Re: Ask Windows XP Expert Walter Clayton About Spyware

From: zippy (zippywonder_at_nospamearthlink.net)
Date: 08/08/04 

Date: Sun, 08 Aug 2004 07:50:50 GMT

Have you made sure that you updated products? Are you running these
programs in safe mode? Have you disabled system restore *before* running
these programs? Try these steps and see if they help.
"Michel" <Michel@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0F43D42F-89AF-4732-B4FE-1CF8991067C2@microsoft.com...
> My Internet Exp has been hijacked by CoolWebSearch and AdAware, Spybot &
> SpywareBlaster have not detected it or removed it! What can I do??
>
> "Walter Clayton" wrote:
>
> > Generally all I use is AdAware first followed by SpyBot. There's a lot
of
> > overlap in the two tools, but they also concentrate on non-overlapping
> > areas. It's also wise to follow up with installing SpywareBlaster. None
of
> > these require run time presences although SpyBot will offer to install
such.
> > No harm in doing so and in some instances, especially with multi-user
> > machines, a necessity. The biggest issue is remembering to run them
> > periodically after checking for updates. The latter is one of the
reasons,
> > other than not changing usage habits, that people get reinfected. It's
> > easier to avoid being click happy than it is to clean up the mess
> > afterwards.
> >
> > There are instances where AdAware/SpyBot may be neutralized or unable to
> > clean something. I handle those on a case by case basis since you're
looking
> > at going with some highly specialized tools that if misused will leave
the
> > machine unbootable (note that there is a nasty that the current version
of
> > AdAware had been cleaning incorrectly that would make it impossible to
log
> > on to the machine without taking corrective action).
> >
> > Depending on your level of expertise there are some tools that
circumvent
> > issues with removing nasties that are resident in memory even in safe
mode.
> > If an XP machine is being disinfected I use a bootable CD created using
> > Bart's tools with fully updated AdAware, Trendmicro, McAfee and
Kaspersky
> > tools (all free versions) incorporated. This also allows me to correct
any
> > registry issues on the host machine without any major hassles other than
> > knowing what parts of the registry need be hacked. The reason I include
and
> > run AV scanners is generally if some one has a load of spyware it's not
> > unusual they'll have nastier stuff as well.
> >
> > --
> > Walter Clayton - MS MVP(WinXP)
> > Associate Expert
> > http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> > Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
> > http://www.dts-l.org
> > http://support.microsoft.com/servicedesks/fileversion/default.asp|
> >
> >
> > "Andrew" <Andrew@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:97E53975-D207-4D60-B5D7-08BE5BB4D3CF@microsoft.com...
> > >
> >
> > >> I already know what Spyware can do and all to your computers but what
is
> > >> the best Spyware and Ad-aware remover programs out there I'm using
Spybot
> > >> 1.3 and Ad-aware 6.0 from Lavasoft and I heard having two good
Spyware
> > >> and Ad-aware remover programs that it will remove about 90% of
Spyware
> > >> and Ad-aware off your computer and keep it out.
> >
> >

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