re: my computer may have spyware Saturday, May 29, 2004 at 12:52 am Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Ms. Eagle (33507 messages posted) Download the CWShredder tool on the bottom of this page: CoolWebSearch Chronicles Run the Shredder from your desktop. Close all browser windows and press FIX to scan and clean. Reboot and run the Shredder again. Clear out your TIF and other temp files. Go into Internet Options - General tab. Delete temporary internet files, and choose to delete all Offline content. In Settings, set the size of your TIF folder between 5 - 10 MB. Start - Find - Files or folders - in the named box, type: *.tmp and choose Edit - select all - File - delete. Empty the contents of the C:\Windows\temp folder and C:\temp folder, if you have one. Empty Recycle bin. Download SpybotS&D 1.3: Safer-Networking.org or from Major Geeks: SpyBot-Search & Destroy 1.3 Close all running programs, install then reboot. Start it and go online and press 'search for updates' tab. (if you have problems, select the US or Australian mirror site to download updates from). Download all updates that aren't optional. Close all browser windows and run the scan. When it's finished, 'Check All', and fix everything SpyBot-S&D labels in RED. Reboot. If necessary... Download 'Hijack This' Unzip 'HT' into a "Folder", any folder but a temp folder. It creates backups. Close all browser windows and run it offline. Double click the .Exe file to run it. Choose Scan. It'll display a list.Most of the entries listed are necessary or required entries. Don't fix anything, until you know which items to fix. You can check here for a description of the entries in the log: HijackThisTutorial After the scan is finished, the Scan button will turn into Save Log. Press that and copy/paste the contents in a post. Before posting your message, choose this Option: Check this box to preserve your spacing, etc.... I suggest installing SpywareBlaster for prevention. Check for and download updates after installing it, and frequently thereafter. Enable protection for Restricted sites, as well as IE. There's SpywareGuard, if you want to use both: JavaCoolSoftware.com Written in response to: my computer may have spyware (Eric: Friday, May 28, 2004 at 10:10 pm) Responses to this message: re: my computer may have spyware (Eric: Saturday, May 29, 2004 at 6:59 am) All messages in this thread [show all] my computer may have spyware (Eric: Fri, May 28, 2004, 10:10 pm) re: my computer may have spyware (Kevin Andries: Fri, May 28, 2004, 11:35 pm) re: my computer may have spyware (Eric: Sat, May 29, 2004, 8:48 am) re: my computer may have spyware (Eric: Mon, May 31, 2004, 9:13 am) re: my computer may have spyware (Ms. Eagle: Sat, May 29, 2004, 12:52 am) re: my computer may have spyware (Eric: Sat, May 29, 2004, 6:59 am) re: my computer may have spyware (Ms. Eagle: Sat, May 29, 2004, 9:41 am) re: my computer may have spyware (Eric: Sat, May 29, 2004, 3:49 pm) re: my computer may have spyware (Eric: Sat, May 29, 2004, 8:08 pm) re: my computer may have spyware (Ms. Eagle: Sat, May 29, 2004, 10:36 pm) re: my computer may have spyware (Eric: Sat, May 29, 2004, 11:43 pm) re: my computer may have spyware (Ms. Eagle: Sun, May 30, 2004, 12:24 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum