
C:\programfiles\syssai\apropusplugin.dll
C:\programfiles\clearsearch\csie.dll
C:\windows\system32\msiefr40.dll
C:\windows\system32\stlbdist.dll

Is it safe to have Adaware remove these files or do i
need them to keep my system up and running?? I have no
idea where these over 300 files came from. The only
thing i can think of is my friend's son was on-line last
night in chatrooms and playing games on AOL. My son
tends to download things associated with his X-box live
like WarZone and teamcompete. Could these be the
culprits putting that nasty spyware on my computer?? The
risk factor for just about all of them are low with one
being Medium risk factor and possible browser hijacker.
Any help as to whether i can safely remove the above
files would be greatly appreciated.......Thanx...Patty
 
Hi Patty,

Yes, they are all safe to remove. They are all part of various spy and ad
programs. You may want to install this utility to prevent this from
happening in the future:

Spyware Blaster: www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Windows
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
 
There are spyware removal tools and then there are tools
that use a similar name and claim to remove spyware while
they install spyware.

Did you get Ad-Aware from www.lavasoftusa.com or
www.lavasoft.de Those are the correct sites.

Also SpyBot Search & Destroy from www.safer-networking.org
is an excellent and powerful program.


message | Hi......I just recently got a brand new computer with
| Windows XP OS. It's been running fine up until today
| when i went to go online and it kept hanging up. One of
| the first things i did when i got it 2 weeks ago was to
| download Adaware to try to keep out the spyware and
| malware. When i put it on today (computer) ....I noticed
| a big toolbar on the bottom that said "Searchbox" or
| something to that effect. I have no idea where this came
| from as i really haven't downloaded anything new into the
| computer. I was able to remove it from the Add/Remove
| task manager along with another file that
| said "BargainBuys" or something to that effect. I then
| figured i better run my Adaware Program and low and
| behold.....was i was shocked when it came up with over
| 300 files along with registry keys and registry values.
| I checked to remove them all but when it finished i got a
| message saying some files couldn't be removed. It then
| asked if i wanted Adaware to try to remove them when i
| restart my computer. I checked "cancel" because i want
| to make sure it is ok to remove them before i do
| anything. The files are:
| C:\programfiles\syssai\apropusplugin.dll
| C:\programfiles\clearsearch\csie.dll
| C:\windows\system32\msiefr40.dll
| C:\windows\system32\stlbdist.dll
|
| Is it safe to have Adaware remove these files or do i
| need them to keep my system up and running?? I have no
| idea where these over 300 files came from. The only
| thing i can think of is my friend's son was on-line last
| night in chatrooms and playing games on AOL. My son
| tends to download things associated with his X-box live
| like WarZone and teamcompete. Could these be the
| culprits putting that nasty spyware on my computer?? The
| risk factor for just about all of them are low with one
| being Medium risk factor and possible browser hijacker.
| Any help as to whether i can safely remove the above
| files would be greatly appreciated.......Thanx...Patty
 
I did download adaware from lavasoft.com. I just
downloaded Spybot from a website i copied and pasted in
here. It gave options for about 4 different places to
download it from. I believe i downloaded my from Kejoe
or something like that. Should i remove this and
download it from safer-networking.org??
 
thanx for the reply. I have a question about Spyblaster
though. I read about it in another post in here last
week and installed it on my Win98se computer. I don't
know if one thing has anything to do with the other but
the following day after turning my computer back on.....I
had desktop icons for "casino games, card games, and
things like that. The only thing that i downloaded was
spyblaster so i removed it thinking it might have been
the culprit for putting these things onto my computer. I
also mysteriously had some "foreign" search browser. I
was able again to remove these things in the Add/Remove
task manager but am puzzled as to how these things get
onto my computer to begin with. I have 2 computers. One
being Windows98se connected via verizon dsl and microsoft
wireless router and the second one is this WindowXP which
i have a USB wireless adapter hooked up to to pick up the
signals from the router. It just seems funny that it
happens to my Win98se and then 2 days
later......basically the same thing happens to my WinXP
system. Anyway...my question is ......why didn't
Spyblaster pick these things up before they were
installed onto my computer or.......was Spyblaster the
culprit who installed them. Didn't have Spyblaster on
the WinXP system so i'm tending to doubt the latter.
Thanx for any and all help.........Patty
 
There are legitimate mirror sites, so if you see the correct
sites listed and the program is identified as being from
Kolla then you have the proper SpyBot S&D 1.2.
Lavasoftusa.com is correct for Ad-Aware 6.181

