Adware/Spyware

[Jim Ruble Sr.]

I ran the Microsoft AntiSpyware (Beta 1) and removed all
the adware/spyware that it showed. I then ran the Yahoo
Antispyware and it showed the following still on my
computer:
2o7.net
AdKnowledge.com
AtlasDMT.com
Atowla
Bluestreak.com
Classmates.com
Com.com
Fastclick.com
Hitbox.com
ServedbyAdvertising.com
TribalFusion.com
Z1.Adserver.com
Gator/Gain/Claria
I then ran the one that is supplied by Earthlink (
Powered by Webroot) and go the following :
Adserver - cookie
Atlas DMT - cookie
Go.com - cookie
Incredimail - cookie
Maxserving - cookie
How do I find out just how many adware/spyware programs
are installed on my computer and how do I get rid of them
once and for all ?

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE]

I ran the Microsoft AntiSpyware (Beta 1) and removed all
the adware/spyware that it showed. I then ran the Yahoo
Antispyware and it showed the following still on my
computer:
2o7.net
AdKnowledge.com
AtlasDMT.com
Atowla
Bluestreak.com
Classmates.com
Com.com
Fastclick.com
Hitbox.com
ServedbyAdvertising.com
TribalFusion.com
Z1.Adserver.com
Gator/Gain/Claria
I then ran the one that is supplied by Earthlink (
Powered by Webroot) and go the following :
Adserver - cookie
Atlas DMT - cookie
Go.com - cookie
Incredimail - cookie
Maxserving - cookie
How do I find out just how many adware/spyware programs
are installed on my computer and how do I get rid of them
once and for all ?

What You Should Know About Spyware
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/devioussoftware.mspx

CAUTION!!!!! Before you try to remove spyware using any of these programs ,
download a copy of LSPFIX from any of the following sites:
http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm
http://www.spychecker.com/program/winsockxpfix.html
(if your OS is Win2k or XP) The process of removing certain malware may kill
your internet connection. If this should occur, this program, LSPFIX, will
enable you to regain your connection.

See
Dealing with Unwanted Malware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

Note that AdAware and SpyBot S & D will each catch some things the other
won't. Also, each needs to be updated with the program's update function
before every use, even when just downloaded. There's also a lot more to do
than just those two programs. CWShredder is also available here:
http://www.intermute.com/products/cwshredder
**Post your HijackThis log to
http://www.spywareinfo.com/forums/
http://forums.tomcoyote.org/
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/ or the Spyware forum at
http://forum.aumha.org/viewforum.php?f=30 for expert analysis, not here.**
Alternative download pages for Ad-Aware, Spybot, HijackThis and CWShredder
may be found on this page:
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm.

See also:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...a2-6a57-4c57-a8bd-dbf62eda9671&DisplayLang=en
for the new Microsoft program which was previously released by Giant
Software.

See this link for information about malware:
http://arstechnica.com/articles/paedia/malware.ars

If nothing there helps, please post back to this thread.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
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[Bill Sanderson]

It's an art, at the moment!

One thing that you should know is that cookies are not scanned by Microsoft
Antispyware in this beta version. So the additional findings of cookies by
other scanners would be expected.

That may account for many or all of your list--I'm not familiar with either
product so I don't know if Yahoo tags cookies as such.

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

I also have Yahoo Antispyware, and on my PC it identifies
many of the same ones you found as "Tracking Cookies".
Microsoft Antispyware currently doesn't do cookies, since
they do not represent as much threat as the other stuff.

 

[Daibidh]

Frank!

This is one of the most informative posts regarding malware I've ever
encountered!

Thank you!

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE]

Frank!

This is one of the most informative posts regarding malware I've ever
encountered!

Thank you!

Thankyou.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
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