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Jeef · 01-23-2005, 11:33 AM

I got some spyware the other night and it has been fucking with my pc. It has changed my home page to about.blank which I can not change. I get a shit load of pop-ups with ads for spyware removal programs. I also get pop-ups while surfing which I never got before. If I change it it goes right back to about.blank when I restart I.E. It is also causing a lot of my programs to freeze up. It is fucking with my internet connection and the dsl software. I have tried using Norton Antivirus with no luck in fixing it. This is messing with my SPybot seek and destroy also, it keeps unimmunizing my blocked items and it won't let me deleted all of the spyware it finds. My ad-aware is finding about 40 objects each time I use it. I usually only have about 5-7. Everytime I open I.E. I get all 40 objects back. ALso ad-aware will sometimes freeze up. I had to reinstall ad-aware and aim because they weren't working right. I really do not want to reformat. What can I do to fix this? This shit is really pissing me off.

CivicDisturbance · 01-23-2005, 11:57 AM

Hiya Mate,

You need to get Spyware-Doctor 3, I had the exact same the other day and this is the only software I could find that sorted it.

Seems to be quite alot of this crap about at the moment.

I have the Software if you get stuck and have a large mailbox, Also have relevant bits to unlock to full version.

Email me if you need to mate.

Regards

Chris

Jeef · 01-23-2005, 12:01 PM

I'll give that a try.

I'll let you know how its goes.

Its seems to be coming from coolwebsearch

Sabz5150 · 01-23-2005, 12:20 PM

Why oh why do people still use IE.

For the 50,000th time... Firefox. Use it.

K2e2vin · 01-23-2005, 12:33 PM

oh i got messed up by that same thing before. i was never able to fix it so i just backed up all the files i wanted to keep and reformatted the HD/windows reinstall. Had that problem when i used IE also(it was when B starting ranting about mozilla, but i kept both but used IE more often then mozilla...in the end, lesson learned.)

Citizen_Insane · 01-23-2005, 12:50 PM

Ad-Aware is your friend!

YouKnowWhoIBee · 01-23-2005, 01:03 PM

adaware + spybot + zone alarm = happy jeff

One Stop Customs · 01-23-2005, 02:04 PM

you can do three things:

1. Add spyware software
2. ctrl+alt+delete and turn off the spyware program
3. You have to take everything off the p.c. again and just recover to original specs and reinstall everything which is what I just do... sucks but you get a fast computer again LOL

Or, on Start Menu/Run... type in MSCONFIG and turn off the programs you desire to make it faster... sometimes they will continue to start, which sucks...

ryan89crx · 01-23-2005, 03:19 PM

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Originally posted by YouKnowWhoIBee@Jan 23 2005, 10:03 AM
adaware + spybot + zone alarm = happy jeff

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edit: adaware + spybot + zone alarm + firefox = happy jeff

Firefox is your friend

YouKnowWhoIBee · 01-23-2005, 03:39 PM

Jeef · 01-23-2005, 07:51 PM

Spybot keeps freezing, ad-aware will not work all the time, and I do have zone alarm. I tried the spyware doctor and it didn't fix the problem. I guess I am going to have to reformat. Anyone have a copy of windows they can loan me?

Sabz5150 · 01-23-2005, 08:28 PM

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Originally posted by Jeef@Jan 23 2005, 07:51 PM
Spybot keeps freezing, ad-aware will not work all the time, and I do have zone alarm.* I tried the spyware doctor and it didn't fix the problem.* I guess I am going to have to reformat.* Anyone have a copy of windows they can loan me?*

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Slackware

Don't go back to a broken OS. If you have to, give Linux a try anyway. Check out Knoppix .

E_SolSi · 01-24-2005, 09:43 PM

left windows about 6 months ago and couldnt be happier

CRX-YEM · 01-25-2005, 09:33 AM

E what flavor are you using ??
I got a copy of Linspire I was gonna try out.

Sabz5150 · 01-25-2005, 11:49 AM

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Originally posted by CRX-YEM@Jan 25 2005, 09:33 AM
E what flavor are you using ??
I got a copy of Linspire I was gonna try out.

