Help-Spyware

[Guest]

Can anyone help. My laptop has become infected with Spyware. A black
screensaver appears when I log on which says Warning you are being watched.
It has an option to click on 'removal instructions' but my isp tells me that
this is part of Spyware and not to click. When I do get on the internet, my
homepage diverts to unwanted porn sites, and its difficult to type. Ive
downloaded and ran both Spybot and Windows xp spack 2 but the black screen
remains. I tried to download Noadaware which was recommended but I stopped as
it asked for payment. Can anyone help me with how to get rid of Spyware for
good? Ive got no icons or programmes that Ive downloaded recently so I dont
even know how it got there. Wd appreciate advice, thx

 

[Rock]

Can anyone help. My laptop has become infected with Spyware. A black
screensaver appears when I log on which says Warning you are being watched.
It has an option to click on 'removal instructions' but my isp tells me that
this is part of Spyware and not to click. When I do get on the internet, my
homepage diverts to unwanted porn sites, and its difficult to type. Ive
downloaded and ran both Spybot and Windows xp spack 2 but the black screen
remains. I tried to download Noadaware which was recommended but I stopped as
it asked for payment. Can anyone help me with how to get rid of Spyware for
good? Ive got no icons or programmes that Ive downloaded recently so I dont
even know how it got there. Wd appreciate advice, thx

You posted this yesterday and received numerous good responses. Search
for it on google groups. The reason you might be having a problem
finding your post is because you are using the web interface which
stinks. Use a newreader - XP has one for free, outlook express. The
following link has information on how to set it up:

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm

 

[Max M.Wachtel III]

Can anyone help. My laptop has become infected with Spyware. A black
screensaver appears when I log on which says Warning you are being watched.
It has an option to click on 'removal instructions' but my isp tells me that
this is part of Spyware and not to click. When I do get on the internet, my
homepage diverts to unwanted porn sites, and its difficult to type. Ive
downloaded and ran both Spybot and Windows xp spack 2 but the black screen
remains. I tried to download Noadaware which was recommended but I stopped as
it asked for payment. Can anyone help me with how to get rid of Spyware for
good? Ive got no icons or programmes that Ive downloaded recently so I dont
even know how it got there. Wd appreciate advice, thx

Beginning of standard canned reply.

Update Windows. Use a firewall.
Use an Anti-Virus of your choice and keep it updated.
In Windows Explorer, set Folder Options to “show all files”.
Clean out all temp, cache, ect. files.
Download BeClean here:
http://boozet.xepher.net/beclean/

Download Sysclean from here:
http://www.trendmicro.com/ftp/products/tsc/sysclean.com
Read this(it tells you how to use it!):
http://www.trendmicro.com/ftp/products/tsc/readme.txt
Reboot into safe mode and run Sysclean, write down results, then reboot
normally.
If offending file is in “restore” read this:
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPOR...2001111912274039?OpenDocument&src=sec_doc_nam

Download AdAware from here:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download506.html
Read the help files,download the winsock fix, and then Update and run
AdAware.
If you lose your Internet connection after running AdAware run the fix.
Winsock Fix here:
http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=257

Download Spybot Search+Destroy here:
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html
Read this:
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/tutorial/index.html
Update and run Spybot (enable all protection).

Download Spyware Blaster here: (enable all protection)
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

Run a couple of online scanners (pick a different one than your main AV):

BitDefender:
http://www.bitdefender.com/scan/licence.php

Norton:
http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/...d=sym&plfid=23&pkj=XHPGJRSOMVZGYYTZXPE&bhcp=1

Panda:
http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/com/activescan_principal.htm

eTrust:
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx

House Call:
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/housecall/start_corp.asp

If the previous do not solve your problems:
Download Bazooka here:
http://www.kephyr.com/spywarescanner/

Download SwatIt here:
http://swatit.org/

Download KL-Detector here
http://dewasoft.com/privacy/kldetector.htm

Download CWShredder here
http://www.intermute.com/spysubtract/cwshredder_download.html

Download HijackThis here:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download3155.html
Install, run and save the log that is created. Don’t let it fix anything
yet!
You can find forums to post the log to have it analyzed here:
http://tomcoyote.org/hjt/

Download Stinger here:
http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/

Download eScan here:
http://www.mwti.net/antivirus/free_utilities.asp
Rename the downloaded file escan.zip and extract (with a zip program) to
C:\Downloads, which you will have to create. Run the updater
(kavupd.exe) and then run eScan (mwavscan.exe).

End of standard canned reply.
--
Keeping Windows Clean: http://www.geocities.com/maxpro4u/madmax.html
Virus Cleaning+Fixes: http://www.geocities.com/maxpro4u/TechPros
Change nomail.afraid.org to neo.rr.com so you can reply by e-mail
(nomail.afraid.org has been set up specifically for
use in Usenet. Feel free to use it yourself.)

 

[Al Smith]

Can anyone help. My laptop has become infected with Spyware. A black

screensaver appears when I log on which says Warning you are being watched.
It has an option to click on 'removal instructions' but my isp tells me that
this is part of Spyware and not to click. When I do get on the internet, my
homepage diverts to unwanted porn sites, and its difficult to type. Ive
downloaded and ran both Spybot and Windows xp spack 2 but the black screen
remains. I tried to download Noadaware which was recommended but I stopped as
it asked for payment. Can anyone help me with how to get rid of Spyware for
good? Ive got no icons or programmes that Ive downloaded recently so I dont
even know how it got there. Wd appreciate advice, thx

If your computer has a restore CD, you may want to consider
backing up your data files to CDs or another harddrive, and using
the restore CD to reinstall your operating system and programs,
putting your computer back to its original condition.

Sometimes a computer gets so messed up with sypware, trojans and
viruses that it can't be saved. A complete reformat and reinstall
is the only sure answer, to eliminate these pests. I'm not saying
yours is in this situation, but if you've run AdAware, Spybot S&D,
and an antivirus without success, it may be time to consider a
reformat of your harddrive, which the restore CD that came with
your computer will do.

 

[Guest]

PestPatrol is the best anti-spyware.

 

[Surinder Panesar]

Hi ,
latana dont sweat! goto
http://www.download.com/3000-2144-10045910.html?part=69274&subj=dlpage&tag=button
and download this free utility, then install and run it.after the complete
scan, you have to "individually " check mark each critical entry manually.
Then delete. About 80% of the parasites are removed with this utility and
the rest we can stop by updating you "host" file. The best and consise
"hosts" file ever written comes from my friend Dan Pollock and his
associates. you can find it at http://www.someonewhocares.org , under the
hosts tab. simply copy the entire contents of this page and paste it into
your notepad and save this file on your desktop, we will need it later.
This file is very special, it resides in your
c:/windows/system32/drivers/ect folder, under the heading "hosts". right
click hosts and choose from "open with" tab, scroll to notepad and open. In
the notepad you will notice a few entries.highlight all entries and
"delete".

Then you simply drag the notepad file saved on the desktop earlier into the
ect folder , a dialog box apears and you choose replace, save then close all
windows ,then reboot..........What you get for all this work is no more
pop-ups, no more sex sites and no more redirectors buried in jpegs on
webpages.

If you do all this then you are helping reduce spamming. so its a win, win
situation for all.

Best of luck.... i hope i could be of service to you.

Apu