hijacked computer

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I am running XP home, I have Norton AV as well as spyware nuker and a popup b;ocker
I seem to have allowed my computer to be hijacked by something called Pgate-Basic. I see it on on my change/remove program list but when I try to remove, I am directed to down load an uninstaller from their wb site. I do not trust this procedure. Is there a way to get this thing off my computer

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Check for the presence of spyware:

Bazooka Adware and Spyware Scanner 1.12
http://download.com.com/3000-2144-10247783.html

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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|I am running XP home, I have Norton AV as well as spyware nuker and a popup b;ocker.
| I seem to have allowed my computer to be hijacked by something called Pgate-Basic. I see it on on my
change/remove program list but when I try to remove, I am directed to down load an uninstaller from their wb
site. I do not trust this procedure. Is there a way to get this thing off my computer?
|

 

[MAP]

-----Original Message-----
I am running XP home, I have Norton AV as well as

spyware nuker and a popup b;ocker.

I seem to have allowed my computer to be hijacked by

something called Pgate-Basic. I see it on on my
change/remove program list but when I try to remove, I am
directed to down load an uninstaller from their wb site.
I do not trust this procedure. Is there a way to get
this thing off my computer?

.
It is spywarenuker that is doing it.Spywarenuker

installs adware and then charges for removal.
uninstall spyware nuker and install spybot from this site
www.safer-networking.org/ Spybot

some info from spywareinfo.com

SpywareNuker is a program I've mentioned a few times in
the past. The maker of Spybot S&D has been stating
<http://safer-networking.org/index.php?
page=news&detail=2003-02-12> for nearly a year that
SpywareNuker's target database included data from his own
database without his permission. Trek Blue, the company
that makes SpywareNuker, denies this of course. However,
I have seen some of the evidence myself and I am
convinced that the allegations are true, based on that
evidence.
I have mentioned previously that Symantec now includes
detection for adware and spyware in their Norton
Antivirus product. Norton now is targeting SpywareNuker
<http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/a
dware.spywarenuker.html> under the "Adware" category.