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Linspire is a good place to start. Fedora is another good one.

I'm a Slack junkie. It requires more 'experience' to use, but the tradeoff in power and flexability are well worth it.

Battle Pope · 01-25-2005, 11:58 AM

I was gonna put Fedora on a little partition just for messin' with but I never got around to it...

allmotord16rex · 01-25-2005, 11:59 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Jeef@Jan 23 2005, 12:01 PM
I'll give that a try.

I'll let you know how its goes.

Its seems to be coming from coolwebsearch

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CoolWebSearch is a royal pain in the ass. I had to remove it from a clients computer the other day but I used Adaware and it worked fine. It wouldnt get rid of it until I downloaded the updated definitions. There is an application called CWShredder, which stands for CoolWebSearch Shredder. It is free for download and here is the site: CWShredder

All you have to do is open the .exe and click Fix. Also, uncheck the Move CWS files to recycle bin before deleting. That way it will just delete it alltogether. There are so many variants of CWS, but I believe that Shredder gets rid of most of them.

Hope this gets rid of it for you.

CRX-YEM · 01-25-2005, 02:09 PM

I've always stuck to If you're going to do a job right do it yourself.

Check out http://www.kephyr.com/spywarescanner/index.html
bazooka spyware scanner, it will tell you exactly what spyware it has detected and give you instructions for removal. it involves editing the windows registry so if you're not familiar with it or don't feel comfortable doing it then this tool isn't for you

also look for LSPfixand hijackthis, they are both great tools.

As far as running linux or bsd, I've installed and checked out the following
Suse9.1 , fedora core 2, yoper, gentoo, ignalium, freebsd, openbsd
and I haven't found one that I care for 100%

Yoper was cool and so was Suse, but I wasn't 100% impressed

pills_PMD · 01-25-2005, 11:48 PM

i just downloaded all the iso images for fedore core 3 tonight. i am planning on installing it thursday. anyone run a dual boot system? XP and a linux OS??

Jeef · 01-26-2005, 12:17 AM

I have 2 torjan horses and 5 trojan horse downloaders, how do I get rid of these?

Battle Pope · 01-26-2005, 12:25 AM

if Adaware doesn't work, try Spybot.

Sabz5150 · 01-26-2005, 01:08 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by pills_PMD@Jan 25 2005, 11:48 PM
i just downloaded all the iso images for fedore core 3 tonight. i am planning on installing it thursday. anyone run a dual boot system? XP and a linux OS??

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What do ya need to know? I don't run Windows at all but I can answer questions about dual booting.

E_SolSi · 01-26-2005, 10:31 AM

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Originally posted by Sabz5150+Jan 25 2005, 12:49 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Sabz5150 @ Jan 25 2005, 12:49 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-CRX-YEM@Jan 25 2005, 09:33 AM
E what flavor are you using ??
I got a copy of Linspire I was gonna try out.

Quoted post

Linspire is a good place to start. Fedora is another good one.

I'm a Slack junkie. It requires more 'experience' to use, but the tradeoff in power and flexability are well worth it.

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[/b][/quote]

im running linspire

got fed up with windows and wanted to go to linux, dont know much about linux or the unix platform, so i figured this would be a good place to start
its a VERY easy transition from winXP to linspire

i might trade up to a more powerful version of linux in the future, but for now im quite happy with linspire

pills_PMD · 01-26-2005, 06:57 PM

i'm fixin to install fedora core 3 tonight. any tips?? i awnt to be able to keep my XP, several of my programs I have to run for school I only have the windows based copy

