How Do I Get Rid of Spyware?

The_Lakers_Show · Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 9:14 am Post subject: How Do I Get Rid of Spyware?

Ok, so first off, I'm an idiot.... I downloaded the "new" version of the yahoo toolbar to my computer about a month ago because it said it need to be updated. I was like ok fine. Next thing I know Ive got pop-up adds coming outta my ass! And if I try to google anything, half the time the link gets redirected to some stupid site that I dont want.

I have McAfee SecurityCenter and Windows Defender both doing daily full scans of my computer, yet the pop-ups remain. I ask you, my fellow LGers, how in the holy name of god can I make this stop?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
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lakersfreak · Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 9:54 am Post subject:

adaware

spybot

start with those
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PROPHET · Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 9:55 am Post subject:

I had the same exact thing happen to me I linked to the latest Rambo trailer and got 7 trojan viruses and spyware. I cleared out the viruses with AVG anti virus software and I upgraded to IE 7 and installed windows defender and updated adaware and did a scan. Still there was one spyware file I could not get rid of it it was zeno search spyware it would redirect my web pages to some other sites and give me frequent pop ups. Then I installed Microsoft process explorer and saw a background process that will try to connect to a host server to install that crap on my PC and deleted the thing of my PC I recommend that software to anybody its like a strong task manager.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/utilities/ProcessExplorer.mspx

Ndn Guy · Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 11:06 am Post subject:

i would also like to recommend 2 more programs i like Pest Patrol from CA, and Spyware blaster. if you still get some pop ups i would also suggest a program called Hijack this, all the info on these programs can be found on www.majorgeeks.com

Omar Little · Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 11:13 am Post subject:

Hire George Tenet. He will suck up to the spyware sources, and render their product completely useless.
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20,000 · Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 12:34 pm Post subject:

spyware blaster

adware

and spybot are the good first starts, as others here have mentioned.

Also, if you use IE, go to this Web site:

doxdesk.com/parasite/

It will check your system for you, and if it finds things it will tell you how to get rid of all of them.
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Fallout · Star Player Joined: 03 Jun 2002 Posts: 7626

If your PC hasn't been re-installed for a while, a clean reinstall of windows is an option too. Depending on what virus/trojan or even rootkits, its possible it won't be able to clean everything.

TACH · Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 2:29 pm Post subject:

Socks · Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 9:20 pm Post subject:

Spy Sweeper by Webroot is awesome. If you're just trying to kill off one or two things, you can probably get away with just one spyware app, but generally I would advise people to have at least 2 or 3 on hand, because no one product can cover every piece of spyware out there.

EJ8VTEC · Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 4:15 pm Post subject:

I recommend Zone Alarm

However if you have annoying programs starting up when u turn on your computer and you dont know how to stop them from running in the backround(causing pop-ups at times):
Go to start menu
Select Run
Type msconfig and hit enter
By going to the start tab on the top you can select which progs run at startup or by going to services you can select which programs are currently running

The_Lakers_Show · Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 6:20 pm Post subject:

Ok, so I added Ad-adware which has seemed to help. I'm no longer redirected to another page when i google something. However, I still get pop-ups. I only get pop-ups when i have an internet window open, not at any other time. And nothing at start up. And for some reason, if I leave my computer on for a few days the pop-ups will stop after like a day of having it on. But once i restart my computer again it just all starts again.
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lakersfreak · Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 7:11 pm Post subject:

Did u do scans with ad-aware and spybot?

PROPHET · Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 11:25 pm Post subject:

The_Lakers_Show · Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 12:50 am Post subject:

LarryCoon · Site Staff Joined: 11 Aug 2002 Posts: 11265

Also keep in mind the netstat command. It shows any open connections from or to your computer. If something's in there connecting to something else, you want to know about it.

To run it, open a command window (or do Start/Run.... and type netstat. There are command line arguments that are useful, do netstat -? to see them. For instance, netstat -b shows the name of the executable that owns each open connection.

PROPHET · Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 8:42 pm Post subject:

The_Lakers_Show · Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 11:03 pm Post subject:

I deleted all 3 that you suggested PROPHET, and thank you very much, unfortuanatly the pop-ups still persist!!! SOB!!!!!!!

Its basically just down to when I'm active on the Internet. If I'm idle, then no pop-ups, if I dont have a web window open, no pop-ups.

If I'm on the web looking around or reading something, I'll get a pop-up every few minutes.
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20,000 · Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 6:00 am Post subject:

PROPHET · Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 9:09 am Post subject:

BallerAli · Starting Rotation Joined: 30 Oct 2005 Posts: 412

damn spyware

The_Lakers_Show · Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 10:24 pm Post subject:

If I ever meet someone who makes this (bleep), I'm going to punch them in the neck....
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20,000 · Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 7:25 am Post subject:

Jesseca328 · Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 8:16 am Post subject:

Had the same problem a few weeks or months ago... Was driving me crazy!!! The pop-ups are gone but I'm still dealing with the rest of the spyware that i have installed in my computer... Getting help from an online forum... Pretty reliable since they've helped me numerous times in the pass but some how my family likes to click on every little thing that they see online and BAM there's the spyware! Let me know if you would like the site
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The_Lakers_Show · Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 8:21 pm Post subject:

Jesseca328 · Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 9:47 pm Post subject:

http://forums.pcpitstop.com/index.php?s=8b084e25a340d5b16b78e983ec04fe9f&showforum=9

right there my friend... they've always come through and helped me out with my computer problems...
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