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re: Spyware Tuesday, October 28, 2003 at 4:59 pm Posted by Bob B (1139 messages posted) Adaare and Spybot Search and Destroy. Maybe Hijack Thiss too... On Tuesday, October 28, 2003 at 4:02 pm, emoboy wrote: >I'm pretty sure I have some sort of Spyware or robot or virus on my computer because >everytime I shut down XP, first off I always get the I.E. not resonding or whatever, >so I have to End the Task. Then, everytime I restart my computer, new homepages keep >switching. I set my homepage to like google and it changes on me to like some stupid >myfunstart.com or something. > >I was on a website and it said blah blah found a spyware named BrowserAid on your >computer, for only $blah blah amounts we can stop pop-ups, and I guess I'm not really >looking for popup blockers, but more or less a way to just delete this spyware or >virus from registry or something... Like I said I think it's called BroswerAid or >something like that... > >Any Ideas? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Spyware Tuesday, October 28, 2003 at 5:23 pm Posted by emoboy (3 messages posted) Sorry what does this exactly mean?? Ha, I must be a newbie... Adaare and Spybot Search and Destroy. Maybe Hijack Thiss too... [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Spyware Tuesday, October 28, 2003 at 6:18 pm Posted by MJB (1166 messages posted) Download, update, and run: SpyBot Search & Destroy and Ad-aware Ad-Aware 6 comes pre-configured with default options that are already ON (green check-mark) ... do not change them. The following are changes that you will need to make to prepare the "Full" custom scan that is recommended for the first look into your computer (instead of a red "x", you will make them a green "check-mark") [NOTE: any options that are greyed out are only available for users of the paid Plus or Professional versions of A-A] Launch the program, and click on the Gear at the top of the start screen to access the preferences/setting window. Click the "Scanning" button. Under Drives & Folders, select "Scan within Archives". Click "Click here to select Drives + folders" and select your installed hard drives. Under Memory & Registry, select all options. Click the "Advanced" button. Under "Log-file detail", select all options. Click the "Tweaks" button. Under "Scanning Engine", select the following: "Include additional Ad-aware settings in logfile" and "Unload recognized processes during scanning." Under "Cleaning Engine", select the following: "Automatically try to unregister objects prior to deletion" and "Let Windows remove files in use after reboot." Click on 'Proceed' to save these Preferences. When you are finished, you will be using the Custom Scan with Memory and Both registry scans ON. Please make sure that you activate IN-DEPTH scanning before you proceed. It is very important you update these two programs before you run them as well as the settings for AdAware Good Luck, ---MJB--- On Tuesday, October 28, 2003 at 4:02 pm, emoboy wrote: >I'm pretty sure I have some sort of Spyware or robot or virus on my computer because >everytime I shut down XP, first off I always get the I.E. not resonding or whatever, >so I have to End the Task. Then, everytime I restart my computer, new homepages keep >switching. I set my homepage to like google and it changes on me to like some stupid >myfunstart.com or something. > >I was on a website and it said blah blah found a spyware named BrowserAid on your >computer, for only $blah blah amounts we can stop pop-ups, and I guess I'm not really >looking for popup blockers, but more or less a way to just delete this spyware or >virus from registry or something... Like I said I think it's called BroswerAid or >something like that... > >Any Ideas? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Spyware Tuesday, October 28, 2003 at 6:50 pm Posted by emoboy (3 messages posted) Thanks, I ran Search and Destory and that seemed to have worked well, I guess we'll see if it does over time... Thanks soo much! On Tuesday, October 28, 2003 at 6:18 pm, MJB wrote: > >Download, update, and run: >SpyBot Search & Destroy and Ad-aware >Ad-Aware 6 comes pre-configured with default options that are already ON (green check-mark) >... do not change them. The following are changes that you will need to make to prepare >the "Full" custom scan that is recommended for the first look into your computer >(instead of a red "x", you will make them a green "check-mark") >[NOTE: any options that are greyed out are only available for users of the paid Plus >or Professional versions of A-A] > >Launch the program, and click on the Gear at the top of the start screen to access >the preferences/setting window. >Click the "Scanning" button. >Under Drives & Folders, select "Scan within Archives". >Click "Click here to select Drives + folders" and select your installed hard drives. >Under Memory & Registry, select all options. >Click the "Advanced" button. >Under "Log-file detail", select all options. >Click the "Tweaks" button. >Under "Scanning Engine", select the following: >"Include additional Ad-aware settings in logfile" and "Unload recognized processes >during scanning." >Under "Cleaning Engine", select the following: >"Automatically try to unregister objects prior to deletion" and >"Let Windows remove files in use after reboot." >Click on 'Proceed' to save these Preferences. > >When you are finished, you will be using the Custom Scan with Memory and Both registry >scans ON. Please make sure that you activate IN-DEPTH scanning before you proceed. > >It is very important you update these two programs >before you run them as well as the settings for AdAware > >Good Luck, >behavior="alternate">---MJB--- > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Spyware Tuesday, October 28, 2003 at 8:01 pm Posted by MJB (1166 messages posted) U R welcome On Tuesday, October 28, 2003 at 6:50 pm, emoboy wrote: >Thanks, I ran Search and Destory and that seemed to have worked well, I guess we'll >see if it does over time... Thanks soo much! > > [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 XP Discussion Forum