01-23-2005, 11:33 AM	#1
Jeef Super Moderator Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: CT Age: 29 Posts: 4,581 iTrader: 0 / 0% Ride: 06 Chevy Silverado Rep Power: 88	I got some spyware the other night and it has been fucking with my pc. It has changed my home page to about.blank which I can not change. I get a shit load of pop-ups with ads for spyware removal programs. I also get pop-ups while surfing which I never got before. If I change it it goes right back to about.blank when I restart I.E. It is also causing a lot of my programs to freeze up. It is fucking with my internet connection and the dsl software. I have tried using Norton Antivirus with no luck in fixing it. This is messing with my SPybot seek and destroy also, it keeps unimmunizing my blocked items and it won't let me deleted all of the spyware it finds. My ad-aware is finding about 40 objects each time I use it. I usually only have about 5-7. Everytime I open I.E. I get all 40 objects back. ALso ad-aware will sometimes freeze up. I had to reinstall ad-aware and aim because they weren't working right. I really do not want to reformat. What can I do to fix this? This shit is really pissing me off. __________________ Ex 89 crx si,91 & 95 Civic owner. 06 Silverado RCSB 20's, 2/4" Belltech lowering kit, waiting for 2 more cylinders, 1.9 more liters, and 208 more hp engine swap.

01-23-2005, 11:57 AM	#2
CivicDisturbance Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: United Kingdsom Posts: 43 iTrader: 0 / 0% Rep Power: 10	Hiya Mate, You need to get Spyware-Doctor 3, I had the exact same the other day and this is the only software I could find that sorted it. Seems to be quite alot of this crap about at the moment. I have the Software if you get stuck and have a large mailbox, Also have relevant bits to unlock to full version. Email me if you need to mate. Regards Chris __________________ <a href=\'http://forum.hondarevolutions.com/setups/?setupID=583\' target=\'_blank\'>Honda Civic EG9 VTi - DOHC VTEC</a> <a href=\'http://www.ct-motorsport.co.uk\' target=\'_blank\'>ct-motorsport</a>

01-23-2005, 12:01 PM	#3
Jeef Super Moderator Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: CT Age: 29 Posts: 4,581 iTrader: 0 / 0% Ride: 06 Chevy Silverado Rep Power: 88	I'll give that a try. I'll let you know how its goes. Its seems to be coming from coolwebsearch __________________ Ex 89 crx si,91 & 95 Civic owner. 06 Silverado RCSB 20's, 2/4" Belltech lowering kit, waiting for 2 more cylinders, 1.9 more liters, and 208 more hp engine swap.

01-23-2005, 12:20 PM	#4
Sabz5150 FALCON PUNCH!!! Join Date: Nov 2003 Age: 31 Posts: 3,338 iTrader: 0 / 0% Ride: 1989 Accord SE-i Rep Power: 101	Why oh why do people still use IE. For the 50,000th time... Firefox. Use it. __________________ lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2007-09-24 10:32 /dev/thisissparta -> /dev/null

01-23-2005, 12:33 PM	#5
K2e2vin Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Raleigh, NC Age: 22 Posts: 6,362 iTrader: 2 / 100% Ride: 88 Honda Civic HB Rep Power: 150	oh i got messed up by that same thing before. i was never able to fix it so i just backed up all the files i wanted to keep and reformatted the HD/windows reinstall. Had that problem when i used IE also(it was when B starting ranting about mozilla, but i kept both but used IE more often then mozilla...in the end, lesson learned.) __________________ 1988 Honda Civic Standard-more mods than I want to list 1992 Honda Accord LX 1996 Toyota Avalon-Spun bearing, for sale. Terrorists have successfully attacked our imagination. RIP Jon Eban Nie, August 31, 1991 - May 7, 2006 Y-Daniel Siu Eban, September 7, 1986 - May 7, 2006


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01-23-2005, 12:50 PM	#6
Citizen_Insane Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Minneapolis Posts: 3,701 iTrader: 0 / 0% Rep Power: 51	Ad-Aware is your friend! __________________ No tech questions through PM please! B16 CRX....you will be missed

01-23-2005, 01:03 PM	#7
YouKnowWhoIBee my avatar is better. Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Maryland Age: 25 Posts: 2,241 iTrader: 0 / 0% Rep Power: 52	adaware + spybot + zone alarm = happy jeff

01-23-2005, 02:04 PM	#8
One Stop Customs Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 455 iTrader: 0 / 0% Rep Power: 17	you can do three things: 1. Add spyware software 2. ctrl+alt+delete and turn off the spyware program 3. You have to take everything off the p.c. again and just recover to original specs and reinstall everything which is what I just do... sucks but you get a fast computer again LOL Or, on Start Menu/Run... type in MSCONFIG and turn off the programs you desire to make it faster... sometimes they will continue to start, which sucks... __________________ Looking for another 92 hatch back to put a ***** engine into it...

