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Burt
HELP IT HAS TAKEN OVER MY TOOLBAR!!! CAN't GET RID OF IT.
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siljaline
Burt said:
Info on your Spyware Pest >
http://www.kephyr.com/spywarescanner/library/mirartoolbar/index.phtml
Remove with Lavasoft's Ad-aware: http://www.lavasoftusa.com
Read all FAQ's and installation information - update immediately upon
installation as the Reference File with the download may target this
particular pest.
HTH
~Silj
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Jan Il
Burt said:
It is possible that you have been hijacked, or have some malware on your
system If you can, go to the following and download the HiJackThis and the
other programs and follow the instructions. If you can't get to the
Internet from your computer, then if you have another computer that has CD
burn capabilities, download them to the hard drive of that computer then
burn them to a CD. Then load them to the other computer and install and run
them, or have some one do this for you.
HiJackThis: - Free
Go to
http://computercops.biz/downloads-cat-14.html ,
or
http://tinyurl.com/2oce8
and download HiJackThis. Unzip to a folder other than your Desktop or the
Temp folder, doubleclick HiJackThis.exe, and hit "Scan".
When the scan is finished, the "Scan" button will change into a "Save Log"
button. Press that, save the log some place you remember where it is. Most
of
what it lists will be harmless or even required, so DO NOT fix anything yet.
Open a the copy of your log in NotePad and made a copy. Then you can go here
to post you log:
http://forum.aumha.org/
Go to the HiJackThis section on the forum list and click to open. You can
post as a guest. It's also a good site to keep for reference. The experts
there will analyze the log and report back the results. Please allow at
least a few hours or a days time for a response.
Remember, you must return to the HJT site to get your answer. It is a good
idea to click the "Notify" box so that you will get an electronic
notification by e-mail to let you know when a response has been posted.
But, you must still return to the site of your answer
It is also possible you may have parasites on your system causing the
problem. Download, install, update and run the programs below. They are free
and very effective. Be sure to run both SpyBot and Adaware, as what one does
not detect the other may. Follow the directions carefully.
SpyBot Search & Destroy: Free
http://www.safer-networking.org/
or
http://majorgeeks.com/download2471.html
AdAware: Free
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/
or
http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads31.html
HTH
Jan
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Opinicus
Jan Il said:
Thank you very much. I've been a registered Adaware user for
several years. Just recently I caught my computer dialing up
my ISP on its own on two occasions: once in the middle of
the night and once in the afternoon. Adaware turned up
nothing. Neither did the TrendMicro virus scanner.
SpyBot found one instance of an Alexa file and five
malicious keys in my registry. Let's see if the mysterious
calls are repeated.
To bad Adaware messed up on these.
J
Jan Il
Opinicus said:
That is why I, and many others recommend that you have them both and run
them both, as what one does not find, the other often will. I have then both
and run them regularly, and I am not surprised when one finds something the
other doesn't. It's sorta like having two guard dogs on duty. ;-)
You might also check your HOSTS file to prevent the dialer from doing it
again just in case.
Hope you got your culprit nailed.
Jan
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Opinicus
Jan Il said:
Its clean save for one entry:
127.0.0.1 localhost
J
Jan Il
Opinicus said:
Try here, and see if this will help you get rid of it:
http://www.free-web-browsers.com/support/remove-mirar.shtml
HTH
Jan
O
Opinicus
http://www.free-web-browsers.com/support/remove-mirar.shtml
I don't have Mirar. What I had was 6 spyware files/registry
keys that Adaware failed to find but SpyBot caught.
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siljaline
Opinicus said:
That's a "really" clean HOSTS file.
You might want to try a batch-file to lock HOSTS to read-only.
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
~Silj
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Jan Il
Opinicus said:
Glad you finally found the culprit and got your system working right again.
Jan