Question about spywware/popups

[Freakaloin]

i get no spyware or pop ups ever...

[Deji]

Open safe mode, hope that none of them run in safe mode (they really shouldn't), remove the system attributes it has in cmd (if any) and delete. You have to get them all though, or they can replicate again possibly.

[stocktroll]

download hijackthis and post a log

[+JuggerNaut+]

..when using it also go into Advanced tools > Browser hijack restore > check all and restore.

that might have been in previous versions(?), but the current version does browser hijacking/restore by default.

Is MS AntiSpyware any good?

very.

lol...it is? by being good, do u mean it sucks ass? ok then...

for people that have had constant problems with spyware, yeah, it is very good.

[SplishSplash]

Those antispyware things usually only find tracker cookies on my pc.

[+JuggerNaut+]

Those antispyware things usually only find tracker cookies on my pc.

you either:

a) don't share your pc with your flatmates

b) don't surf pr0n

c) all of the above

[Grudge]

just install a separate instance of Firefox and disable java, javascript and activex, and use it for porn surfing

[Freakaloin]

surfing pr0n is such a no0b way to get pr0n...

on an aside...remember this? rofl...

http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/06/17/bush.iraq/

[4days]

just install a separate instance of Firefox and disable java, javascript and activex, and use it for porn surfing

lol. the other day i had to visit this college. started talking to one of the teachers in the staff room/server room while we rolled stuff out onto their network and he mentioned that he'd just started using linux. "needed somewhere to hide your porn eh?" i joked, trying to break the ice, "hope the missus never bothers to browse the P:\ drive at our place". fucker didn't even smile, just sat there, blushing like a slapped arse :lol:

[Tormentius]

Symantec AV claims it will remove adaware and spyware. I don't know how effective it is at that.

Symantec 9 Corporate detects some spyware and removes even less. The upcoming 10 version has full spyware detection and removal though as does the upcoming consumer version.

[tnf]

HOly shit...adaware found something like 500+ things...my machine now crashes whenever I try to quarantine them...even if I try them one at a time.

[Tormentius]

HOly shit...adaware found something like 500+ things...my machine now crashes whenever I try to quarantine them...even if I try them one at a time.

Safemode :icon10:

[blakjack]

many are difficult to remove even if you know what you are doing. i had a stubborn one that adaware and co (before ms was released) could not remove, fairly harmless hijacking of about:blank to a search page, but I kept removing every trace of it and it kept coming back randomly. With the help of lavasoft ppl I had to use other tools to discover how it had hooked itself into explorer.exe and recreated itself after a random amount of time/restarts. The file itself which was causing it was hidden completely...I could get the location but it wasnt there to delete, even in safe mode. I had to use this program called killbox to remove it before it could protect itself on startup.

this is about the only one ive had on my pc, and it came from using outlook. you should see my dads ffs some of the crap he's had on there...often enough stuff he agrees to and they trash the system too much, you remove them and it still runs like shit. Average pc user has no idea how to avoid or remove them, bloody evil.

[+JuggerNaut+]

HOly shit...adaware found something like 500+ things...my machine now crashes whenever I try to quarantine them...even if I try them one at a time.

Safemode :icon10:

'tis the only way at that point.

[Grudge]

man, you should kick that cousin's kid's ass - that little punk needs to be grounded for a month for screwing your stuff up that bad

[Shmee]

Is MS AntiSpyware any good?

So very good.