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re: hijacked by spyware Tuesday, September 27, 2005 at 2:28 pm Posted by DEX (11847 messages posted) Remmo Download and install FireFox it comes with a Popup Blocker and turn off the Messenger Service on your machine. (Messenger Service is side door in windows that you did not close and popups use it to bug you) Use this free tool to do that. Service Controller XP 2.2.61 http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4313.html On Tuesday, September 27, 2005 at 10:09 am, remmo wrote: >hello people > >my pc seems to be hijacked by spyware or something. i keep getting phoney system >messages. they want me to download their spyware. my homepage has changed from google >to "security centre". >my up-to-date spybot doesn't find anything, my mcafee and nav2005 found a "puper.dll" >and deleted it. didn't help though. any ideas anybody? I could use some help on this >one... > >deremmo [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: hijacked by spyware Wednesday, September 28, 2005 at 5:38 am Posted by biskit (19 messages posted) to stay legal any spyware must have an uninstall feature, however there is no requirement to make them easy to find or use. look around the page it opens and the page main page that might be linked to it, the uninstall feature is usualy hidden on the small print at the bottom of the page, also look in add/remove programs in the windows control pannel for anything that looks like it may be connected to the popups. if that dosnt work try creating a hotmail account and useing that to email them demanding thay provide a tool to uninstall thair crap. do not use your normal email as thay probably will spam you and keep a copy of all the emails you send them and thay send you. if thay refuse you may be able to sue them. On Tuesday, September 27, 2005 at 10:09 am, remmo wrote: >hello people > >my pc seems to be hijacked by spyware or something. i keep getting phoney system >messages. they want me to download their spyware. my homepage has changed from google >to "security centre". >my up-to-date spybot doesn't find anything, my mcafee and nav2005 found a "puper.dll" >and deleted it. didn't help though. any ideas anybody? I could use some help on this >one... > >deremmo [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: hijacked by spyware Wednesday, October 5, 2005 at 11:13 pm Posted by Anonymouse (412 messages posted) Er...what, exactly, is "legal spyware"? There's no such thing as uninstallable spyware! Has ANYONE on this board heard of spyware which gives you an option to remove it?! Come ON! They don't WANT people to uninstall their crap! And replying to unsolicited emails will not get you removed from their mailing lists - all that does is to confirm they've got a valid email address, after which they'll send MORE crap! Surely everyone's got the message by now: DO NOT REPLY TO UNSOLICITED EMAIL. EVER. NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES WHATSOEVER. Of course, everyone's free to ignore this advice; it's not my place or anyone else's to lecture anyone. But if you do, do not blame me - or anyone else giving similar advice - for the consequences. As Mad-Eye Moody might say: "CONSTANT VIGILANCE!" :) On Wednesday, September 28, 2005 at 5:38 am, biskit wrote: >to stay legal any spyware must have an uninstall feature, however there is no requirement >to make them easy to find or use. look around the page it opens and the page main >page that might be linked to it, the uninstall feature is usualy hidden on the small >print at the bottom of the page, also look in add/remove programs in the windows >control pannel for anything that looks like it may be connected to the popups. if >that dosnt work try creating a hotmail account and useing that to email them demanding >thay provide a tool to uninstall thair crap. do not use your normal email as thay >probably will spam you and keep a copy of all the emails you send them and thay send >you. if thay refuse you may be able to sue them. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: hijacked by spyware Wednesday, October 12, 2005 at 2:28 am Posted by biskit (19 messages posted) Spyware companies work on the edge of the law but thay still have to work within the law or face getting closed down, thair assets ceased and fined rediculouse ammounts of money (and possably some porridge time as well). hense even though thay dont want you to remove it thay must provide an uninstall tool. thay get round this by making it hard to find and use. also didnt i say not to use your usual email as it is likely to get spammed, i think i did :) On Wednesday, October 5, 2005 at 11:13 pm, Karl Jackson wrote: >Er...what, exactly, is "legal spyware"? There's no such thing >as uninstallable spyware! Has ANYONE on this board heard of spyware which >gives you an option to remove it?! Come ON! >They don't WANT people to uninstall their crap! And replying to unsolicited >emails will not get you removed from their mailing lists - all that does is >to confirm they've got a valid email address, after which they'll send MORE crap! > >Surely everyone's got the message by now: DO NOT >REPLY TO UNSOLICITED EMAIL. EVER. NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES WHATSOEVER. > >Of course, everyone's free to ignore this advice; it's not my place or anyone else's >to lecture anyone. But if you do, do not blame me - or anyone else giving similar >advice - for the consequences. As Mad-Eye Moody might say: "CONSTANT VIGILANCE!" >:) > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 2000 Discussion Forum