But the "evil guys" seem to spoof or at least mimic names
trying to get you to download the spyware programs (or
viruses) by trickery. If you have install the programs,
there should be an "about" item on the help menu or you can
select the downloaded file and check its properties.


| I did download adaware from lavasoft.com. I just
| downloaded Spybot from a website i copied and pasted in
| here. It gave options for about 4 different places to
| download it from. I believe i downloaded my from Kejoe
| or something like that. Should i remove this and
| download it from safer-networking.org??
| >-----Original Message-----
| >There are spyware removal tools and then there are tools
| >that use a similar name and claim to remove spyware while
| >they install spyware.
| >
| >Did you get Ad-Aware from www.lavasoftusa.com or
| >www.lavasoft.de Those are the correct sites.
| >
| >Also SpyBot Search & Destroy from www.safer-
| networking.org
| >is an excellent and powerful program.
| >
| >
| >message | >| Hi......I just recently got a brand new computer with
| >| Windows XP OS. It's been running fine up until today
| >| when i went to go online and it kept hanging up. One
| of
| >| the first things i did when i got it 2 weeks ago was to
| >| download Adaware to try to keep out the spyware and
| >| malware. When i put it on today (computer) ....I
| noticed
| >| a big toolbar on the bottom that said "Searchbox" or
| >| something to that effect. I have no idea where this
| came
| >| from as i really haven't downloaded anything new into
| the
| >| computer. I was able to remove it from the Add/Remove
| >| task manager along with another file that
| >| said "BargainBuys" or something to that effect. I then
| >| figured i better run my Adaware Program and low and
| >| behold.....was i was shocked when it came up with over
| >| 300 files along with registry keys and registry values.
| >| I checked to remove them all but when it finished i
| got a
| >| message saying some files couldn't be removed. It then
| >| asked if i wanted Adaware to try to remove them when i
| >| restart my computer. I checked "cancel" because i want
| >| to make sure it is ok to remove them before i do
| >| anything. The files are:
| >| C:\programfiles\syssai\apropusplugin.dll
| >| C:\programfiles\clearsearch\csie.dll
| >| C:\windows\system32\msiefr40.dll
| >| C:\windows\system32\stlbdist.dll
| >|
| >| Is it safe to have Adaware remove these files or do i
| >| need them to keep my system up and running?? I have no
| >| idea where these over 300 files came from. The only
| >| thing i can think of is my friend's son was on-line
| last
| >| night in chatrooms and playing games on AOL. My son
| >| tends to download things associated with his X-box live
| >| like WarZone and teamcompete. Could these be the
| >| culprits putting that nasty spyware on my computer??
| The
| >| risk factor for just about all of them are low with one
| >| being Medium risk factor and possible browser hijacker.
| >| Any help as to whether i can safely remove the above
| >| files would be greatly appreciated.......Thanx...Patty
| >
| >
| >.
| >
 
Be sure you have the firewalls on wireless security set to
keep unwanted stuff away from your computers and networks.

A firewall like Zone Alarm will alert you if something on
your computer is calling home for ads.


