CM and spyware???????? :S

xoNoDoubt69 · Post by **xoNoDoubt69** » 7/22/2004, 8:49 pm

gah i tried those two plus the 3 other spyware programs i have and my norton and i still have spyware!

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » 7/23/2004, 12:09 pm

stupid fing computer!!!!!!!!!!!!!! nikki you didn't tell me the panda scan too like 6 hours to run, i started it at 11:15 its now 2:10 and its barley halfway done!!!!! i'm very tempted to take everything off my computer and then reinstall it all, then defrag it, and then sweep on a regular basis to prevent it from ever piling up again

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » 7/23/2004, 12:38 pm

alright, now notepad is gone, both notepad and media player have mysteriously disappeard and there is no sign of a virus, and the majority of my icons have a globe and two connected computers on them too, this is not good

beautiful liar · Post by **beautiful liar** » 7/23/2004, 12:46 pm

*pats your head* go and live in a cave far away from technology. :nod:

no infurriating computer problems in a nice, homey cave

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » 7/23/2004, 12:49 pm

mmmmmmmmmm, caves sounds good, then i can play with fire

*runs off to find cave*

beautiful liar · Post by **beautiful liar** » 7/23/2004, 12:52 pm

noooo! fire is technology too! *watches rusty burn* :neutral:

you are just no good with modern living.

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » 7/23/2004, 1:24 pm

*rubs lotion of burnt parts* stupid modern society

Henrietta · Post by **Henrietta** » 7/23/2004, 4:53 pm

Yeah you might want to try backing up everything you've got and just reinstall the os.

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » 7/23/2004, 5:47 pm

it might come to that, or taking it in to the shop for a clean sweep

nikki4982 · Post by **nikki4982** » 7/23/2004, 9:45 pm

Rusty wrote:stupid fing computer!!!!!!!!!!!!!! nikki you didn't tell me the panda scan too like 6 hours to run, i started it at 11:15 its now 2:10 and its barley halfway done!!!!!

Yes, it can take a while to scan your harddrives for viruses. Norton shouldn't have been all that much quicker, really.

Rusty wrote:alright, now notepad is gone, both notepad and media player have mysteriously disappeard and there is no sign of a virus, and the majority of my icons have a globe and two connected computers on them too, this is not good

They're probably not "gone". The shortcuts probably just don't point to the right spot or something. Go to Start --> Run and type in "notepad"... does it come up? If so, it's just the shortcut that's messed up.

Regardless, it wouldn't be a bad idea to back up all your files, format then reinstall everything.

Bandalero · Post by **Bandalero** » 7/29/2004, 12:05 am

this is the problem i'm having, i get on the internet and my home page is about:blank. then a pop-up tells me i have spy ware and to click there for information on how to get rid of it. it leads to a web site selling shit like ad-scanners and shit like that.

so i go to internet options and make my homepage back to yahoo and after a while it will do the same thing again.

ive ran ad-aware and it took off a bunch of files.

the hells wrong with my computer?

nikki4982 · Post by **nikki4982** » 7/29/2004, 12:30 am

Ad-aware's not getting rid of the program causing that to happen. Try getting Spybot and running that. If that doesn't work, try getting Bazooka, so at least you'll know what's causing it.

Post by **xjsb125** » 7/29/2004, 2:58 am

You have what I had on my pc. It's called CoolWWWSearch. It basically hijacks your home page and search page settings. Go to www.majorgeeks.com , go to spyware utilities on the left hand column, then download a program called CWS shredder. Close out all your browser windows and run the utility. It will restore all your settings and get rid of the evilness.

Bandalero · Post by **Bandalero** » 7/29/2004, 10:05 am

success!

once again matt from wal-mart comes in in the clutch!

:mrgreen:

lukin · Post by **lukin** » 7/29/2004, 12:16 pm

Also using Firefox instead of Internet Explorer has helped me out so much. I only scan for spy ware every couple of weeks now, and since I've stopped using IE I get maybe 4 files of spyware is all, where as before it was always 20+. Not to mention Firefox is cooler in every aspect.

Henrietta · Post by **Henrietta** » 7/29/2004, 12:19 pm

Yeah I'm using firefox now too. But I want IE to be my default browser because it doesn't do some things. But now I can't get it back to my default. Do you know?

xoNoDoubt69 · Post by **xoNoDoubt69** » 7/29/2004, 8:04 pm

*sigh* i have tried everything mentioned in this thread and still have spyware :cuss:

Penguin Josh · Post by **Penguin Josh** » 7/30/2004, 12:14 am

so you've done a reformat and reinstalled windows?

Eelco · Post by **Eelco** » 7/30/2004, 1:35 am

Try uninstalling your virus scanner. It miraculously worked for me a while ago. Reinstalling Windows also works, don't forget to back up your files.

xoNoDoubt69 · Post by **xoNoDoubt69** » 7/30/2004, 6:22 am

The Other Josh wrote:so you've done a reformat and reinstalled windows?

i sooo don't want to do that :neutral:

but i know i'll probabaly have to end up doing that