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spyware
Apparently I have Spyware on my system. Home page
changed, pop ups all over the place, can't use System Restore, scan disk or defrag. Can someone please help me? Thanks |
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"zenjoo" wrote in message
Apparently I have Spyware on my system. Home page changed, pop ups all over the place, can't use System Restore, scan disk or defrag. Can someone please help me? Thanks First eliminate any scumware. See Dealing with Unwanted Malware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm Note that AdAware and SpyBot S & D will each catch some things the other won't. Also, each needs to be updated with the program's update function before every use, even when just downloaded. There's also a lot more to do than just those two programs. CWShredder is also available he http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs...cwshredder.zip **Post your HijackThis log to http://forums.spywareinfo.com/ or the Spyware forum at http://forum.aumha.org/ for expert analysis, not here.** Alternative download pages for Ad-Aware, Spybot, HijackThis and CWShredder may be found on this page: http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm. If nothing there helps, please post back to this thread. -- Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE Please respond in Newsgroup only. Do not send email http://www.fjsmjs.com Protect your PC http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/ |
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Please follow these steps in order to clean your computer of Malware which
can include Viruses, Trojans, Worms, Spyware, Hijackers and Dialers. Step 1: Download Spybot and Adaware from the following locations and install them. You should run both programs and clean up what it finds. This is to gaurantee that you find the most malware you can installed on your computer. Before running the scans on both programs, it is mandatory that you update the programs. There are update options in each program when you run them. Spybot http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=download Ad-Aware http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/ If you would like to learn more about how to use these two programs with the proper settings you can read the tutorials below: AD-AWARE Tutorial http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/foru...howtutorial=48 SPYBOT SEARCH AND DESTROY Tutorial http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/foru...howtutorial=43 When you scan with both programs, fix everything that it finds. When you are done with the scan and fixing the items. Please continue with the next step. Step 2: It is important that you run Spybot and Adaware before you proceed with this step. Fixing enties with Hijackthis may leave behind unwanted files on your computer if the previous step was not done first. Create a directory on your hardrive to save HijackThis.exe. A directory like c:\hijackthis. If you do not do this, you will not be able to use the backup/restore features. Download HijackThis from: http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/hijackthis.zip Save this file into the directory you made previously and then run the program. Click on the Scan button and when it is finished click on the Save Log button. A Notepad window will open with the contents of this log. Click on Edit then click on Select all. Then click on Edit and then Click on Copy. Register an account at http://www.bleepingcomputer.com and post this created log into the Hijackthis Logs forum at that site. To do this, once you are registered, create a new post, right click in message area and select paste to paste the log into the post. An expert will reply to you after reading this post. DO NOT fix any entries unless you are absolutely sure you know what you are doing as you may cause more damage to the system To see a tutorial on using HijackThis you can click on the link below. http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/foru...howtutorial=42 -- Lawrence Abrams http://www.bleepingcomputer.com Source for Original Content, Tutorials, and Support for the beginning computer user. "zenjoo" wrote in message ... Apparently I have Spyware on my system. Home page changed, pop ups all over the place, can't use System Restore, scan disk or defrag. Can someone please help me? Thanks |
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