re: PeopleOnPage, WildTangent and a couple other lil buggers...
Tuesday, February 3, 2004 at 6:42 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by werner
(7087 messages posted)
SpybotS&D needed about two or three trys to remove WILD TANGENT.Also asked to Run
and did Run on Bootup(Twice)before all that Crud was removed.To turn off SYSTEMRESTORE
while Fixing the Problem.
On Tuesday, February 3, 2004 at 12:35 pm, US_Blue wrote:
>I've run all the anti-virus/spyware/adware/trojan blocker software that is usually
>recommended (upgraded/dated and configured): Spybot, HijackThis, Norton Systemworks,
>and Blockers with my ISP (earthlink). Searched and combed my computer (including
>registry) for anything and everything that even remotely resembles .dll/exe files
>and anything that could possibly be associated with the following: PeopleOnPage(trojan),
>WildTangent(sysmonadware), and Atdmt, bluestreak, double click(cookies).
>
>Here is where it started:
> http://www.earthlink.net/spyaudit/
>I ran this (due to 'funny' and slow actions on puter) and it came up with the above
>listed culprits.
>
>At some point I remember having agreed to the wildtanget, but have since removed
>*or thought I had* removed it. The other three I have NO idea where they came from.
>I uninstalled and reinstalled (required due to prior installation of spybot i think)
>my ISP spyware blocker (since my ISP provided the online
>test) and that didn't get it so I downloaded the Spybot and HT...still no progress.
> Found these instructions for removal: http://www.pchell.com/support/peopleonpage.shtml
>but I didn't register(that i'm aware of) and can find zero files related to it.
>I've tried the instuctions (most are pretty consistant) here to get rid of the others.
> I also did the EIFIX.reg to hopefully restore a few things to default. None of
>this has worked.
>
>System is VERY slow, fonts (online) are messed up, and a few options that 'seem'
>to be unrelated are just acting funny (would take way too long to describe here).
>
>Does anyone have an idea of what info I am missing that I can't get rid of these
>last couple of things that are bugging the canola out of me?
>Thanks,
>Angela
>
>PS..carl ...no matter what ...if you should respond to this one..i promise i won't
>get upset again ;)
>
>
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