Spyware

[SEvadneyM]

My window os is infected with adware/spyware...how do I
get it off my computer registry

 

[roger]

Hi,

My window os is infected with adware/spyware...how do I
get it off my computer registry

More info about parasites:
http://www.aumha.org/a/parasite.htm

Download the utility CWshredder:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/cwshredder.zip

Unzip - close *all* instances of IE & OE, hit the executable and
follow
the prompts.

You can also download Hijack This from here:

http://www.mjc1.com/files/merijn/hijackthis.exe

Go here:
http://mjc1.com/mirror/hjt/

For instructions on how to use it; you have to post the log it
produces

here:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/forums/
so experts tell you what is good and what is malware
HijackThis Log Tutorial
http://www.aumha.org/a/hjttutor.php
HiJack This is a program that simply searches for programs that run at
boot

time, and checks for browser plug-ins. The results this program gives
you

are generally just informative. Most of the programs it will come up
with

are valid programs that you actually want running. You'll have to go

through the results and tell the program to delete unwanted programs.
If

you can't figure out what some of the programs are, don't just delete
them,

research them and/or post them so experts can let you know what the
program

does. Just type the program name into google which gets a decent
answer

pretty quickly.


Try downloading, installing and updating the
spyware removers from the links below. Run both of them.

Ad-aware
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/

Spybot S&D
http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?lang=en&page=download


If these don't correct the problem, then get yourself a copy of
BHODemon,

available at
http://www.definitivesolutions.com/bhodemon.htm .

It does not need installing - simply unzip and run the EXE program. It
is

easy to use. It will find the hijackware DLL files, and give you the

ability to disable them.

Hope this helps.

 

[Guest]

My favorite little program, that is free, is called Adaware. The website is www.lavasoft.d

Hope it helps.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

To deal with issues caused by any sort of "adware" and/or
"spyware,"such as Gator, Comet Cursors, Smiley Central, Xupiter,
Bonzai Buddy, or KaZaA, and their remnants, that you've deliberately
(but without understanding the consequences) installed, two products
that are quite effective (at finding and removing this type of
scumware) are Ad-Aware from www.lavasoft.de and SpyBot Search &
Destroy from www.safer-networking.org/. Both have free versions.
It's even possible to use SpyBot Search & Destroy to "immunize" your
system against most future intrusions. I use both and generally
perform manual scans every week or so to clean out cookies, etc.

Additionally, manual removal instructions for the most common
varieties of scumware are available here:

PC Hell Spyware and Adware Removal Help
http://www.pchell.com/support/spyware.shtml


Bruce Chambers

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