Persistant Bug

W

wwp

A friend, running xp home on his laptop claims he went to some
"naughty" sites and picked-up a bug he can't get rid of.
It's an anti spyware pgm that keeps popping up every five minutes
telling hi to run the pgm and when he does it tells him that in order
to get rid of all the spyware it finds, he must buy the program.
I tried using avg, which quarantined the bug, but it keeps coming
back.
Is there any way, short of formatting, to get rid of it?
Thanks for any help you can give.
wwp
 
N

nass

wwp said:
A friend, running xp home on his laptop claims he went to some
"naughty" sites and picked-up a bug he can't get rid of.
It's an anti spyware pgm that keeps popping up every five minutes
telling hi to run the pgm and when he does it tells him that in order
to get rid of all the spyware it finds, he must buy the program.
I tried using avg, which quarantined the bug, but it keeps coming
back.
Is there any way, short of formatting, to get rid of it?
Thanks for any help you can give.
wwp

Hi,
Go through these Cleaning steps:
1... Click start >> Control Panel >> Double Click Network and Internet
Connections >> Double click Internet Options, on the IE Properties window
you will see these Options:
General | Security | Privacy | Content | Connections | Programs
| Advanced .

Click on General Tab (1st Tab on the left) and you will see a Button called
[ Clear History ..] click on it to clear your History caches, then click on
[Delete Files..] to delete Internet Files created over the time, click on [
Delete Cookies...] to delete your cookies left by visiting websites.

Then click on Advanced tab and scroll down to under the Browsing Option:
[&] Browsing
[ ] Enable Third-Party browser extensions (Req Rest) uncheck this box.
= Then try to Disable the Add-Ons on your Browser somehow installed on your
browser, On how to disable the Add-ons follow this:
Click on Programs Tab and then click the Manage Add-Ons Button there Disable
the Non/Not Verified Plug-ins/Add-ons ( you need to Renable them one-by-one
later and see which is the culprit .
How to manage Add-Ons:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/883256
Scan for malware from here:
SuperAntispyware - Free
http://www.superantispyware.com/superantispywarefreevspro.html
RootkitRevealer v1.71
By Bryce Cogswell and Mark Russinovich
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/Security/RootkitRevealer.mspx

Run a scan from here on-line:
http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/default.asp?langid=ie&venid=sym
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx
Download Avast Cleaner (off-line scanner) from here:
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast-virus-cleaner.html

Lots of tools to download and disinfect your machine (off-line scanner):
http://www.bitdefender.co.uk/site/Downloads/browseFreeRemovalTool/

You may have a bad RAM try to test your RAM by running Memory test by
downloading this tool and unzip it and make a floppy or CD/DVD and run it on
Reboot.
http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp.

Download the Hijackthis and send the report to one of
many
forums for analysis and troubleshooting:
When all else fails, HijackThis v2.0.2
(http://www.trendsecure.com/portal/en-US/threat_analytics/hijackthis.php) is
the preferred tool to use.
It will help you to both identify and remove any hijackware/spyware. Post
your log to:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html
http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=30,
http://castlecops.com/forum67.html,
http://forums.subratam.org/index.php?showforum=7
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial42.html
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/
Or other appropriate
forums for expert analysis, not here.

Let us know your progress.
nass
 
W

wwp

wwp said:
A friend, running xp home on his laptop claims he went to some
"naughty" sites and picked-up a bug he can't get rid of.
It's an anti spyware pgm that keeps popping up every five minutes
telling hi to run the pgm and when he does it tells him that in order
to get rid of all the spyware it finds, he must buy the program.
I tried using avg, which quarantined the bug, but it keeps coming
back.
Is there any way, short of formatting, to get rid of it?
Thanks for any help you can give.
wwp

Hi,
Go through these Cleaning steps:
1... Click start >> Control Panel >> Double Click Network and Internet
Connections >> Double click Internet Options, on the IE Properties window
you will see these Options:
General | Security | Privacy | Content | Connections | Programs
| Advanced .

Click on General Tab (1st Tab on the left) and you will see a Button called
[ Clear History ..] click on it to clear your History caches, then click on
[Delete Files..] to delete Internet Files created over the time, click on [
Delete Cookies...] to delete your cookies left by visiting websites.

