hidden warez on pc

KilOit

not sure if this this is right place to post this tread but anyways..

the problem is there's hidden stuff that keeps spaming on my pc when i use the net my homepage automaticly gets change every so often.
and when searching using google and click on something some crap pops up, instead i have to press back and click again
its not ads its the same thing over and over again and really p*ssing me off
i used ad-aware 6 and registery first aid and did a complete clean and still the same b*llox pops up
and no program is running i used msconfig and turned all usless programs off
so any help would be nice

Stephen

Try downloading and running Spybot Search & Destroy. It seems to catch more stuff than ad-aware.

KilOit

ok thx i'll give it a try

SantaHoe

Also kill crappy IE, and get a decent browser like Mozilla.

BoB_BoT

yeah spybot search and destroy is great for getting rid of just about everything! give adaware a try too, it picked up one thing before that spybot didn't when i was doing scans a couple of weeks ago, i'm sure spybot has caught that now but having two works plus on spybot install the "bad page blocker" this prevents sites from further loading their crap onto your pc.

OfflerCrocGod

Originally posted by SantaHoe
Also kill crappy IE, and get a decent browser like Mozilla.

It's againts Boards.ie rules to suggest to anyone to get a better browser - like say Firebird - than Internet Exploder, this is your last warning!:D.

sceptre

OfflerCrocGod tries reverse psychology:D

"Don't install Firebird"
"OK I will then"

"Don't use reverse psychology..."
"OK, I... ah the point is made

zAbbo

Dunno if its illegal to link to a Mozilla Firebird installer : http://downloads.us-east3.mozdev.org/seb/MozillaFirebird-0.7-setup.exe

From http://seb.mozdev.org/firebird/

KilOit

spybot done it for me my brower was hijacked by orther random urls
cheers for ur help.

Dempsey

Use Spybot and Ad-aware. Between them they find 99%~100% of all the spam.

Matt Simis

Originally posted by OfflerCrocGod
It's againts Boards.ie rules to suggest to anyone to get a better browser - like say Firebird - than Internet Exploder, this is your last warning!:D.

Against rules? Thats a joke right? :dunno:


Matt

SantaHoe

Originally posted by Matt Simis
Against rules? Thats a joke right? :dunno:


Matt

Well seeing as how he's not a mod for this board or any other - I'd take it as a joke

cartman

i have spybot n addaware, all updated blah blah but i still have this CRAP www.coolfreesoftware.com homepage which i cant get rid of:/

the last time one of cousins were down i think they put it on,

what will get rid of this, i miss the boards homepage everytime i clikc on ie

SantaHoe

Check msconfig to see if anything unfamiliar is lurking around your startup items.
Also search your registry for references to said website and kill/replace 'em all.
Check "c:\windows\downloaded program files" for anything out of the ordinary.... again, kill at will.
Clear your 'temporary internet files'.
You should also be careful with the permissions IE has for activex and java, as the defaults allow a lot of sites to run malicious crudd like what you're experiencing now.
Also run a free virus scan from the symantec site, which is usualy good for telling you what you've contracted, but useless for removing it... either way, you can look it up and find out exactly what you're dealing with.

Johnny_the_fox

Originally posted by cartman
i have spybot n addaware, all updated blah blah but i still have this CRAP www.coolfreesoftware.com homepage which i cant get rid of:/

the last time one of cousins were down i think they put it on,

what will get rid of this, i miss the boards homepage everytime i clikc on ie

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