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el_lance_o

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AAAAAaaaah, my retarded swined sisters have spyware on my computer and it's the ones that's entangled through my registry, well it's not THAT bad, but you get the idea. It is webbed throughout my reg though because stuff keeps coming back that shouldn't over and over again. Anyone know any way( program or tip) to get rid of it for good? This is just annoying
 
Spybot: Search & Destroy
Adaware

And lastly - if you know what you are doing poking around in the registry
Hijackthis!

Google searches should pull up pages for all of the above.
 
well I'm using spyware doctor right now, and the crap comes back, but I guess I'll try spybot now, howbout a registry celaner
 
adaware goes through your registry. However, if you want to get rid of basically all of it, you will have to run through your reg yourself because, of course, like all other programs, ad-aware wont pick up everything.
 
Spybot I think cleans the registry to some extent. Personally, if the spyware is that bad, I would restore back to a point where there was less spyware on her PC and then you can remove it. Your registry gets cleaned with the restore as well.
 
el_lance_o said:
well I'm using spyware doctor right now, and the crap comes back, but I guess I'll try spybot now, howbout a registry celaner
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99% pecent of all problems I can take care of with the 3 above programs.
 
hmm ok then I'll tyr it out. ERRRRRRR... stupid siters and their " please click yes too instal" crap
 
el_lance_o said:
hmm ok then I'll tyr it out. ERRRRRRR... stupid siters and their " please click yes too instal" crap
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Best thing i ever did was to install mozilla/firefox on all the computers in the house.. spyware has dropped DRASTICALLY. You might think of doing something similar.
 
Also, DONT USE INTERNET EXPLORER.

But if you have particular stuff that won't come out just google for example "vx2 better internet removal". Normaly computercops(.de i think) has good forums with solutions to most problems. I know for VX2 better internet it took me 3 pages of info to remove it a few months ago, or at least I think it was VX2.
 
i love your solutions "don't use IE" well guess what spyware is not an Internet Explorer problem. My friend does tech support for apple and guess what kind of calls he takes all day long on safari and mozilla. best way to aviod spyware is education.
 
Procedure:

- Add/Remove Programs - remove all suspects
- Run Adaware Pro - Customize your scan, make it go thru your IE Favorites and hosts file.
- Run Spy Bot Search and Destroy


Thats it.

DO NOT FORGET TO UPDATE BOTH ADAWARE AND SPYBOT SEARCH AND DESTROY BEFORE SCANNING.
 
Here is a tip to makeing most pesky spyware go away easyer. Scan in safe mode, all those spyware program shouldn't have been called to start so it will be easy to remove them from disk and registry. Don't forget to update the patterns on these things as well.


However I did encounter one pesky peice of software one that locked its registry key, I tried to take control of the security of it and change it to the admin but it was already under the admins rights and had full rughts, nothing to change. I couldn't delete because of nonsufficient rights so I had to load the registry from another system and killed it. Hopefully you won't have anything that bad.
 
bigstusexy said:
Here is a tip to makeing most pesky spyware go away easyer. Scan in safe mode,.
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Yup,
and don't forget to turn off System restore beofre you boot into safe mode (if you even use System restore)
 
typhoon43 said:
Yup,
and don't forget to turn off System restore beofre you boot into safe mode (if you even use System restore)
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And make sure to fully patch your machine, besides SP2.
 
Roast said:
Also, inregards to "don't use IE", Its a fine browser as long as you don't click YES everytime a question pops up. It isn't that difficult. :cool:
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That would work if all of the exploits required user interaction, since they don't that advice is not 100% fool proof.
 
Malk-a-mite said:
That would work if all of the exploits required user interaction, since they don't that advice is not 100% fool proof.
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Neither is switching browsers, I'd even wager that more and more people are saying use something else (and naming firefox) it will start to get more bad attention.

Blah anyway this isn't the I hate IE thread, has the original poster tired to take a crack at the spyware yet?
 
bigstusexy said:
Blah anyway this isn't the I hate IE thread, has the original poster tired to take a crack at the spyware yet?
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No mention of it since "well I'm using spyware doctor right now, and the crap comes back, but I guess I'll try spybot now, howbout a registry celaner" - since Spybot and Adaware were mentioned in the very first reply I hope the poster has tried to use them.
 
i love your solutions "don't use IE" well guess what spyware is not an Internet Explorer problem. My friend does tech support for apple and guess what kind of calls he takes all day long on safari and mozilla. best way to aviod spyware is education.
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I'm sorry but the most commong problem with IE is people not keeping updates, even with an out dated Firefox or Opera you're going to have less problems. Trust me, I'm in the same industry as your friend and deal with it on a daily basis.
 
bobcrotch said:
I'm sorry but the most commong problem with IE is people not keeping updates, even with an out dated Firefox or Opera you're going to have less problems. Trust me, I'm in the same industry as your friend and deal with it on a daily basis.
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Even when IE is up-to-date there are vulnerabilities that enable spyware to get on your system without your knowledge. While I agree that by using Firefox you probably won't get as much spyware I think this is because IE is a bigger target for spyware writers. The more users a browser has then the more victims there will be.

It's kind of similar to viruses for Windows and Linux. Windows has a larger user base and just about all the virii target it. However, that doesn't mean that you are 100% sure not to get a virus on Linux... the probability is just much lower.
 
this isn't true at all. the comparison between linux/MS and FF/IE is not appropriate. these are 2 different OSes which something is trying to hack. there are problems in the code- bugs if you will- that allow the hacker to break into the system or to cause it to perform in a different way than normal. if it is not a bug in the code they are exploiting, the fact still remains that there is a remote source of attack.

with spyware the source of the source of the attack in essence is the user. they are requesting the chicksondicks.com website that houses the spyware. they install weatherbug so the damn thing can tell them that if they looked out the F-in windows they'd see that it was sunny.

also, as has been pointed out- not all spyware requires user interaction. this is a problem more for IE and is not a bug in most cases. it is how the software was designed to function. it is designed to make you say "where do i want to go today?" and you go there and it downloads all the stuff you want and you roll around in a field of flower petals thinking how great the intarweb is.

firefox does not download every goddamn thing on the internet silently and install it. while it is not perfect, it is designed to require a little more effort on the user's part to get either nasty or nice things on their machine. also, active x is not built in. simply because of no active X it is safer. but it will not solve all your spyware issues either.

if 400 billion people used FF and only 2 used IE it would not make FF any less secure. activex is still not going to be on there to be exploited.

jared2027 said:
Even when IE is up-to-date there are vulnerabilities that enable spyware to get on your system without your knowledge. While I agree that by using Firefox you probably won't get as much spyware I think this is because IE is a bigger target for spyware writers. The more users a browser has then the more victims there will be.

It's kind of similar to viruses for Windows and Linux. Windows has a larger user base and just about all the virii target it. However, that doesn't mean that you are 100% sure not to get a virus on Linux... the probability is just much lower.
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