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re: my computer may have spyware Friday, May 28, 2004 at 11:35 pm Posted by Kevin Andries (265 messages posted) Have you tried using a virus scan program or Spybot? Just a suggestion. It's your decision. Please write back to the forum, if the problems are still present, after you perform the scans. Expert advice is available here at the forum. Good Luck. On Friday, May 28, 2004 at 10:10 pm, Eric wrote: >I would like to know how to get rid of spyware, because it's messing up my computer. >It keeps chaning my home page, and it gives me all these pop up ads. I'm not sure >what programs to use or how to use them. I've tried Ad a ware and spy sweeper. > >please help! [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: my computer may have spyware Saturday, May 29, 2004 at 12:52 am 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 [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: my computer may have spyware Saturday, May 29, 2004 at 6:59 am Posted by Eric (6 messages posted) which one do think I should try first? On Saturday, May 29, 2004 at 12:52 am, Carol wrote: > > >Download the CWShredder tool on the bottom of this page: >color="FF69B4"> >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: >color="FF69B4"> >Safer-Networking.org >or from Major Geeks: >target=_blank href="http://www.majorgeeks.com/download2471.html"> >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: >color="FF69B4"> >HijackThisTutorialAfter 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: >color="FF69B4">JavaCoolSoftware.com > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: my computer may have spyware Saturday, May 29, 2004 at 8:48 am Posted by Eric (6 messages posted) Can I delete spybot when im done using it, becouse last time I had spybot, I wouldnt let me delete it afterwords. On Friday, May 28, 2004 at 11:35 pm, Kevin Andries wrote: >Have you tried using a virus scan program or Spybot? Just a suggestion. It's your >decision. Please write back to the forum, if the problems are still present, after >you perform the scans. Expert advice is available here at the forum. Good Luck. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: my computer may have spyware Saturday, May 29, 2004 at 9:41 am Posted by Ms. Eagle (33507 messages posted) It makes no difference, but the CWShredder onlys scans for and fixes the CWSearch hijacker variants. It's not a regular spyware removal program. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: my computer may have spyware Saturday, May 29, 2004 at 3:49 pm Posted by Eric (6 messages posted) It WORKED! THANK YOU SO MUCH. And I'll like to thank everyone that tried to help me! On Saturday, May 29, 2004 at 9:41 am, Carol wrote: > > >It makes no difference, but the CWShredder onlys scans for and fixes the CWSearch >hijacker variants. It's not a regular spyware removal program. > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: my computer may have spyware Saturday, May 29, 2004 at 8:08 pm Posted by Eric (6 messages posted) When I deleted the the other programs that didn't work, spyware came back on my computer and then I used the shreder again and it's gone, but how come it comes back when I delete the programs that didn't work? I deleted the programs becouse I didn't want so many spyware removers on my computer that dont work... On Saturday, May 29, 2004 at 3:49 pm, Eric wrote: >It WORKED! THANK YOU SO MUCH. And I'll like to thank everyone that tried to help >me! > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: my computer may have spyware Saturday, May 29, 2004 at 10:36 pm Posted by Ms. Eagle (33507 messages posted) What comes back?? You haven't said what spyware problems you're having. What programs did you delete? SpybotS&D is one of the best, and it is the best freeware and most highly recommended. Uninstalling programs won't make things come back. It may be one of the newer CWSearch variants that keeps returning and can't be fixed with any spywware removal programs. I can't say, because you haven't said what was found on your system. Btw, I hope you mean you uninstalled rather than deleting them. The Shredder and HijackThis are keepers, and just small apps to keep on hand in case of future problems. That's up to you, but you need to make sure to check for updates, if later on, you have need to run them. SpywareBlaster will protect your system and prevent future problems. It doesn't need to be running, but you can read the description and decide for yourself. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: my computer may have spyware Saturday, May 29, 2004 at 11:43 pm Posted by Eric (6 messages posted) I unistalled Spy blaster then I just restored it and I unistalled spysweeper. And the problem with my computer was, When I click on my Internet page, My homepage keeps changing to this one site that dose not have a name, just a search bar and a option and a pop up ad comes up on my computer screen that tells me that I have spyware, and it tells me the risks of having it. On Saturday, May 29, 2004 at 10:36 pm, Carol wrote: > > >What comes back?? You haven't said what spyware problems you're having. What programs >did you delete? SpybotS&D is one of the best, and it is the best freeware and most >highly recommended. Uninstalling programs won't make things come back. It may be one of the newer CWSearch >variants that keeps returning and can't be fixed with any spywware removal programs. >I can't say, because you haven't said what was found on your system.Btw, I hope you mean you uninstalled rather than deleting them. The Shredder and >HijackThis are keepers, and just small apps to keep on hand in case of future problems. >That's up to you, but you need to make sure to check for updates, if later on, you >have need to run them. SpywareBlaster will protect your system and prevent future problems. It doesn't need >to be running, but you can read the description and decide for yourself. > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: my computer may have spyware Sunday, May 30, 2004 at 12:24 am Posted by Ms. Eagle (33507 messages posted) You can run HT and post the log it creates. That usually takes care of leftovers, unless it's one of those newer complex hijackers. I'll check it out and get back to you. Be sure to clear out all your temp file again. 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.... [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: my computer may have spyware Monday, May 31, 2004 at 9:13 am Posted by Eric (1 messages posted) I had tried spybot, but it dose not get rid of spyware all it dose is it claims to fix it or diable it, but it stills comes back. Sorry I took so long to reply On Friday, May 28, 2004 at 11:35 pm, Kevin Andries wrote: >Have you tried using a virus scan program or Spybot? Just a suggestion. It's your >decision. Please write back to the forum, if the problems are still present, after >you perform the scans. Expert advice is available here at the forum. Good Luck. > > [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 98 Discussion Forum