spyware/adware

BeHemoth · Post by **BeHemoth** » Wed Jun 09, 2004 5:13 pm

Everyone has problems with this. Post any spyware/adware related
questions and answers here, as well as websites with programs to
protect against it.

http://www.webroot.com
this will have a program called spysweeper. which I thoroughly recommend. It comes with a free demo that you can update by uninstalling and then downloading the newest version. Or you can pay $40.00 for a 2 year subscription.
http://www.safer-networking.org/
spybot. free, and updatable.
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
adaware gets rid of adware and is also free.
http://www.nuker.com/
spyware nuker. I wouldn't recommend this one unless you buy the full
version.

feel free to add others.

Lux · Post by **Lux** » Tue Jun 15, 2004 8:26 am

Umm, spybot? It finds a lot of stuff adaware misses.

http://www.safer-networking.org/

BeHemoth · Post by **BeHemoth** » Tue Jun 15, 2004 11:27 am

Lux wrote:Umm, spybot? It finds a lot of stuff adaware misses.

http://www.safer-networking.org/

reread my post, dog, it's up there with the same URL.

Lux · Post by **Lux** » Tue Jun 15, 2004 2:46 pm

Sorry, my bad. I didn't notice when I skimmed.

blabberingbullshit · Post by **blabberingbullshit** » Tue Jun 15, 2004 11:32 pm

Best Free Anti-Scumware Utility New
There's a scumware plague at the moment. All it takes is a visit to a pushy web site or a loaded shareware install and next minute your Internet Explorer homepage has been changed, your default search setting altered, unwanted ads pop up on your screen and worse. SpywareBlaster is not a file scanner like SpyBot but rather a stand-alone inoculation program that prevents the initial infection. It provides active protection against more than 1500 products that use ActiveX based exploits and offers defenses against unwanted cookies as well. A companion program to SpywareBlaster is SpywareGuard. Again, this is not a file scanner like SpyBot. It is a protective program that works like an anti-virus suite by checking programs before they are executed. Both products are well executed, regularly updated and work well with each other and SpyBot.
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html (2.2MB)
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareguard.html (1.96MB)

havent tried it i got it from http://www.techsupportalert.com/best.htm which has lots of good free programs. i dont download spyware so i dont really need it.

rakesh1 · Post by **rakesh1** » Tue Jun 15, 2004 11:34 pm

blabberingbullshit wrote:i dont download spyware so i dont really need it.

i dont think anyone intentionally does

BeHemoth · Post by **BeHemoth** » Thu Jun 17, 2004 6:01 pm

rakesh wrote:
blabberingbullshit wrote:i dont download spyware so i dont really need it.
i dont think anyone intentionally does

it's the type of software that embeds itself in hidden files on your
harddrive, sometimes you can find them on your own, it just takes forever. some spyware you can intentionally download like kazaa and
GAIN and quite a few others.

rakesh1 · Post by **rakesh1** » Thu Jun 17, 2004 6:52 pm

i dont think kazaa, the file sharing ap, is spyware. it has spyware components to it. or something. anyway, im saying that people dont download kazaa for that spyware aspect. or people dont download gain so they can have popups. no one i know would at least

Jizzy · Post by **Jizzy** » Mon Jun 28, 2004 8:23 am

I'm really pissed off at the moment. Since um about Thursday web pages take an age to load. I can download files at the normal speed but loading web pages pisses me off. I have a 600K connection and I remember 56K being faster than I am now.

Could this be spyware related? I've used ad-aware and none found. I used McAfee and it comes up with something called pskill thats maybe an unintentionally wanted programme but can't delete it. I un-installed my browser and installed it again. Still the same. I delete my temp files every day as a matter of routine so its not that.

This is really starting to piss me off. I don't have time to sit there for three minutes each time a page loads. I'm getting really frustrated here.

Any ideas?

Jizzy · Post by **Jizzy** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 3:33 pm

Well its working fine now. All I had to do was use the recovery disk and start back from scratch!

agent b · Post by **agent b** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 5:27 pm

blabberingbullshit wrote:Best Free Anti-Scumware Utility New
There's a scumware plague at the moment. All it takes is a visit to a pushy web site or a loaded shareware install and next minute your Internet Explorer homepage has been changed, your default search setting altered, unwanted ads pop up on your screen and worse. SpywareBlaster is not a file scanner like SpyBot but rather a stand-alone inoculation program that prevents the initial infection. It provides active protection against more than 1500 products that use ActiveX based exploits and offers defenses against unwanted cookies as well. A companion program to SpywareBlaster is SpywareGuard. Again, this is not a file scanner like SpyBot. It is a protective program that works like an anti-virus suite by checking programs before they are executed. Both products are well executed, regularly updated and work well with each other and SpyBot.
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html (2.2MB)
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareguard.html (1.96MB)

havent tried it i got it from http://www.techsupportalert.com/best.htm which has lots of good free programs. i dont download spyware so i dont really need it.