| thanx for the reply. I have a question about Spyblaster
| though. I read about it in another post in here last
| week and installed it on my Win98se computer. I don't
| know if one thing has anything to do with the other but
| the following day after turning my computer back on.....I
| had desktop icons for "casino games, card games, and
| things like that. The only thing that i downloaded was
| spyblaster so i removed it thinking it might have been
| the culprit for putting these things onto my computer. I
| also mysteriously had some "foreign" search browser. I
| was able again to remove these things in the Add/Remove
| task manager but am puzzled as to how these things get
| onto my computer to begin with. I have 2 computers. One
| being Windows98se connected via verizon dsl and microsoft
| wireless router and the second one is this WindowXP which
| i have a USB wireless adapter hooked up to to pick up the
| signals from the router. It just seems funny that it
| happens to my Win98se and then 2 days
| later......basically the same thing happens to my WinXP
| system. Anyway...my question is ......why didn't
| Spyblaster pick these things up before they were
| installed onto my computer or.......was Spyblaster the
| culprit who installed them. Didn't have Spyblaster on
| the WinXP system so i'm tending to doubt the latter.
| Thanx for any and all help.........Patty
| >-----Original Message-----
| >Hi Patty,
| >
| >Yes, they are all safe to remove. They are all part of
| various spy and ad
| >programs. You may want to install this utility to
| prevent this from
| >happening in the future:
| >
| >Spyware Blaster:
| www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
| >
| >--
| >Best of Luck,
| >
| >Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Windows
| >Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!
| >
| >Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
| >
| >
| >
| message
| >| >> Hi......I just recently got a brand new computer with
| >> Windows XP OS. It's been running fine up until today
| >> when i went to go online and it kept hanging up. One
| of
| >> the first things i did when i got it 2 weeks ago was to
| >> download Adaware to try to keep out the spyware and
| >> malware. When i put it on today (computer) ....I
| noticed
| >> a big toolbar on the bottom that said "Searchbox" or
| >> something to that effect. I have no idea where this
| came
| >> from as i really haven't downloaded anything new into
| the
| >> computer. I was able to remove it from the Add/Remove
| >> task manager along with another file that
| >> said "BargainBuys" or something to that effect. I then
| >> figured i better run my Adaware Program and low and
| >> behold.....was i was shocked when it came up with over
| >> 300 files along with registry keys and registry values.
| >> I checked to remove them all but when it finished i
| got a
| >> message saying some files couldn't be removed. It then
| >> asked if i wanted Adaware to try to remove them when i
| >> restart my computer. I checked "cancel" because i want
| >> to make sure it is ok to remove them before i do
| >> anything. The files are:
| >> C:\programfiles\syssai\apropusplugin.dll
| >> C:\programfiles\clearsearch\csie.dll
| >> C:\windows\system32\msiefr40.dll
| >> C:\windows\system32\stlbdist.dll
| >>
| >> Is it safe to have Adaware remove these files or do i
| >> need them to keep my system up and running?? I have no
| >> idea where these over 300 files came from. The only
| >> thing i can think of is my friend's son was on-line
| last
| >> night in chatrooms and playing games on AOL. My son
| >> tends to download things associated with his X-box live
| >> like WarZone and teamcompete. Could these be the
| >> culprits putting that nasty spyware on my computer??
| The
| >> risk factor for just about all of them are low with one
| >> being Medium risk factor and possible browser hijacker.
| >> Any help as to whether i can safely remove the above
| >> files would be greatly appreciated.......Thanx...Patty
| >
| >
| >.
| >
 
Hi,

I've used it on countless machines, and never had anything like that happen
or ever seen it add anything to the system that it shouldn't. I don't have
an explanation for you, but have you checked with other users of that
machine?

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Windows
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
 
in internet explorer tools,options,advanced, uncheck both
'enable install on demand',apply.
or use mozilla.org 'firefox' (browser only) .you can
run it from your download folder to try it out if you don't
want to install it. you can also easily block bad cookies
off your system as the tools, options,privacy has what the
cookies are in regards to privacy policy.(lots of ad
cookies out there.)
and spybot also has the immunize feature, and block bad
pages. they work ok, but don't catch all.
 
It probably was totally unrelated but i was just
wondering if that might had been the cause because it was
the only thing i could recall downloading onto that
computer. Like i had said though.....the same thing
happened on my WindowXP computer (homepage hijacked) and
i didn't download Spyblaster onto that computer. I'll
give it another shot to see what happens. Just curious
as to how these people get into my computer to do this
evil stuff. They must be pretty desparate for people to
use their services for them to go about it in such an
underhanded sneaky method!! Thanx again........Patty
 
Wireless networks are inherently insecure. You are probably
broadcasting an SSID and you may have been hacked. A good
firewall such as Zone Alarm, WEP and WAP in the WiFi, turn
off broadcasting SSID and turn MAC addressing ON.

I have my SpyBot S&D set to immunize against all known
threats and I scan 100% of the files and websites with
McAfee VS while on-line.
Just because I'm paranoid does not mean they aren't after
me!

____

--
The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
But legislators see it as an obstacle to be overcome.