Then click on Advanced tab and scroll down to under the Browsing Option:
[&] Browsing
[ ] Enable Third-Party browser extensions (Req Rest) uncheck this box.
= Then try to Disable the Add-Ons on your Browser somehow installed on your
browser, On how to disable the Add-ons follow this:
Click on Programs Tab and then click the Manage Add-Ons Button there Disable
the Non/Not Verified Plug-ins/Add-ons ( you need to Renable them one-by-one
later and see which is the culprit .
How to manage Add-Ons:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/883256
Scan for malware from here:
SuperAntispyware - Free
http://www.superantispyware.com/superantispywarefreevspro.html
RootkitRevealer v1.71
By Bryce Cogswell and Mark Russinovich
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/Security/RootkitRevealer.mspx

Run a scan from here on-line:
http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/default.asp?langid=ie&venid=sym
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx
Download Avast Cleaner (off-line scanner) from here:
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast-virus-cleaner.html

Lots of tools to download and disinfect your machine (off-line scanner):
http://www.bitdefender.co.uk/site/Downloads/browseFreeRemovalTool/

You may have a bad RAM try to test your RAM by running Memory test by
downloading this tool and unzip it and make a floppy or CD/DVD and run it on
Reboot.
http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp.

Download the Hijackthis and send the report to one of
many
forums for analysis and troubleshooting:
When all else fails, HijackThis v2.0.2
(http://www.trendsecure.com/portal/en-US/threat_analytics/hijackthis.php) is
the preferred tool to use.
It will help you to both identify and remove any hijackware/spyware. Post
your log to:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html
http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=30,
http://castlecops.com/forum67.html,
http://forums.subratam.org/index.php?showforum=7
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial42.html
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/
Or other appropriate
forums for expert analysis, not here.

Let us know your progress.
nass

Thanks nass for going to all this trouble to help me.
I'll try these tips tonight and get back to the group with the
results.
wwp
 
L

Leythos

pcbutts1 said:
Use my free Remove-it software

Did you remove all of that filthy pornographic material from you website
or are you still hosting it on the same site that you direct people to
for that suspected pirated download?
 
W

wwp

Did you remove all of that filthy pornographic material from you website
or are you still hosting it on the same site that you direct people to
for that suspected pirated download?

What are you talking about?
wwp
 
L

Leythos

What are you talking about?

He's a hack, filthy, nasty person that creates nasty pictures and hosts
them on his website.

After he got pissed at a bunch of us for exposing him as a pirate, for
hosting apps that he was given permission to host, he created the crap
shown in the links on this page:

http://forums.speedguide.net/archive/index.php/t-223485.html

He spread those links all over Usenet, under his own name, and then be
bragged about them - exposing innocent kids to his works.


--
Leythos - (e-mail address removed) (remove 999 to email me)
Fight exposing kids to porn, complain about sites like PCBUTTS 1.COM
that create filth and put it on the web for any kid to see: Just take a
look at some of the FILTH he's created and put on his website:
http://forums.speedguide.net/archive/index.php/t-223485.html all exposed
to children (the link I've include does not directly display his filth).
You can find the same information by googling for 'PCBUTTS1' and
'exposed to kids'.
 
P

pcbutts1

The guys a loon and a stalker. There is no porn on that link that I posted.
He's a crazy obsessed stalker. I've been in this business for a long time.
You can search Google and find a bunch of erroneous stuff posted about me on
peoples personal website that I have no control over but you will not find
one link that says my tools do not work or has cause any problems, even the
infamous Site Adviser says my stuff is clean
http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/pcbutts1.com/downloads/ Visit my feedback
and read for yourself. http://pcbutts1-therealtruth.blogspot.com/


--

Newsgroup Trolls. Read about mine here http://www.pcbutts1.com/downloads
The list grows. Leythos the stalker http://www.leythosthestalker.com, David
H. Lipman, Max M Wachtell III aka What's in a Name?, Fitz, Beauregard T.
Shagnasty,Rhonda Lea Kirk, Meat Plow, F Kwatu F, George Orwell
 
L

Leythos

pcbutts1 said:
There is no porn on that link that I posted.

You have posted at least 8 porn pages on the pcbutts1 website and
publically posted those links to numberous Usenet groups yourself.

Are you saying you've taken them down now?

It's a valid warning, alerting people to possibly being exposed to filth
or supporting a site that hosts it - ethical people don't want to
support that filth and ehtical malware fighters don't create it.

--
Leythos - (e-mail address removed) (remove 999 to email me)
Fight exposing kids to porn, complain about sites like PCBUTTS 1.COM
that create filth and put it on the web for any kid to see: Just take a
look at some of the FILTH he's created and put on his website:
http://forums.speedguide.net/archive/index.php/t-223485.html all exposed
to children (the link I've include does not directly display his filth).
You can find the same information by googling for 'PCBUTTS1' and
'exposed to kids'.
 

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