Adware-Virus?

[Marcus]

Hi,

I did an on line Symantec scan and was surprised to come up with 5
"infected" files. But they all seem to be adware infections that Adware SE
or Spybot didn't catch. As far as removing them, Symantec's on line scan
does not do that automatically and I can't figure out their rather
convoluted explanation as to how to do it manually. Trend's House Call found
nothing. One of the infected files: "DAPBHO.dll" will not delete because "it
is in use by windows." Is there a way around this? (I prefer to stay away
from real-time scans as they seem to slow down the computer.)

Thanks,

Marcus

 

[Beauregard T. Shagnasty]

I did an on line Symantec scan and was surprised to come up with 5
"infected" files. But they all seem to be adware infections that
Adware SE or Spybot didn't catch. As far as removing them,
Symantec's on line scan does not do that automatically and I can't
figure out their rather convoluted explanation as to how to do it
manually. Trend's House Call found nothing. One of the infected
files: "DAPBHO.dll" will not delete because "it is in use by
windows." Is there a way around this? (I prefer to stay away from
real-time scans as they seem to slow down the computer.)

Start with Hijackthis.
http://www.net-integration.net/tools/hijackthis.html

Notes on your dapbho.dll:
http://www.short-media.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-13645.html

Switch to a modern, secure, unhijackable browser:
http://home.rochester.rr.com/bshagnasty/tips.html

Google is your friend. <g>

 

[Patty]

Hi,

I did an on line Symantec scan and was surprised to come up with 5
"infected" files. But they all seem to be adware infections that Adware SE
or Spybot didn't catch. As far as removing them, Symantec's on line scan
does not do that automatically and I can't figure out their rather
convoluted explanation as to how to do it manually. Trend's House Call found
nothing. One of the infected files: "DAPBHO.dll" will not delete because "it
is in use by windows." Is there a way around this? (I prefer to stay away
from real-time scans as they seem to slow down the computer.)

Thanks,

Marcus

If it's identified as an AdWare virus it more than likely is not related to
AdAware at all. Different spellings. There was some malware at one time
called Adware, I had to clean it off someone's computer once upon a time.

Patty