Adware Removal-Best Method?

[Guest]

I had installed Morpheus, Limewire, and Kazaa, a long time ago. and maybe other free crap that have adware along the way. Running the scans find the stuff, but ofcourse I need to pay $30 to remove. I had Google taskbar running and that blocked Evveeeryone of them! Something happened and I had to disable 3rd party extentions just to get my IE to work. Now I get pop ups up the ass.

If any of you have had good success with some software to find the most and remove the most adware I would appreciate it. (my manual attempts failed-they still pop right back on scans)

Also, are the random Windows that ask if I would like to install something related to this? Adding more adware by adware. I am going nuts. I can't use my browser without getting pissed with these parasites. Help!

Any suggestions for cleaning my dirty computer and keeping it clean would be appreciated.

 

[Tedd Riggs]

I run two of them, what one misses, the other one will usually find. Both
are free, Ad-aware has two paid versions, but the basic runs just fine

Spybot 1.2 ( NOT Spyhunter !)
http://www.safer-networking.org/

Ad-aware 6.0 by LavaSoft
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/

Also to be on the safe side, its a good idea to have a firewall of some
kind. I have used Zone Alarm for years and it pretty much keeps all the junk
out of my PC, never have pop-ups or virus's. It is free also (Zone Alarm Pro
is paid version and has some extra's to it, but all versions will keep your
PC clean) Free Version Link below:
http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/catalog/products/sku_list_za.jsp?lid=pdb_za1

Hope this helps !
Tedd

 

[Don Varnau]

Ali,
Go to:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html
for [1] KazaaBegone and [2] CWShredder. Run them in that order. Read the
warning about KazaaBegone and your internet connection.

If additional cleaning is indicated, download, update and run Ad-aware and
Spybot S&D.
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
Also note the many security tips at that site.

Don
--
MVP IE/OE
Please reply to the newsgroup so that others may participate.

I had installed Morpheus, Limewire, and Kazaa, a long time ago. and maybe

other free crap that have adware along the way. Running the scans find the
stuff, but ofcourse I need to pay $30 to remove. I had Google taskbar
running and that blocked Evveeeryone of them! Something happened and I had
to disable 3rd party extentions just to get my IE to work. Now I get pop ups
up the ass.

If any of you have had good success with some software to find the most

and remove the most adware I would appreciate it. (my manual attempts
failed-they still pop right back on scans)

Also, are the random Windows that ask if I would like to install something

related to this? Adding more adware by adware. I am going nuts. I can't
use my browser without getting pissed with these parasites. Help!

Any suggestions for cleaning my dirty computer and keeping it clean would

be appreciated.

 

[Guest]

I appreciate your help Tedd and Don. You downloaded all of the programs and will try all the things you mentioned.