this is EXACTLY the problem i have on my PC right now, but does this program only help you before you get fucked over?

bmurf75 · Post by **bmurf75** » Fri Jul 23, 2004 1:57 am

what is your homepage set to????

hopefully not res://random.dll/index.html#somerandomnumber

agent b · Post by **agent b** » Sun Jul 25, 2004 7:56 pm

actually it's res://urgvk.dll/index.html#37049

am i fucked?

bmurf75 · Post by **bmurf75** » Mon Jul 26, 2004 10:38 pm

not fucked but just a pain in the ass to clean. follow the instructions here:

http://www.pchell.com/support/onlythebest.shtml

this is the latest in spyware/ie hijacking around. forget a spyware application, this is a spyware service. this fucking thing installs a service on your computer named "Network Security Service." Pretty slick.

just follow the instructions word for word and youll be fine.

agent b · Post by **agent b** » Tue Aug 03, 2004 10:30 pm

bmurf75 wrote:how did i know....

not fucked but just a pain in the ass to clean. follow the instructions here:

http://www.pchell.com/support/onlythebest.shtml

this is the latest in spyware/ie hijacking around. forget a spyware application, this is a spyware service. this fucking thing installs a service on you computer named "Network Security Service." Pretty slick.

just follow the instructions word for word and youll be fine.

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!

Kalistoga · Post by **Kalistoga** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 4:29 am

ok, so i have Ad-aware 6.0 and Spy Doctor. I use them both to scan, mostly with the SPy Doctor and it finds 20 something infections. After I clean it out, I do another scan like a couple hours later and I have 20 something infections again. And usually, it's the same infections. There's this toolbar called Elite that installs into my computer, and I keep getting rid of it and it just comes back...

Is there a way to completely get rid of these things?

BeHemoth · Post by **BeHemoth** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 5:35 pm

run your spyware scanner in safe mode. the spyware you have is probably the kind that hides out in memory so cannot be uninstalled when your OS is fully operational.

Kalistoga · Post by **Kalistoga** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 4:22 am

BeHemoth wrote:run your spyware scanner in safe mode. the spyware you have is probably the kind that hides out in memory so cannot be uninstalled when your OS is fully operational.

ill try that out...thanks

theaggravatedjew · Post by **theaggravatedjew** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 8:51 pm

ad aware isnt working what elde can i try to remove this annoying toolbar, i tried the remove thing it has and no luck after rebooting it always comes back here its called websearch toolbar and its a pain in the ass.

squ1d · Post by **squ1d** » Sun Jan 30, 2005 7:30 pm

www.webroot.com

If you haven't tried spysweeper yet.

rakesh1 · Post by **rakesh1** » Sun Jan 30, 2005 7:34 pm

making the switch to firefox should hopefully cut down on a lot of spyware problems

theaggravatedjew · Post by **theaggravatedjew** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 9:42 am

Ok, thats at my gf's house ill try that when i go over again, thanks

ANT8U · Post by **ANT8U** » Sun Feb 06, 2005 8:07 pm

WEbroots Spysweeper Full Version with Serial
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Noah · Post by **Noah** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 6:39 pm

Just recently in my blog I happened to write a few thing related to this issue. I think they would be helpful to people who have issues with spyware, adware, malware, and other unfriendly wares.

http://nchase.blogspot.com/2005/04/to-d ... -post.html
http://nchase.blogspot.com/2005/04/more ... super.html

rakesh1 · Post by **rakesh1** » Wed May 25, 2005 11:33 pm

hijackthis

http://www.majorgeeks.com/download3155.html

Mindbender Futurama · Sun May 29, 2005 10:30 pm

I FINALLY SUCCEEDED IN KILLING THIS VIRUS. IT TOOK 4 DAYS OF MY SANITY, BUT I BEAT THIS BITCH.

THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR YOUR HELP, IT IS MUCH APPRECIATED if you can't tell by my current style of writing

barknee · Post by **barknee** » Sun Aug 14, 2005 8:56 am

I just quickly want to say props to everyone on here for all the useful links and especially Noah for those blog postings. The most helpful things I've read regarding spyware and you've all put me on to a heap of good protection.

I AM EENVINCIBLE

HopeLess · Post by **HopeLess** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 4:01 pm

Anyoen know anythign about "SpyShreriff"?

I followed the instructions at the 2-spyware.com page but cant seem to get rid of it. Anyone know what I should do?

HopeLess · Post by **HopeLess** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 4:11 pm

HopeLess wrote:Anyoen know anythign about "SpyShreriff"?

I followed the instructions at the 2-spyware.com page but cant seem to get rid of it. Anyone know what I should do?

if anyone could help as soon as possibel i'd appreciate it.