Not really any Emergency.

OverLoadOverLoad
edited February 2004 in Hardware
didnt really know where to post this. everytime that I start internet explorer i come back to the same freakin search engine page! I DL adaware and found i had crap loads of spyware on my comp. and also came to know that this one program was changing my home page to this certain search engine. i do a system scan and i thought adaware had deleted it but it didnt. apparently this one ad program aint that good. now i have norton anti-virus and firewall that came with my router should I use that?

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  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited February 2004
    Tools --> Internet Options

    Change your homepage to www.msn.com or whatever it was.
  • OverLoadOverLoad
    edited February 2004
    ive done that- several times infact. but everytime i reboot it resets it.
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited February 2004
    Try running HijackThis! - post a copy of the log here.

    Also, try the attached file. It is for removing CoolWebSearch (aka CoolWwwSearch, YouFindAll, White-Pages.ws and a dozen other names).
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited February 2004
    Yes, you'll need the cocktail: CWShredder, HijackThis, and Spybot Search & Destroy

    I have an article about spyware removal coming shortly.....
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited February 2004
    Erm... Prime... aren't you forgetting something? :nudge:

    *cough*Memtest*cough*

    ;)
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited February 2004
    www.memtest.org :D
  • KingFishKingFish
    edited February 2004
    One spyware removal program is not known to remove 100 percent of spyware at this time. It takes a combination of several programs to be reasonably certain that all programs have been removed. Adaware, although a good program in its own right, is simply not good enough by itself to remove all elements of spyware. I would also download spybot search and destroy and maybe another one in addition to that. What one program may miss another one may identify correctly and remove.

    KingFish
  • RyThomRyThom Ypsilanti, MI
    edited February 2004
    Thanks a lot, guys. I've been having a problem very similar to this one, with the added issue of getting roughly 50 popups an hour. These programs look to have isolated the problem. I'll let you know if anything develops for your article, Prime.
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited February 2004
    RyThom wrote:
    ...with the added issue of getting roughly 50 popups an hour...
    If you're running WinXP, disable the "Messenger" service. A lot of them sneak in that way. :cool:
  • DexterDexter Vancouver, BC Canada
    edited February 2004
    RyThom wrote:
    Thanks a lot, guys. I've been having a problem very similar to this one, with the added issue of getting roughly 50 popups an hour. These programs look to have isolated the problem. I'll let you know if anything develops for your article, Prime.


    Pop-up stoppers, get your free hot-roasted pop-up stoppers folks, just click here for your free hot-roasted pop-up stopper.

    Little nag screen when you boot up, but a great and easy to use, free pop-up stopper.

    Dexter...
  • JBJB Carlsbad, CA
    edited February 2004
    I like toolbar.google.com, which blocks popups AND has built in google search!
  • croc_croc_ New
    edited February 2004
    Radeon_Man wrote:
    I like toolbar.google.com, which blocks popups AND has built in google search!

    I second that!
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited February 2004
    Primesuspect's Defeat Spyware Article has just come out. Bet you'll fix your problem if you follow the advice! :cool2:
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