Samurai Edge Posted March 28, 2004 Share Posted March 28, 2004 These are the problems,1) Two links kept appearing in my desktop, I've deleted them but they still appear after a period of time.2) One link kept appearing in my favorites, I've deleted it but it still appear after a period of time (always with problem 1).3) A few sites kept appearing in the trusted sites section in internet option, I've deleted them but they still appear after a period of time (always with problem 1 and 2).4) I placed yahoo! (global) as homepage but it kept changing to other sites.5) I have install the yahoo! toolbar, and it have an pop-up blocker, but whenever it block a pop-up, the browser is closed. And I have other two toolbars, MSN and Google.These are programmes I have but those problems still appear,1) Spybot Search and Destroy 1.22) AVG Anti-Virus System 6.03) Ad-adware 6.04) McAfee AVERT stinger 2.1.4I posted this before, but GameCop says, it's remove because of hacker, so I repost it again and if you have posted the ways before, please repost again as I didn't catch anyone of them. Please help me, any help is welcome, thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agozer Posted March 28, 2004 Share Posted March 28, 2004 Sounds very much like a Spyware problem, but since you've used Ad-Aware, I fon't know anymore....My friend has the exact same problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
random guy Posted March 28, 2004 Share Posted March 28, 2004 It probably is spyware but maybe even though those programs remove it, it may have added a program so that it reinstalls itself every time you turn on (or at certain times). Check which programs, etc... are run when your computer is started up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wizard Posted March 28, 2004 Share Posted March 28, 2004 My sister's computer had that problem. I just did a fresh install of winxp :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobRedthorp Posted March 28, 2004 Share Posted March 28, 2004 I know of this problem, and the way I got rid of it was to use SpyBot, its the only thing I know which really does get rid of Spyware get it now! You will find it here, and it is free!http://www.safer-networking.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForceX Posted March 29, 2004 Share Posted March 29, 2004 Adware is better than SpyBot.....and its 100% spyware....Are you using IE6??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
random guy Posted March 29, 2004 Share Posted March 29, 2004 If you read his post, he already uses adaware and spybot. A far better anti-spyware program is "Webroot Spysweeper". One of the advantages to this program is that it scans every file in your hard drive searching for spyware traces not just the "temporary internet files" etc... etc... So that means that it finds spyware that installs itself to your windows directory as a program, for example, which happened to me before I got spysweeper, and is probably what has happened here. However, I don't know if spysweeper is free, but hopefully you can at least get a demo. A good idea is to press control-alt-delete then check all the processes that are running and see if they are all meant to be there. When I was tackling some nasty spyware that kept reinstalling itself I did that by just typing every entry into google and seeing if it was a legitimate process. That way I got rid of the problem. I hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magus Posted March 29, 2004 Share Posted March 29, 2004 I happen to think spybot is the best. anyways, don't use IE. use FireFox, u can get it from mozilla.com it also has a very nice popup blocker, among many other things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agozer Posted March 29, 2004 Share Posted March 29, 2004 I happen to think spybot is the best. anyways, don't use IE. use FireFox, u can get it from mozilla.com it also has a very nice popup blocker, among many other things.IE 4 lyfe. I live on the edge. I tried Opera 7, but it screwed me over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samurai Edge Posted March 29, 2004 Author Share Posted March 29, 2004 (edited) A good idea is to press control-alt-delete then check all the processes that are running and see if they are all meant to be there. When I was tackling some nasty spyware that kept reinstalling itself I did that by just typing every entry into google and seeing if it was a legitimate process. That way I got rid of the problem. I hope this helps.There is one I suspect. SVCHOST.EXEDo you all have SVCHOST.EXE? Edit: I forgot to say thanks to all of you, and if you have more suggestions, feel free to tell me. Edited March 29, 2004 by Samurai Edge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
random guy Posted March 31, 2004 Share Posted March 31, 2004 Yeah, I got svchost.exe. I think that's something to do with Windows + networking. that's not the spyware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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