message | It probably was totally unrelated but i was just
| wondering if that might had been the cause because it was
| the only thing i could recall downloading onto that
| computer. Like i had said though.....the same thing
| happened on my WindowXP computer (homepage hijacked) and
| i didn't download Spyblaster onto that computer. I'll
| give it another shot to see what happens. Just curious
| as to how these people get into my computer to do this
| evil stuff. They must be pretty desparate for people to
| use their services for them to go about it in such an
| underhanded sneaky method!! Thanx again........Patty
| >-----Original Message-----
| >Hi,
| >
| >I've used it on countless machines, and never had
| anything like that happen
| >or ever seen it add anything to the system that it
| shouldn't. I don't have
| >an explanation for you, but have you checked with other
| users of that
| >machine?
| >
| >--
| >Best of Luck,
| >
| >Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Windows
| >Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!
| >
| >Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
| >
| >
| >
| >| >> thanx for the reply. I have a question about
| Spyblaster
| >> though. I read about it in another post in here last
| >> week and installed it on my Win98se computer. I don't
| >> know if one thing has anything to do with the other but
| >> the following day after turning my computer back
| on.....I
| >> had desktop icons for "casino games, card games, and
| >> things like that. The only thing that i downloaded was
| >> spyblaster so i removed it thinking it might have been
| >> the culprit for putting these things onto my
| computer. I
| >> also mysteriously had some "foreign" search browser. I
| >> was able again to remove these things in the Add/Remove
| >> task manager but am puzzled as to how these things get
| >> onto my computer to begin with. I have 2 computers.
| One
| >> being Windows98se connected via verizon dsl and
| microsoft
| >> wireless router and the second one is this WindowXP
| which
| >> i have a USB wireless adapter hooked up to to pick up
| the
| >> signals from the router. It just seems funny that it
| >> happens to my Win98se and then 2 days
| >> later......basically the same thing happens to my WinXP
| >> system. Anyway...my question is ......why didn't
| >> Spyblaster pick these things up before they were
| >> installed onto my computer or.......was Spyblaster the
| >> culprit who installed them. Didn't have Spyblaster on
| >> the WinXP system so i'm tending to doubt the latter.
| >> Thanx for any and all help.........Patty
| >>>-----Original Message-----
| >>>Hi Patty,
| >>>
| >>>Yes, they are all safe to remove. They are all part of
| >> various spy and ad
| >>>programs. You may want to install this utility to
| >> prevent this from
| >>>happening in the future:
| >>>
| >>>Spyware Blaster:
| >> www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
| >>>
| >>>--
| >>>Best of Luck,
| >>>
| >>>Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Windows
| >>>Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!
| >>>
| >>>Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
| >>>
| >>>
| >>>
| >> message
| >>>| >>>> Hi......I just recently got a brand new computer with
| >>>> Windows XP OS. It's been running fine up until today
| >>>> when i went to go online and it kept hanging up. One
| >> of
| >>>> the first things i did when i got it 2 weeks ago was
| to
| >>>> download Adaware to try to keep out the spyware and
| >>>> malware. When i put it on today (computer) ....I
| >> noticed
| >>>> a big toolbar on the bottom that said "Searchbox" or
| >>>> something to that effect. I have no idea where this
| >> came
| >>>> from as i really haven't downloaded anything new into
| >> the
| >>>> computer. I was able to remove it from the
| Add/Remove
| >>>> task manager along with another file that
| >>>> said "BargainBuys" or something to that effect. I
| then
| >>>> figured i better run my Adaware Program and low and
| >>>> behold.....was i was shocked when it came up with
| over
| >>>> 300 files along with registry keys and registry
| values.
| >>>> I checked to remove them all but when it finished i
| >> got a
| >>>> message saying some files couldn't be removed. It
| then
| >>>> asked if i wanted Adaware to try to remove them when
| i
| >>>> restart my computer. I checked "cancel" because i
| want
| >>>> to make sure it is ok to remove them before i do
| >>>> anything. The files are:
| >>>> C:\programfiles\syssai\apropusplugin.dll
| >>>> C:\programfiles\clearsearch\csie.dll
| >>>> C:\windows\system32\msiefr40.dll
| >>>> C:\windows\system32\stlbdist.dll
| >>>>
| >>>> Is it safe to have Adaware remove these files or do i
| >>>> need them to keep my system up and running?? I have
| no
| >>>> idea where these over 300 files came from. The only
| >>>> thing i can think of is my friend's son was on-line
| >> last
| >>>> night in chatrooms and playing games on AOL. My son
| >>>> tends to download things associated with his X-box
| live
| >>>> like WarZone and teamcompete. Could these be the
| >>>> culprits putting that nasty spyware on my computer??
| >> The
| >>>> risk factor for just about all of them are low with
| one
| >>>> being Medium risk factor and possible browser
| hijacker.
| >>>> Any help as to whether i can safely remove the above
| >>>> files would be greatly
| appreciated.......Thanx...Patty
| >>>
| >>>
| >>>.
| >>>
| >
| >
| >.
| >
 
The FREE Standard Version of the Zone Alarm firewall has served me well,
along with the FREE Standard Version of Ad-Aware, and the FREE Version of
AVG Antivirus. All will work well, but vigilantly checking for upgrades of
the definitions for your antivirus program and Ad-Aware is very important.
It's also very important to protect your email address. If you know people
who don't use BCC when emailing to multiple recipients, and open attachments
without thought that they might contain viruses/worms, get a FREE Hotmail
account, and give that email address to people who don't follow safe email
practices, and who don't use a firewall, or when you're required to supply
an email address at a web site, or when registering software.
 
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