adware problem

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i'm getting owned with adware right now. i went to packetnews.com last night for the first time in a while to see if i could find any new cds. anyway, pop-up hell and low and behold trojans galore. a couple hours later. i was finally able to clean everything or so i thought. every few hours i scan my computer again with ad-aware, pc-cillin, and SUPERAntispyware and 50 new threats are detected. i've gone through registry probably 10 times cleaning out malicious strings. gone through system32 folder a couple of times getting rid of bad dll files. everytime i scan, though, more is found and i can't get rid of it. it's eating all of my memory and i can't even think about opening my web browser unless i want 20 more pop-ups trying to give me shit. the file i'm having the hardest time getting rid of is dxc.exe which drops itself in program files under Deluxe Communications along with a couple of dll files that i can't delete, and also in startup irregardless of how many times i remove it from startup in msconfig. i can't find a string in the registry anywhere and while ad-aware and SUPERAntispyware detect it they won't remove it. what i'm really saying is HELP please. thanks. :mad:
 
SUPERAntispyware can't get most of it huh? Wow...I've been having good success with that new program, seems to be the best out there so far.

Try a trial of Ewido, also the old standby...Spybot S&D. And run an online scan at TrendMicro (Housecall), and Kapersky's online scanner.
 
I have a BartPE CD (actually a bootable USB key with an ISO file using pe2usb) with the latest AdAware, Spybot, and the latest McAfee extra.dat pluging loaded. Thorough scanning from a read-only uninfectable OS is the way to go.

It would be best to create it on a clean workstation of course. http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/
 
If you haven't already disconnect that PC from the INTERNET so it can't download more malware in the background. I got infected with a Trojan that disabled the security center and turned off the XP firewall. If your antispyware programs will work in safe mode try cleaning the PC that way. You may have to kill some bogus running services to be able to delete some of those files. I had to, to clean my system. May want to search for root kits too. Realistically though, if your system is overrun with spyware it may be prudent to just format and do a clean install. A low level format wouldn't hurt just to be sure your drive is clean. If you do any type of on line banking etc on that PC why take the chance that you might miss something.
 
YeOldeStonecat said:
SUPERAntispyware can't get most of it huh? Wow...I've been having good success with that new program, seems to be the best out there so far.

Try a trial of Ewido, also the old standby...Spybot S&D. And run an online scan at TrendMicro (Housecall), and Kapersky's online scanner.
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SUPERAntispyware get's probably 90% of it, but the other 10% sits there and replicates itself, so while it does help, it still doesn't solve the problem. I love the program though, it works great for the most part. I have also scanned with Housecall at Trend's homepage, but it's the same as Internet Security. It just doesn't seem to find anything except Microsoft Updates that haven't been downloaded yet. I remember the days when Pc-cillin kicked ass and removed everything, it seems that it's finding less and less anymore. Hope it doesn't turn into Norton over the years. I'll try Ewido, I've heard a lot about that. Thanks to everyone for your replies. I'll let you know if I get it fixed.
 
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