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Devook
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Joined: 31 Mar 2004
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Location: Ypsilanti or Troy, MI
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 Posted: 12/06/05 - 07:56 Post subject: Spyware help?
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I purchased a license for Spyware Doctor. My University gives me a free copy of VirusScan. I ran both of them, full scan, plus a stinger scan, in safe mode. It took out a lot of shit. Unfortunately, I still have this one really annoying piece of adware/spyware/whatever. It opens up browser pages of the default internet browser to one of like three pages. The page I see most often is some casino page. I disabled javascript, so I don't have the annoying text box pop-ups that come with, but I still don't know how to just get rid of this shit altogether. Spybot, Ad-Aware, Spyware Doctor, VirusScan, and Stinger, all with up-to-date definitions, don't recognize it.
Does this sound familiar to anyone? Help?
P.S. While I was typing this it opened up two new tabs in Firefox, one to "Europa casino" and one to some "cool deals" page. I would really like to get rid of this thing without having to format, as it's a real pain the ass to back up shit on this network.
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motherface
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Joined: 12 Mar 2003
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Posted: 12/06/05 - 09:04 Post subject:
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A friend's computer was going slow as balls, and wasn't able to access the internet, until I removed Spyware Doctor. As annoying as it is, it may just be easiest to reinstall Windows.
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Aluaeia
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TASB
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myndwarrp
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Devook
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Joined: 31 Mar 2004
Posts: 2374
Location: Ypsilanti or Troy, MI
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Posted: 12/06/05 - 18:45 Post subject:
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Hijack this doesn't work either. I ended up reformatting.
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xizorr
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Joined: 20 Apr 2004
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Posted: 12/07/05 - 11:20 Post subject:
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didn't work? It wouldn't load or the results showed nothing?
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Tura
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Joined: 29 Oct 2003
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Location: Raleigh, NC
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Posted: 12/07/05 - 11:37 Post subject:
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I've got a similar spyware thing on my desktop computer at home. 3 different web pages popup even with spybot, ad aware and MS Anti-Spyware. Ive tried some others too but don't recall their names.
They found some other things, but this one wont go away. I even dug through my regedit files and didnt see anything.
Who the hell creates this stuff anyway? I would love to send their office some care packages of my dogs feces.
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Isriam
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Joined: 15 Oct 2002
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Posted: 12/07/05 - 13:32 Post subject:
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http://forums.spywareinfo.com
find the name of the spyware and search. thats what i always use to fix spyware. i run no malware removal software.
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