re: Hijak This file scan--need advice
Friday, December 5, 2003 at 4:32 pm
Windows Me Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by worm
(792 messages posted)
Hi Frank,
Good advice from Carol.
In case you're interested, there's some useful background
info here
on how CoolWebSearch works.
One of the other things you have to do though is to purge all the previous System
Restore points. This is because Win ME creates backups of all system files and anything
you've installed which includes all that spyware of course.
You'll find an illustrated
tutorial on how to purge the System Restore cache here
On Friday, December 5, 2003 at 3:52 pm, Carol wrote:
>
>You have a variant of the CoolWebSearch hijacker, for one thing. Download and run
>CoolWebShredder 1.38.0 on this page: color="FF69B4">Spychecker.com/
>
>Be sure to close all browser windows before running it. It may execute again after
>rebooting. It would be good to keep it on hand. He updates it VERY frequently, so
>check for an update often.
>
>P.S. If you get a message saying 'A required dll, MSVBVM60.DLL, was not found',
install
>the VB 6 Runtime Libraries. Direct download: color="FF69B4">VB 6 Runtime Libraries
>
>If you have NOT ran SpybotSD already, download and run it after running the Shredder:
>color="FF69B4">Spybot S&D Close all running programs, install then
>reboot. Start it and go online and press the 'search for updates' tab. Download
all
>updates that aren't optional.
>
>Close all browser windows, then start it in Easy mode and run the scan. Then click
>'Check All', and fix everything SpybotSD labels in red. Reboot.
>
>Then if you feel it's necessary to run Hijack This again, PLEASE choose this Option
>below the message window before posting the log, so it's formatted properly!: Check
>this box to preserve your spacing....
>
>
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