01-23-2005, 03:39 PM	#10
YouKnowWhoIBee my avatar is better. Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Maryland Age: 25 Posts: 2,241 iTrader: 0 / 0% Rep Power: 52

01-23-2005, 07:51 PM	#11
Jeef Super Moderator Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: CT Age: 29 Posts: 4,581 iTrader: 0 / 0% Ride: 06 Chevy Silverado Rep Power: 88	Spybot keeps freezing, ad-aware will not work all the time, and I do have zone alarm. I tried the spyware doctor and it didn't fix the problem. I guess I am going to have to reformat. Anyone have a copy of windows they can loan me? __________________ Ex 89 crx si,91 & 95 Civic owner. 06 Silverado RCSB 20's, 2/4" Belltech lowering kit, waiting for 2 more cylinders, 1.9 more liters, and 208 more hp engine swap.

01-25-2005, 09:33 AM	#14
CRX-YEM Super Moderator Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Wallingford, CT Age: 32 Posts: 4,431 iTrader: 0 / 0% Ride: 91 CRX Rep Power: 86	E what flavor are you using ?? I got a copy of Linspire I was gonna try out. __________________ Dennis Buy my stuff plz... Mondaswap For Sale - MPFI, 88-91 CRX, 92-95 Civic Parts Please don't PM/Email/IM me for technical support. Make a Post!!! 91 CRX DX, 03 Civic EX "There are 10 kinds of people in the world: those who get binary and those who don't." "Of all my imaginary friends I don't think there was one I didn't end up having to kill"

01-25-2005, 02:09 PM	#18
CRX-YEM Super Moderator Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Wallingford, CT Age: 32 Posts: 4,431 iTrader: 0 / 0% Ride: 91 CRX Rep Power: 86	I've always stuck to If you're going to do a job right do it yourself. Check out http://www.kephyr.com/spywarescanner/index.html bazooka spyware scanner, it will tell you exactly what spyware it has detected and give you instructions for removal. it involves editing the windows registry so if you're not familiar with it or don't feel comfortable doing it then this tool isn't for you also look for LSPfixand hijackthis, they are both great tools. As far as running linux or bsd, I've installed and checked out the following Suse9.1 , fedora core 2, yoper, gentoo, ignalium, freebsd, openbsd and I haven't found one that I care for 100% Yoper was cool and so was Suse, but I wasn't 100% impressed __________________ Dennis Buy my stuff plz... Mondaswap For Sale - MPFI, 88-91 CRX, 92-95 Civic Parts Please don't PM/Email/IM me for technical support. Make a Post!!! 91 CRX DX, 03 Civic EX "There are 10 kinds of people in the world: those who get binary and those who don't." "Of all my imaginary friends I don't think there was one I didn't end up having to kill"

01-25-2005, 11:48 PM	#19
pills_PMD Super Moderator Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: New Albany, OH Posts: 4,262 iTrader: 0 / 0% Ride: 01 is300, 05 s2000, 03 rx300 Rep Power: 57	i just downloaded all the iso images for fedore core 3 tonight. i am planning on installing it thursday. anyone run a dual boot system? XP and a linux OS??

01-26-2005, 12:17 AM	#20
Jeef Super Moderator Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: CT Age: 29 Posts: 4,581 iTrader: 0 / 0% Ride: 06 Chevy Silverado Rep Power: 88	I have 2 torjan horses and 5 trojan horse downloaders, how do I get rid of these? __________________ Ex 89 crx si,91 & 95 Civic owner. 06 Silverado RCSB 20's, 2/4" Belltech lowering kit, waiting for 2 more cylinders, 1.9 more liters, and 208 more hp engine swap.

01-26-2005, 06:57 PM	#24
pills_PMD Super Moderator Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: New Albany, OH Posts: 4,262 iTrader: 0 / 0% Ride: 01 is300, 05 s2000, 03 rx300 Rep Power: 57	i'm fixin to install fedora core 3 tonight. any tips?? i awnt to be able to keep my XP, several of my programs I have to run for school I only have the windows based copy

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