tigra 0 #51 December 1, 2004 I'm bumping this up to say thanks for all the helpful suggestions in here! I ran Spysweeper TWICE last night, and sure enough it found and removed things SpyBot and Norton did not. But it took over an hour each time, so I'll have to "road test" my 'puter tonight and see if there's a significant improvement! (If not, I'll have to take more extreme measures!- Maybe HiJack This??) I truly do appreciate all the offers for help and great suggestions! You guys made me feel like part of the family yesterday! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites RevJim 0 #52 December 1, 2004 Is there an ECHO, Echo, Echo, Echo in here? Oh, hi there Andy! It's your life, live it! Karma RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites kallend 2,131 #53 December 1, 2004 Question for the nerds: I understand how spyware is passed via cookies and stuff put in the start menu, But how is it passed via the registry? I thought the registry was just a big database.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites livendive 8 #54 December 1, 2004 QuoteThe Spyware I can't get rid of is called VX2. Spybot and Ad-aware both say they have quarantined it, but after rebooting and a few minutes on the computer, it comes back and I get pop-ups. I've had a virus like that for 4+ years now, the "kak" virus. Norton & McAfee catch it & delete it temporarily, then next time I boot up I've got it again. Ran the downloadable patch from microsoft, didn't seem to do anything. So that leaves me with having to delete a virus every time I turn on my computer. The irritation factor is sufficient that I basically never turn my computer off. Blues, Dave"I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites tigra 0 #55 December 1, 2004 See, I can't help but wonder if I don't have something that's reloading itself every time I boot up! Great! Except I've tried leaving the computer on too, and that doesn't help either! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Remster 30 #56 December 1, 2004 I havent gone though the whole gammit of spy, ad and virus tools, but mine keeps reloading every few times I reboot the machine. Looks like a probram infects a file that looks up on the net and loads the payload (which is just annoying, no dammage). The Antivirus find the new payload but never find the infected file. BUT I use ZoneAlarm and it allerted me that a file that wasnt familiar to me was accessing the net (twix64.exe I think). I dissallowed it acces to the net, and no more problem for the moment. I could delete the file but I want to find a program that finds it...Remster Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites tigra 0 #57 December 1, 2004 I need to upgrade my memory just to make room for all my anti-virus, anti-spyware crap! Its just plain evil! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites AndyMan 7 #58 December 1, 2004 Spyware is often installed via trojan horses. The most famous trojan is Kazaa. Any program downloaded "for free" is likely spyware encumbered. Secondly, spyware is often installed remotely through well known windows bugs. A study came out a few days ago showing an unpatched Windows XP system will be completly taken over with "bots" in less than 4 minutes since being connected to the internet. Details here.. _Am__ You put the fun in "funnel" - craichead. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Stacy 0 #59 June 25, 2005 Just thought I'd add to this. I just had some pretty big upgrades to my PC done taht pretty much involved wiping it out and reinstalling everything. In the 5 minutes it took for me to re-download ZoneAlarm, Avast, and Adaware, my PC was overtaken by bots and trojans. COMPLETELY taken over. Unknown software being installed, yadda yadda. I found a program called CounterSPy by Sunbelt Software that has a free 15 day trial (fully functional) and it CLEANED HOUSE. Didn't just get rid of an odd file, but the entire spyware program. Also found a free trial for 30 days of a program called TrojanHunter that roots out Trojans and it worked fairly well too. Both of these programs worked when Adaware locked up. Just sharing info. 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RevJim 0 #52 December 1, 2004 Is there an ECHO, Echo, Echo, Echo in here? Oh, hi there Andy! It's your life, live it! Karma RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,131 #53 December 1, 2004 Question for the nerds: I understand how spyware is passed via cookies and stuff put in the start menu, But how is it passed via the registry? I thought the registry was just a big database.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livendive 8 #54 December 1, 2004 QuoteThe Spyware I can't get rid of is called VX2. Spybot and Ad-aware both say they have quarantined it, but after rebooting and a few minutes on the computer, it comes back and I get pop-ups. I've had a virus like that for 4+ years now, the "kak" virus. Norton & McAfee catch it & delete it temporarily, then next time I boot up I've got it again. Ran the downloadable patch from microsoft, didn't seem to do anything. So that leaves me with having to delete a virus every time I turn on my computer. The irritation factor is sufficient that I basically never turn my computer off. Blues, Dave"I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tigra 0 #55 December 1, 2004 See, I can't help but wonder if I don't have something that's reloading itself every time I boot up! Great! Except I've tried leaving the computer on too, and that doesn't help either! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Remster 30 #56 December 1, 2004 I havent gone though the whole gammit of spy, ad and virus tools, but mine keeps reloading every few times I reboot the machine. Looks like a probram infects a file that looks up on the net and loads the payload (which is just annoying, no dammage). The Antivirus find the new payload but never find the infected file. BUT I use ZoneAlarm and it allerted me that a file that wasnt familiar to me was accessing the net (twix64.exe I think). I dissallowed it acces to the net, and no more problem for the moment. I could delete the file but I want to find a program that finds it...Remster Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tigra 0 #57 December 1, 2004 I need to upgrade my memory just to make room for all my anti-virus, anti-spyware crap! Its just plain evil! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AndyMan 7 #58 December 1, 2004 Spyware is often installed via trojan horses. The most famous trojan is Kazaa. Any program downloaded "for free" is likely spyware encumbered. Secondly, spyware is often installed remotely through well known windows bugs. A study came out a few days ago showing an unpatched Windows XP system will be completly taken over with "bots" in less than 4 minutes since being connected to the internet. Details here.. _Am__ You put the fun in "funnel" - craichead. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stacy 0 #59 June 25, 2005 Just thought I'd add to this. I just had some pretty big upgrades to my PC done taht pretty much involved wiping it out and reinstalling everything. In the 5 minutes it took for me to re-download ZoneAlarm, Avast, and Adaware, my PC was overtaken by bots and trojans. COMPLETELY taken over. Unknown software being installed, yadda yadda. I found a program called CounterSPy by Sunbelt Software that has a free 15 day trial (fully functional) and it CLEANED HOUSE. Didn't just get rid of an odd file, but the entire spyware program. Also found a free trial for 30 days of a program called TrojanHunter that roots out Trojans and it worked fairly well too. Both of these programs worked when Adaware locked up. Just sharing info. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Prev 1 2 3 Next Page 3 of 3 Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0
