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Subject: Deleting spyware
Category: Computers
Asked by: baughman3822-ga
List Price: $10.00
Posted: 15 Apr 2004 13:24 PDT
Expires: 15 May 2004 13:24 PDT
Question ID: 330873
I have spyware that prevents me from accessing Google subjects - How
do I get rid of these pop-ups?  I've tried to run Ad-Aware, but
whenever I try to enter I get a pop-up that says "time clock" or
"tramadol" or a host of other topics. What can I do - the internet is
worthless to me if I can't open any categories.
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Subject: Re: Deleting spyware
From: needsomeinfo-ga on 15 Apr 2004 21:22 PDT
 
Try SpyBot.  It's a great free program with with search for and remove
spyware/adward.  You can download it from
http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=spybotsd.  It's also
recommended by Kim Komando (she hosts a radio show about computers on
National Public Radio; www.komando.com).  Hope that helps.
Subject: Re: Deleting spyware
From: corwin65-ga on 15 Apr 2004 21:48 PDT
 
Another good program is Spy sweeper from webroot , you can find it at
www.download.com or www.webroot.com
Subject: Re: Deleting spyware
From: micro23-ga on 16 Apr 2004 06:12 PDT
 
Hello,

I work at a college helpdesk. Your best bet is to download a
combination of programs. The two best utilities that we have found and
run on every computer is spybot, and adaware. These are both available
for FREE from www.download.com or you can locate them in a GOOGLE
search :)

MAKE SURE! You run the updates.You will notice that each program has a
button to update to the latest definitions. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT as
new spy/ad ware appears every day.
Subject: Re: Deleting spyware
From: augie2-ga on 16 Apr 2004 14:53 PDT
 
Close out all programs and go to task manager (CTL Alt Delete) and
click on the Processes tab. Look to see if you have any suspicious
executibles that have CPU activity.  If you do select it and choose
end process. than try to run or download Ad-aware.
Subject: Re: Deleting spyware
From: freeblue2004-ga on 04 May 2004 04:15 PDT
 
download the third party software HijackThis:

HijackThis 1.97 
http://download.com.com/3000-2144-10227352.html 

--or ----
HijackThis 1.97.7
http://www.spychecker.com/program/hijackthis.html 

and then run it. Please do the following steps: 

---------------------------
Step 1: Back up the registry.  
=====================
(1) Click Start, click Run, type REGEDIT, and click OK.
(2) Click "Export Registry File" under Registry menu, choose All under
Export range, type filename for this backup registry, and click Save.

Step2: 
======================
1. Close all Internet Explorer (IE) windows and double-click the
HijackThis program to run it.
2. Click 'Scan' button
3. Check all items and then click Fix it.
4. Restart IE and check the issue again.
5. If you found that IE doesn't work properly, you can double-click
the backup registry file and click OK to recover the system to the
original states.
Subject: Re: Deleting spyware
From: freeblue2004-ga on 04 May 2004 04:16 PDT
 
download the third party software HijackThis:

HijackThis 1.97 
http://download.com.com/3000-2144-10227352.html 

--or ----
HijackThis 1.97.7
http://www.spychecker.com/program/hijackthis.html 

and then run it. 

1:Back up the registry.  
(1) Click Start, click Run, type REGEDIT, and click OK.
(2) Click "Export Registry File" under Registry menu, choose All under
Export range, type filename for this backup registry, and click Save.

1. Close all IE windows and double-click the HijackThis program to run it.
2. Click 'Scan' button
3. Check all items and then click Fix it.
4. Restart IE and check the issue again.
5. If you found that IE doesn't work properly, you can double-click
the backup registry file and click OK to recover the system to the
original states.
Subject: Re: Deleting spyware
From: here_to_help-ga on 28 Mar 2005 09:59 PST
 
Spyware X-terminator was a useful help to my computer spyware & popup
problems. Although no spyware program can gurantee to rid of every
potential threat and ad, Spyware x-terminator did a fantastic job as
compared to the free Microsoft and Lavasoft products.

Try it out and compare at  www.stompsoft.com  or  www.download.com

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