Pop up adds troubles!

[Grumps]

Hi,
I'm having ad pop-up problems and was wondering if any of you wise people
can help, I keep getting a official looking Microsoft adds for buiseness
card/ smileys and so on!! and the wierd thing is if I leave the pc on but
the adsl off line it connects itself to the web to d/load the adds!!.
I've tried Spybot/Addaware/Regcleaner and a couple more with no luck!.
(Help)
All be good
Grumps

 

[Steelfang77]

Hi,
I'm having ad pop-up problems and was wondering if any of you wise people
can help, I keep getting a official looking Microsoft adds for buiseness
card/ smileys and so on!! and the wierd thing is if I leave the pc on but
the adsl off line it connects itself to the web to d/load the adds!!.
I've tried Spybot/Addaware/Regcleaner and a couple more with no luck!.
(Help)
All be good
Grumps

You can try HijackThis! to check what items may be loading/loaded on
boot. Also try a good process viewer (www.snapfiles.com has some) to
track down what is running. Google any boot items or services/processes
that you can't identify. Good luck.

 

[Magda]

On Fri, 4 Jun 2004 15:40:24 +0100, in alt.comp.anti-virus, "Grumps"
<[email protected]> arranged some electrons, so they looked like
this :

... Hi,
... I'm having ad pop-up problems and was wondering if any of you wise people
... can help, I keep getting a official looking Microsoft adds for buiseness
... card/ smileys and so on!! and the wierd thing is if I leave the pc on but
... the adsl off line it connects itself to the web to d/load the adds!!.
... I've tried Spybot/Addaware/Regcleaner and a couple more with no luck!.
... (Help)
... All be good
... Grumps

Try Bazooka.

 

[Gabriele Neukam]

On that special day, Grumps, ([email protected])
said...

the wierd thing is if I leave the pc on but
the adsl off line it connects itself to the web to d/load the adds!!.

You probably have adware running on your computer.

Try these first:

Spybot Search and Destroy:
http://www.safer-networking.org/

AdAware 6
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/


If that doesn't help, you may even need a Trojan Horse Remover.


Gabriele Neukam

(e-mail address removed)

 

[Grumps]

Hi Gabriele,
I have tried all those but still doing it!! the pc might go for a hour or so
with no problem but then will connect to the web and I get Smiley adverts!!
Only thing I have noticed is I have gained a extra task bar besides the
Google one in IE!!
Grumps

 

[*Vanguard*]

Grumps said in news:[email protected]:

Hi Gabriele,
I have tried all those but still doing it!! the pc might go for a
hour or so with no problem but then will connect to the web and I get
Smiley adverts!! Only thing I have noticed is I have gained a extra
task bar besides the Google one in IE!!
Grumps

You have an extra toolbar in IE? Does it identify itself? When you
look in the registry under the key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar

then check under the subkeys Explorer, ShellBrowser, and WebBrowser to
see what toolbars have been added. They are probably identified by a
classID. For example, the Address bar is
{01E04581-4EEE-11D0-BFE9-00AA005B4383} and defined under:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{01E04581-4EEE-11d0-BFE9-00AA005B4383}

So you'll have to use the classIDs of each listed toolbar and then go
check under the CLSID subkey to find what they are for.

Some toolbars or functions are added as BHOs (browser helper objects).
Spybot can list those for you or you can use BHO Demon.

Does the mysterious connection just open your home page, or does it
navigate to somewhere else?

 

[Stratman]

Hi Gabriele,
I have tried all those but still doing it!! the pc might go for a hour or so
with no problem but then will connect to the web and I get Smiley adverts!!
Only thing I have noticed is I have gained a extra task bar besides the
Google one in IE!!
Grumps

If you can wait for a bit, then both Ad-Aware and Spybot S&D will have
updates on their websites. Ad-Aware is updated more frequently than S&D.
Click on the 'Update' function and give it another go.
If that fails, then Hijack This is your best bet.

Good luck,
DD

 

[Gabriele Neukam]

On that special day, Grumps, ([email protected])
said...

Only thing I have noticed is I have gained a extra task bar besides the
Google one in IE!!

Ah, a "Browser Helper Object". Maybe you need CWShredder, then.


Gabriele Neukam

(e-mail address removed)

 

[BoB]

On that special day, Grumps, ([email protected])

said...

A small and very helpful free program, WinPatrol, identifies IE
helpers.

http://www.winpatrol.com/winpatrol.html

BoB